Walt Disney and Osamu Tezuka

[Androids101]

The Tezuka-Disney connection extends back decades before the movie. Tezuka met Walt Disney at the 1964 New York World's Fair, and Disney said he hoped to "make something just like" Tezuka's Astro Boy. Tezuka then asked for and got the license to adapt Disney's Bambi into a manga for the Japanese audience. More recently, Disney animators were hired to train Tezuka's crew in the use of color when production was started on the Jungle Emperor/Kimba the White Lion TV series. It was said that an animated film of Kimba the White Lion was planned but later scrapped

Cool.

[Astronomical girl]

why can we not send a letter to Disney about it?

[Androids101]

We might...just might...

[Astronomical girl]

why don't we try?

[jeffbert]

I believe that the part about both spikes being visible regardless of which way he turned his head was inspired by M. Mouse's ears, but, the actual hair style itself was inspired by Tezuka's own hair immediately after his showering (Shodt, Essays, 47).

[Dr. Jerk]

the actual hair style itself was inspired by Tezuka's own hair immediately after his showering (Shodt, Essays, 47).

If only there was a photo...

[Astronomical girl]

i don't think his wife would have allowed her husband to show that

[Androids101]

LOL

[Astronomical girl]

it be "keep your things to yourself or i'll let them see"

[Androids101]

Mickey Mouse's ears were (kind of) inspired by the ears of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, as he was a successor to the rabbit. (Read my post on page 4 to see a picture of it.) Oswald's ears weren't inspired by anything, they were based off real rabbit ears.