It is based on Tezuka's manga from the same name wich is actually pretty good but this was more like a experiment from tezuka trying to get live action footage and animation on the same screen just like mary poppins did a few years before but the problem was it dint really work, of course Tezuka dislikes it see for yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slLZNl5UfUc


Well the good things about it is that Tezuka himself plays in it wich i really enjoy thoug he is not a main carachter in the series and while the effects and hole meaning of it are kinda weird i don't think it was a complete waste of my money because the story is there just based on the manga and i might pick up the nice French version some day because it is one of those series that is so weird you just gotta pick up i like to hear some opinions about this series o yeha and the live action Rock Holmes looks pretty good as well
