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"tonigirl1000" wrote:Was he ever at the United Nations for real? Thanks and hugs
I would say that if he ever was, one of Frederik L. Schodt's books would say so. I highly reccomend all of them. Check Amazon.com for them.
While I did read 3 of Schodt's book, I caanot recall if Tezuka ever even visted the UN. However, while I doubt it, I do believe that Tezuka was an internationalist, that is, he believed that the UN was the right start to the goal of a world state.
Although I strongly disagree with this philosophy, I DO understand why he put his faith in the UN.
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"jeffbert" wrote:... I do believe that Tezuka was an internationalist, that is, he believed that the UN was the right start to the goal of a world state.
Maybe I don't fully understand what is the United Nations, but I don't think it is about creating a world state, merely about unifying nations so they cooperate with each other instead of fighting each other
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Perhaps I should have explained my reasons-- err, definately.
Judging from the similarities between some of Tezuka's stories, and classic scifi, such as HG Wells' stories, I have no doubt that Tezuka read some of these. Two of which feature world leaders deciding to dissolve borders, & form a world state. Their reason is key, the advent of atomic weapons necessitated the prevention of any further use of them.
Tezuka was very much against war, & to that end, several Astroboy stories involved the UN. However, I must add that the UN's involvement was nothing like we would see in reality, when one nation causes trouble & the others via the UN take collective action against it. Rather, these stories involved situations that threatened the entire world.
But Tezuka as a Japanese man, might be expected to have Japan deal with the problem; however, Ochanomizu addressed the UN several times, & one story even had a Robot UN.
in 193, after most humans had fled the earth, only robots remained. Atom was promptly elected president of the earth. I think that people who have been ravaged by war, are more likely than others to desire the end of war. & how better to achieve that, than by the end of nations. Still, it may be a stretch to say that Tezuka hoped for a world state, so I will concede that point.
Judging from the similarities between some of Tezuka's stories, and classic scifi, such as HG Wells' stories, I have no doubt that Tezuka read some of these. Two of which feature world leaders deciding to dissolve borders, & form a world state. Their reason is key, the advent of atomic weapons necessitated the prevention of any further use of them.
Tezuka was very much against war, & to that end, several Astroboy stories involved the UN. However, I must add that the UN's involvement was nothing like we would see in reality, when one nation causes trouble & the others via the UN take collective action against it. Rather, these stories involved situations that threatened the entire world.
But Tezuka as a Japanese man, might be expected to have Japan deal with the problem; however, Ochanomizu addressed the UN several times, & one story even had a Robot UN.
in 193, after most humans had fled the earth, only robots remained. Atom was promptly elected president of the earth. I think that people who have been ravaged by war, are more likely than others to desire the end of war. & how better to achieve that, than by the end of nations. Still, it may be a stretch to say that Tezuka hoped for a world state, so I will concede that point.
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