Kasekitou
化石島
"Fossil Island" is an omnibus story featuring the dreams of three travelers who visit Fossil Island. They are Rock, a newspaper reporter, Kodama, a songwriter, and Tezuka Osamu, a cartoonist.
There are many strange rocks on the island that look like human figures. After they see the rocks, the travelers have strange dreams associated with the rocks. Rock dreams that he becomes partner to Sherlock Holmes and fights against the phantom thief Lepin for a hidden sculpture. In his dream, Tezuka Osamu, by eating ancient foods, goes to a world where humans have animal brains and animals have human brains. Meanwhile, Kodama, in her dream, is robbed of her body by Eros, the god of love, and goes to Heaven.
(Source: Tezukaosamu.net)
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手塚治虫
MAINOsamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫; November 3, 1928 - February 9, 1989) was a Japanese author, artist, animator, producer, director, medical doctor, and activist. He was known as the “Manga no Gaddofaza” - literally meaning "godfather of manga" - and was considered to be the Japanese Walt Disney. His work would lead to him becoming one of the most influential and innovative manga artists and animators of his day. His works would also become some of the most popular manga publications along with spawning some of the world's most well known characters.
伴俊作
SUPPORTINGShunsaku "Higeoyaji" Ban is a recurring character in the Astro Boy franchise and the Osamu Tezuka Star System. He is one of Tezuka's first characters and always appears as a loud-spoken, hardboiled devotee to justice.
アセチレン・ランプ
SUPPORTINGAcetylene Lamp is a reoccurring character from the Osamu Tezuka Star System. He is a tough, imposing man usually associated with big business or the law. Lamp appears in Tezuka's works mostly as a villain, especially in Astro Boy canon, where he has appeared in almost every series to date.
ハム・エッグ
SUPPORTINGHamegg is a frequent player in the Osamu Tezuka Star System, and a regular antagonist in various Astro Boy series. He usually appears as a shady circus ringleader, the second person to own and raise Astro, and often appears as a general criminal throughout the rest of the series.
レッド公
SUPPORTINGDuke Red is a reoccurring character in the Osamu Tezuka Star System. He is one of Tezuka's first characters, an arrogant and stylish man of shady authority. Duke Red often appears in various Astro Boy series as bureaucrats, military men, or politicians.
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- What is Kasekitou about?
- "Fossil Island" is an omnibus story featuring the dreams of three travelers who visit Fossil Island. They are Rock, a newspaper reporter, Kodama, a songwriter, and Tezuka Osamu, a cartoonist. There are many strange rocks on the island that look like human figures. After they see the rocks, the trave
- Is Kasekitou still ongoing?
- Kasekitou is currently finished. It has 4 chapters.
- Who are the main characters in Kasekitou?
- The main characters are Rock Holmes, Osamu Tezuka.
