#mushipro
Also, the animation was done by Mushipro and Dezaki was reportedly the uncredited animation director.
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Belladonna of Sadness 哀しみのベラドンナ 1973 Japanese movie poster, version 1

#哀しみのベラドンナ
#mushipro
#eiichiyamamoto
#lasorcière
#julesmichelet
#animerama
#70s
April 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I see some people who hate Nisei go rant like: "TEZUKA HATED HIM AND HE CAUSED MUSHIPRO TO COLLAPSE JUST LIKE YUGOSLAVIA AND USSR"(it's exaggeration)and misinformation that Atom is losing relevancy in the 1970s.

I don't see them complain about Nipple Atom, that's way worse lol.
August 28, 2026 at 4:15 AM
A lot of Japanese artists worked on the Rankin Bass Christmas Specials. Most of the animation on Frosty the Snowman was done by Mushipro.
December 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Capcom vs. Tezuka/MushiPro? So much nostalgia!
May 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Oh, good catch!

Aikawa did confirm that a lot of the stuff with Judas and (implicitly) Earth-chan was meant as allusions to Tezuka's career, specifically his infamous breakdown over COM and MushiPro shuttering, and his career revival with Black Jack.
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Belladonna of Sadness 哀しみのベラドンナ 1973 Japanese movie poster, version 1

#哀しみのベラドンナ
#mushipro
#eiichiyamamoto
#lasorcière
#julesmichelet
#animerama
#70s
#belladonnaofsadness
April 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Interestingly, Aikawa revealed that his shift was meant to reference Tezuka's infamous creative breakdown following the closure of COM and MushiPro, as well as his recovery with Black Jack, though the thematic implications of that currently evade me somewhat. bsky.app/profile/aika...
平尾リョウさんからお送りいただきました! 今でも作品を愛してくださり、ありがとうございます。

元ネタについてはわざとわかりにくくしていたコンクリート・レボルティオ、結果として今では自分でも元ネタわからなくなってるものがあるんですが、ジュダスについては当時も今も捻りすぎててわかって貰えなかったのが残念。
基調として漫画の神様と漫画の王様を巡るCOM事件を象徴させたいというものがあり、2人の生み出した電光〜ジュンとミュータント・サブ〜悪の科学者といえば片腕のあの人〜そして神様の復活の象徴である闇医者‥という変遷をわかりやすく入れて、神様と王様の人間性の複雑さを描いたつもりだったんですが‥(笑)
December 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
There's also a Japanese DVD that's fully dubbed in English and French. I think you can still even order it from the MushiPro or Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, and the packaging looks far nicer. No idea about the video quality

www.mushi-pro.co.jp/DVD%E8%B2%A9...
September 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Love that when Astro Boy was temporarily unusable due to MushiPro going bankrupt and Tezuka wanted to make a new anime he just didn’t allow it to stop him one bit and went with this
June 30, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Watching the most anime of Christmas Specials, Frosty the Snowman!
(Rankin Bass contracted the animation out to Mushipro and the animation was directed by Osamu Dezaki)
December 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Mas isso n é exclusivo de OP não, enquanto eu via JJK ontem notei tbm essa ausência, o que me leva a crer que foi uma trend particular da época em que Ashita no Joe foi feito, 1970 e 1971.

Fiquei tbm curioso por outras produções da MushiPro, em especial essas aqui:
January 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Even though MushiPro was founded by Tezuka Osamu, the company also adapted Chiba Tetsuya's "Kunimatsu Sama no Otoridai" and Fujikawa Keisuke's "Sasurai no Taiyou" into animated TV series!
January 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM