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George Dunsay interviewed.
“The involvement of Marvel is an outgrowth of our G.I. Joe work. This part was purely the idea of Griffin-Bacal.”
Griffin and Bacal interviewed.
“The idea was, how do you take the fantasy and bring it alive? … If we can dimensionalize the fantasy, whether it’s a humorous fantasy, or good versus evil, it really helps kids role-play with the whole idea.”
The origin of Marvel’s Transformers comic.
“Following the success of G.I. JOE, these toy developments had become a regular thing.” (Part 2. Jim Shooter’s Transformers treatment.)
Ron Friedman interviewed.
“My job was to take that limited information and create characters somebody cared about. Characters with a particular way of speaking, a particular sense of humor if they had one, and a body language that went along with their dialogue so they became like living beings.” (See also.)
Toys that transformed the world’s way of play.
“For us … these guys become human, we project ourselves onto them — our frailties and strengths; they act as our representatives in a fantasy world.”
Japan and the oil crisis.
“The question I ask myself is whether Japan can survive.” (Spoiler: it did.)
Nagai Go interviewed.
“Even if they start out by imitating Japanese manga, they are still fundamentally children of their own cultures. … Eventually, they will produce something completely original … After all, Japanese manga was originally greatly influenced by American comics and Disney, so these things go around in cycle.”
Kawamori Shoji interviewed.
“I was really into (British sci-fi puppet series) ‘Thunderbirds,’ but I didn’t want to build the plastic model kits from the store. If I did that, I would be the same as everyone else.” (See also.)
Miyatake Kazutaka interviewed.
“I came across a poster by Robert McCall for 2001: A Space Odyssey, it really shook me looking at it. … I went to see the film … when I was 18. It really changed the direction of my life.”
Aramaki Shinji interviewed.
“When I worked on Pole Position or Mask, I was still young (around 23-24). It was such a big advantage for me to have had an opportunity to work in America at that age.”