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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer
ID: #43808
Short
Tezuka
Transcript:
Japanese imports like Pokémon and DragonballZ have been entertaining American children for over a decade, but Japan's most iconic mange character — a child robot known as Astro Boy — has only recently been rediscovered by American audiences. Often called "The Mickey Mouse of Japan," Astro Boy was created in 1952 by Tezuka Osamu, Japan's most influential cartoonist. Tezuka's characters, with their large eyes and expressive faces, established the drawing style used in all anime today. But it was Tezuka's storytelling that made Astro Boy resonate with audiences around the world. Astro Boy re-imagines the story of Pinocchio in a futuristic setting. Although Astro Boy is a powerful robot with components that help him protect the Earth — including twin machine guns in his butt -; he is, at heart, a little boy with an innocent worldview.
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