Tezuka Productions has released an second special preview interview with Katsuhiro Otomo for the upcoming feature-length documentary that celebrates Osamu Tezuka’s life and legacy: TEZUKA! GOD OF MANGA.
The film will be funded by a Kickstarter campaign that will launch soon:
Otomo's comments
In the late 1960s a new manga movement emerged. It was of targeted at older people instead little kids, with more adult themes. Instead of thinking about the audience and writing what you think they want... they started reflecting their own thoughts and their own experiences. And they created a new underground magazine called "Garo". Garo was sold in general bookstores but the circulation was small so only enthusiasts bought it Garo made an impression on Tezuka, so he created his own magazine called COM. So rather than put out the kind of work that was popular in the big magazines, he could write the kind of thing he was personally interested in without worrying about the audience and he could publish it in COM.
When Tezuka was still working he was a real writer, he created his own storles. Nowadays, editors create the stories and get young artists to draw them. Manga artists aren't expected to have storytelling talent anymore. Real artists don't listen to editors. And today's editorial departments don't want artists who won't listen to them. So in today's system, editorial creates the story, publishes it and makes all the money. And everyone's always. fighting each other like idiots. Non-stop. But what's sad is that... fewer and fewer artists know how to invent their own stories. Everyone just copies some popular game or animation And it's because the editors don't really know much about manga. So they just get newbies to copy some video game or anime they've seen. They should really be reading more Osamu Tezuka instead.
