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2019

Screening of "The Birth of Astro Boy" (1963) and Panel Discussion

Special Guest

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Macoto Tezka

Visualist

Born in Tokyo in 1961.

Tezka began filmmaking while in high school and won several film awards including the Pia Film Festival. Since then, Tezka has turned into a successful creator in various fields; as a director of films, TV, commercial ads and PV, and also as an author of various books.

He is the son of the legendary Osamu Tezuka, father of Japanese Animation.

Event Info.

Panel Discussion

Astro Boy and the two-way street between Japanese and American Animation

Makoto Tezka  I  Charles Solomon
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Screening of Astro Boy

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 Co-Presented by

Japan America Society of Southern California

JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles

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