Frederik L. Schodt -- author of much-anticipated book The Astro Boy Essays -- was recently interviewed by SFGate's "Asian Pop" columnist Jeff Yang. Be sure to read the whole article, which focuses on Tezuka's electric humanism. Here's an excerpt:
...cultural historian Frederik L. Schodt's wonderful new book [is] an in-depth look at Tezuka's first and best-loved work.
"To Tezuka, robots couldn't do good or evil unless they're programmed by humans to be good or evil," says Schodt. "We're not hardwired: The power to decide to do good or evil is what makes us human."
"To Tezuka, robots couldn't do good or evil unless they're programmed by humans to be good or evil," says Schodt. "We're not hardwired: The power to decide to do good or evil is what makes us human."
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