[dannavy85]

He sure was ahead of the times in many worldly issues, like civil rights. Astro Boy was all about minority rights and how human beings should eventually handle the possibility of artificial self-thinking life. You couldn't help but be drawn both in senses and in visual wonder at how deep Tezuka's art could be and yet his staff pulled their hair out all the time at conventions because they couldn't get the old man to stop drawing for fans, he really nurtured his connection to his fan base.