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Osamu Tezuka
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“I conceived this story [ MW ] with the intention of presenting readers a picaresque drama that distort the traditional atmosphere of my stories leave them stunned.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the Afterword to April 1978 MW , vol. 3, translation by Francesco Nicodemus, Hazard Editions, Milan, 2005, p. 193.
“I wish that all the ills of society - conformism, laziness, indolence, betrayal, violence, lust, rape - and especially the evils of politics will be represented in the form of an absolute depravity.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the Afterword to April 1978 MW , vol. 3, translation by Francesco Nicodemus, Hazard Editions, Milan, 2005, p. 193.
“Now I feel a great regret. My style inadequate forces me to complete the work without being able ...”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the Afterword to April 1978 MW , vol. 3, translation by Francesco Nicodemus, Hazard Editions, Milan, 2005, p. 193.
“When Superman and Batman came to Japan, it was right after the war, right? Together with the G.I.s. In other words, our height and theirs was completely different. We were totally overwhelmed physically, and got this complex about being unable to compete with White people. It was just then that Superman arrived, the White man’s representative, and I thought who the hell does he think he is? And then Lois Lane, the classic American beauty. Even her outfit and her makeup were like a foreign woman’s. Of course today Japanese make themselves up more like foreigners than foreigners do. Ha ha ha.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Osamu Tezuka interview for Superman magazine for Japan in 1979; as quoted in Ryan Holmberg, “Tezuka Osamu and American Comics”, ‘’The Comics Journal’’, (Jul 16, 2012)
“Ha ha ha. But at the time, everyone in Superman looked like an alien from another planet. Compared with that, Mickey Mouse was just an animal, and so was easier to use. That’s the side I got consumed with. So just maybe, had I felt more in common with Superman, my drawing style would have been different.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Osamu Tezuka interview for Superman magazine for Japan in 1979; as quoted in Ryan Holmberg, “Tezuka Osamu and American Comics”, ‘’The Comics Journal’’, (Jul 16, 2012)
“The children face problems such as violence, abuse, suicide etc. that medicine can not heal. It will never help these children psychologically and be his support ...? Even when they are in difficulty, in principle they do not speak with adults, or confide about their true intentions. However, expect some serious messages from adults. I will continue to send messages through manga. Children avoid them what force or what they want to impose anything. That is why I will continue to look for those things that [...] inspire their hearts.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the intervention to the fifteenth national conference on school health and safety in schools , 1987; quoted in AA.VV., Osamu Tezuka: A Manga Biography , vol. 2, translated by Marta Fogato, Coconino Press, Bologna, …
“The new readers have mentality, fashions, feelings completely different from those of previous readers. Should I draw comics following my first readers in their growth? Or should I stop doing the cartoonist? ... More or less every three years a cartoonist for children is cornered. I, too, every three years, living a crisis. So I decide and I get back to work for my new readers as if they were the first. ... This is why I am certain that the good work that will draw able to make happy readers of all time.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From My Diary manga , 1966; quoted in AA.VV., Osamu Tezuka: A Manga Biography , vol. 3, translated by Marta Fogato, Coconino Press, Bologna, 2001, p. 26.
“The science fiction and manga readers had the same ... Most fiction writers then had had some experience in the comic and some of it had even been absorbed completely ... I can not understand why those who love science fiction also loves the manga and vice versa. There are two kinds characterized by a biting satire and at worst are called "extravagant". ... Both are aimed toward the future, and therefore contain romantic adventures for young people.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Since I cartoonist ; quoted in AA.VV., Osamu Tezuka: A Manga Biography , vol. 3, translated by Marta Fogato, Coconino Press, Bologna, 2001, p. 73.
“I am convinced that comics should not only make people laugh. For this in my stories found tears, anger, hatred, pain and end not always happy.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Helen McCarthy, Osamu Tezuka: God of manga , translated by Fabio Deotto, Edizioni BD, 2010, back cover.
“Long ago, many of the small hells that took place in the camps right next to my house showed the joy of living, and tirelessly despite everything”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Save the Planet of glass ; quoted in AA.VV., Osamu Tezuka: A Manga Biography , vol. 1, translated by Marta Fogato, Coconino Press, Bologna, 2000, p. 106.
“What I try to appeal through my works is simple. The opinion is just a simple message that follows: "Love all the creatures! Love everything that has life"! I have been trying to express this message in every one of my works. Though it has taken the different forms like "the presentation of nature," "the blessing of life," "the suspicion of too much science-oriented civilisation," anti-war and so on.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I first followed the comics of Tagawa Suihō and Yokoyama Ryūichi. But suddenly, once I became devoted to Disney, I set out to copy and master that stuffed-animal style, eventually ending up with how I now draw.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tezuka Osamu and American Comics, (1973), as quoted by Ryan Holmberg, The Comics Journal, Jul 16, 2012.
“Around 1945, daily life might have been hard, but the reputation of Disney was at its highest. The voices of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck had stabilized, Snow White and Bambi were huge hits and had received a number of international prizes. It really was like the brightness of a rising sun. And then Japanese children after the war had no choice but to face the flood of Disney comics that accompanied the brainwashing of “American democracy.” That was their merit as propaganda against the Japanese.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tezuka Osamu and American Comics, (1973), as quoted by Ryan Holmberg, The Comics Journal, Jul 16, 2012.
“I feel there is sensuality ... eroticism in the primary things that move, like animals and insects. Being able to inspire the movement to still images ... gives me the joy of the creator that breathes life into things that do not have life. The movement must be sufficiently round and sweet ... so express its eroticism. In creating cartoons I always think of an ideal, but ... half the finish to doubt the rightness of what I'm doing. So I put all my expectations always work next. * * [...] I often say jokingly that comics are my true wife and that the cartoons are my lover. The fact that I am fully dedicated to animation, my lover ... is because it allows me to express in a sublime ... the interesting metamorphosis of a changing body. For me, the greatest fun, no doubt, lies in the draw and give movement to change processes. Always look in my cartons this metamorphosis.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Interview to the author, in Osamu Tezuka, Jumping; quoted in AA.VV., Osamu Tezuka: A Manga Biography , vol. 4, translated by Marta Fogato, Coconino Press, Bologna, 2001, p. 178.
“Those American comics themselves were heavily influenced by Keaton’s comedies, Mack Sennett, those sorts of films from the golden age of comedy. The gagmen that appeared there, for example Roscoe Arbuckle or Ben Turpin, there were lots of comics that used their style, their faces just as is. Especially Chaplin with his bowed legs and over-sized shoes. Those sorts of features were used directly in comics. In that era, all American cartoonists imitated the stars of comedy. That is what I worked so hard at copying, and so that’s why my comics are bowlegged and big-shoed. At the level of content too I was deeply influenced by the strong social caricatures of Chaplin’s comedies, the tears mixed with the laughter. The biggest influence of all was the rhythm.”
Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tezuka Osamu and American Comics, (1973), as quoted by Ryan Holmberg, The Comics Journal, Jul 16, 2012.