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refractionfish · 2 months ago

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interview with tetsuya chiba (artist behind ashita no joe as well titles like ore wa teppei and notari matsutaro) from 2022. apparently the "white ashes" beat was his idea — one has to wonder what author asao takamori (aka ikki kajiwara) even contributed.

eBookJapan. “インタビュー【漫画家のまんなか。vol.4 ちばてつや】弱さもダメなところもひっくるめて、人間の素晴らしさを描きたい - Ebjニュース＆トピックス,” April 18, 2022. https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/special/article/aa0243.html.

#the more you read about the process of writing anj the more you thank chiba #like so many key plot beats came from him #apparently rikiishi's weight loss was planned because chiba didnt know about weight classes #and drew rikiishi too big because thats what a strong dude was to him #so that big twist in volume 9 was planned as a result #the ending is also frequently discussed as having been chiba's idea #as takamori originally planned for joe to live #there's a storyboard of the original ending floating around #of joe sitting on a porch while yoko looks on fondly #the ending was changed because chiba was uncomfortable with this #and ended up drawing the “burnt out” pose at the last minute #yeah if anyone wants to know where im getting my info for this tag dump id be happy to share #text #interview #mine #ashita no joe #joe yabuki #noriko hayashi

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