Osamu Tezuka 1987 profile & interview Astro Boy creator

1987 TV profile and interview featuring Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka that also covers the overall manga scene in Japan. The BetaGems channel also has "Don Bluth VS Ralph Bakshi December 1988 TV report," "Ralph Bakshi Dec. 1988 intvw, Basing cartoons on toys is bad for kids," "Animator David Silverman 1982 Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom," "Chuck Jones 1984 interview & demonstration," and "The Making of Frog & Toad animator interview 9-3-87."
BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on UA-cam or online. Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads.
In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.

[@motivatedvergil4540]

This guy predicted the future of Japanese media....

[@joaocritico]

He was struggling back then for the japanese media we know today, so he's just saying he would like the Japanese media to be.

[@Kingfrozttheartist]

Because he influenced it

[@leftyfourguns]

He was so right about Japan’s creative influence on the rest of the world in the 21st century. And he made that prediction with such confidence too

[@Zumi909]

With out this man here anime or manga wouldn't exist

[@bobbybeltran6142]

The "father of Manga" as most scholars coined him, Tezuka Osamu embodied the omnipresent notion of media creators - ones that embrace popular culture and maximise public appeal brought about by their craft. However, what Tezuka has is creativity and innovative works ("high model tone" as mentioned in the commentary) that resulted in his legendary and influential status in the field.

[@johnjohn2570]

Well it would but be very different

[@DennisTamayo]

He sadly passed away in 1989.

[@zeoinfinitneospace2134]

True he passed away the late 80s he may be gone yes but his legacy will always be remembered it was one of the greatest Godfather of all manga even though some other testicles work is still unfinished

[@lyricchan8711]

Legend

[@pinkeatom28]

i just love tezuka describing astro like a kid describing their charter in a game of pretend

[@rea8959]

He is indeed The God of Manga and also Pioneer of Japanese Creativity to develop till right now

[@pradeepjaiswar4508]

Big fan air 😭❤️

[@PiterMorbid]

A blast from the past