I'm sitting here watching some BW old TV reruns, and it just stuck me how similar the visual elements are mostly. I could imagine an manga author watching American TV back then an being influenced. They really do look alike
Well, Tezuka did enjoy and take inspiration from a lot of Walt's work, so in many ways, the two industries have spurred each other onwards, in various aspects.
That's the filtered through part. Visually it's Leave it to Beaver, w tentacle rape. The little school girl skirts, the button down dressed dudes, the big round eyed people. It's 1953 suburban America, w tentacle monsters
[–] ElementalPee ago
Yeah I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Astroboy was pretty much a riff on Disney's style.
[–] MrPim [S] ago
I'm sitting here watching some BW old TV reruns, and it just stuck me how similar the visual elements are mostly. I could imagine an manga author watching American TV back then an being influenced. They really do look alike
[–] CrazyInAnInsaneWorld ago
Well, Tezuka did enjoy and take inspiration from a lot of Walt's work, so in many ways, the two industries have spurred each other onwards, in various aspects.