The Collected Essays of Tezuka Osamu Volume 2

STORY

This collection contains everything from the basics on what animation is to the appeal of animation and why Tezuka Osamu chose to dedicate his life to it. Within these essays he also comments on Disney, including a very interesting, largely critical piece on the famous "Snow White." Tezuka Osamu expresses dismay at the fact that though Disney, which he loved, started out with slapstick elements involving Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck-elements which could even be described as cruel-the company at some point took on a new face as a "symbol of humanism." This change stood in striking similarity to generally-held views of Tezuka Osamu's work. Where he started out writing mainly cynical works that exuded certain distrust in mankind, Tezuka Osamu also came to be labeled by the public at large as a "humanist" artist of a single vein. Tezuka Osamu identifies his own dilemma with public opinion with that of Disney, viewing both himself and Disney as pioneers and trusting in his own creativity. This collection deftly reveals Tezuka Osamu's innermost thoughts on the subject.

DESCRIPTIONS

The above represents a re-arrangement of works based on the three titles "Tezuka Osamu Land" and "Tezuka Osamu Land 2," published in 1977 and 1978 respectively by Daiwa Shobo, and "The Complete Tezuka Osamu 2," published by Magazine House in 1993.