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INTEREST: Osamu Tezuka's Hello Kitty Drawing Isn't So Cute




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Primus



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:03 pm Reply with quote
Tezuka knew Kitty wasn't a cat.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:12 pm Reply with quote
Here is a reference for you young-ins that don't read Tezuka. http://tezukaosamu.net/en/character/616.html

I think I remember seeing that dude in Black Jack every now and again. Not surprised that Tezuka would do something like that really since he seemed to use his characters very often.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:54 pm Reply with quote
Hello Piggy?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:24 pm Reply with quote
This looks cute to me! Anime hyper

Osamu Tezuka was the best; I wish he had lived longer... Sad
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:17 am Reply with quote
I hope I don't ruffle too many feathers here,but this drawing of Hello Kitty isn't Osamu Tezuka's best work. And believe me,he's done some pretty good stuff. He must have been done it as a favor to Sanrio but I doubt that they would have been published that drawing. I wouldn't put it among his best stuff. That drawing looked like he was off the day he drew it.
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If there was a plush of Hyoutan-Kitty, I would buy it in a heartbeat!
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EyeOfPain



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:26 pm Reply with quote
Snomaster1 wrote:
I hope I don't ruffle too many feathers here,but this drawing of Hello Kitty isn't Osamu Tezuka's best work. And believe me,he's done some pretty good stuff. He must have been done it as a favor to Sanrio but I doubt that they would have been published that drawing. I wouldn't put it among his best stuff. That drawing looked like he was off the day he drew it.

When the request came in, with Tezuka's workload, he likely just did the first thing that came to mind between working on chapters of Phoenix, Black Jack, and whatever other serializations he was publishing or animation projects he was working on.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:46 am Reply with quote
Who are you to say it isn't cute?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:21 pm Reply with quote
chao8971 wrote:
Here is a reference for you young-ins that don't read Tezuka. http://tezukaosamu.net/en/character/616.html

I think I remember seeing that dude in Black Jack every now and again. Not surprised that Tezuka would do something like that really since he seemed to use his characters very often.


Yep, you're right on that. Every book that isn't gekiga related (his usual works) you could find that character in the corner of any panel. I often would pass the character over but I often wondered later on if there was any significance to the character.
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