As an archaeological window into the development of the form, yes. As the comics form has evolved and storytelling grown into using a more mature set of tools, I find myself unable to appreciate Tezuka as story.
They are so deeply products of their times that they appear quaint and stilted-to me at least (I’ve spoken before of my trouble with attempting to escape my biases). I think I may be too far divorced from the period of his innovation to view the works as fresh. Beyond a hard-won affection for his Buddha, I haven’t come to take much enjoyment from the other books of his I’ve sampled. (Feb.I haven’t actually been a huge booster of the works of Osamu Tezuka. For anyone who doesn't believe that there's any good mature manga in the U.S., Pluto The creators subtly and seamlessly set up Gesicht's world, while digging deep to reveal the strange dichotomy of life and living among artificial beings. As he slowly unravels the mystery of the death of Mont Blanc-and subsequent, related murders-he uncovers the disturbing news that he will be next. Hardworking Detective Gesicht is one of those robots.
Merging current-day life with futuristic projections, Urasawa and longtime editor/producer Nagasaki develop a world where robots live among humans, sometimes living as humans-marrying, having children, taking jobs. Volume one opens with the death (or murder) of the beloved robot hero, Mont Blanc. ) classic, all-ages Tezuka themes in a mature package. Offers adult graphic novel readers (and fans of Urasawa's Monster Touching on many of the themes in Tezuka's story of a robot boy-the overlap of man and machine, the capacity for artificial intelligence to feel emotion, the true meaning of humanity- Pluto , Urasawa takes Tezuka's Pinocchio-inspired AstroboyĪnd reimagines it as a futuristic thriller. But all readers can rest assured that in this case, the pairing of seinen manga suspense master Urasawa and legendary cartoonist Tezuka is a very, very good thing. Any pairing of two masterminds can elicit murmurs of approval-or of apprehension.
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