世界のアニメーション事情_2017-06-29

Thirty years ago, a famouse Japanese artist met with a well-known Brazillian cartoonist.
The two agreed to work on a project, and although one of them died before its completion, the collabaration continues.

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close to somebody's heart
forces of evil
share vaslues
collaborate
feature
side by side with
illegal logging

Tezuka is one of the founders of Japan's manga and animation industry. He is best known for Astro boy, a robot that fight the forces of Evil.
When the Japanese artist visited Brazil, they become good friends. De Sousa says their works share many values.
In 2012, he published a manga featuring Monica side by side with Tezuka's Astro Boy.
They fight to protect the amazon rainforest from illegal logging.
This long relationship between these two masters of manga is continuing to grow, creating a new bridge between Brazil and Japan.