One thing that comes from taking in the art and information from the exhibition, Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga at the Art Gallery of NSW, is that Osamu Tezuka, creator of Black Jack, Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, really did have a thing for the metamorphosis angle in life. Or just his stories. Whatever.

Either way, it's not without the next manga work and the next after that, displayed clearly and well with information and sample finishes, that the line between the underlying theme beneath that underlying theme is apparent. Or perhaps this is all a matter of transference.



Up close to his original art, all the mistakes and corrections are spot on clear. Liquid paper collaring the stray and changes, his work is super fine and so easy to read and understand.

All the focus is on the manga, so there are no moving visuals, no animations playing alongside the original creations. Flat, but then the anime is not the donut here.