TIL that the trend of anime’s signature large eyes started from mangaka Osamu Tezuka’s works, who himself was influenced by Disney and Betty Boop cartoons, and fashion designer Jun’ichi Nakahara’s works. Other factor such as a proverb involving eyes also played a part.
Yo, to any humans who come across this Tezuka did a crazy amount of work and he was a pretty prolific Manga artist. As you can see here. I’m mixed, and I grew up reading a lot of manga. As I got older, it became less prevalent in my life. But reading a Tezuka is one of my dirty pleasures. I say dirty, because he was for sure of the time. But he makes really wild stories that run you all over the place. I never read any of his historical stuff (He was for sure really popular for both his Hitler and Buddha stuff and I never really cared for either…? Eh.) But I read a lot of his crime stuff and fantastical stuff and hot damn are both fun.
Metropolis is one of my bro’s favorite movies and I am constantly having a think on The Book of Human Insects.