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Fred Ladd on Tetsuwan Atom.
“The show … put Japan on the map as an animation production country. And as soon as that hit, all of sudden, all over Tokyo, a hundred studios sprang up overnight.”
Tags: Interviews, TV
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Popy Jumbo Machinder Mazinger Z.
(See also.)
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Invincible Guardians of World Freedom.
“A Shogun Warriors comic ran for sixteen issues, courtesy of artist Herb Trimpe and writer Doug Moench.”
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Nagai Go interviewed.
“Even if they start out by imitating Japanese manga, they are still fundamentally children of their own cultures. … Eventually, they will produce something completely original … After all, Japanese manga was originally greatly influenced by American comics and Disney, so these things go around in cycle.”
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Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.
(YouTube, 01:12. See also.)