Translated from pp. 194-7 of Folkloristics as Pseudohistory (Gishi toshite no Minzokugaku, 2007) by Eiji Ootsuka. One of Osamu Tezuka’s Occupation-era works is “Magic House” [Mahou yashiki, 1948]. For that era of SF, which boasts such works like “Metropolis” and “Lost World”, it’s a mere footnote in Tezuka studies, but for some reason Tezuka under [...]
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