A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.
Direction
Rintaro's kinetic energy collides with Hata's surrealist touches.
Director
Rintaro
Toshiko Fujita
Rasetsu-jo / Princess Iron Fan (voice)
Hiroshi Masuoka
Sa Gojo (voice)
Mari Shimizu
Mother (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
Sanzo (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka
Son Goku (voice)
Kosei Tomita
Higeoyaji (voice)
Kiyoshi Kawakubo
Wan Laiming (voice)
Takeshi Kusao
Osamu Tezuka (Teen, voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Bull Demon King (voice)
Mami Koyama
Lula / Kyoko Okamoto (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Narrator (voice)
Hisashi Katsuta
(voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tezuka reportedly hated being called 'God of Manga' yet wrote himself as actual mythological deity here. The irony was not lost on him.
This dropped right as Studio Ghibli was redefining anime 'respectability'—Tezuka's stubbornly personal, messy counter-statement to their polish.
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