(Continued)Sakai:
You are quite a humanist.
Mizutama:
That's like a life-long spell that all people who grew up on Tezuka are cast into.
Hagio:
It is a bit different from humanism. It's okay if someone is purely a villain, but in "The Mote in God's Eye" there is a species called Warriors, as well as those aliens who breed them. I have to question the setup where such aliens who breed those Warriors exist. For example, even if fierce bears and lizards fight, it's in a different vein, but they're still members of a biological system, right? With these Warriors, that part is completely missing.
Sakai:
You mean, it's very mechanical.
Hagio:
That's right. Even if you enter into a battle, how do I say, I think there is a fateful encounter in it. So whether you are out to destroy your opponent or close the gate, if there is a conflict within a character, it is much more interesting to us as humans. It is too simplistic to leave out all these things just because they are villains.
Mizutama:
So you look for justification in a villain.
Hagio:
The reason why I was reminded of Tezuka was that, in his works, internal struggle is always present in the protagonist's actions.
Mizutama
"The Adventures of Rock" is all about that. "The Birdman Chronicles," too.
Hagio:
Right.
Mizutama:
So was "Zeroman."
Hagio:
Tezuka has empathy even when he depicts disfigured characters.
Sakai:
By the way, you have not done any SciFi lately…
Hagio:
Mmmm, that's right, not lately. Sorry. I'm involved in a long-term serialization. This will end in one year. I have been saying it for three years, but I would like to go back and try some more SciFi once that's done.
Mizutama:
Yay! I'll look forward to it. Oh, of course I enjoy reading the current serialization, too, but please also do SciFi, that's what I mean.
Sakai:
Ah, what a conclusion. (laugh) Thank you very much for today.
(End)
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