WWW: NEW! "CHEVALIER: The Queen's Mouseketeer" is up NOW!

[Andrew Perron]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:31:25 +0000 (UTC), Darryl Hughes wrote:

> As promised I asked Monique about the Tezuka thing and here's what she
> said:
>  
> From: Monique MacNaughton, Thursday, November 22, 2012 2:51 PM:
>  
>   "Appreciate the compliments. I actually got the feeling I was
> channeling a lot of the design sense of Tezuka's "Ribon no Kishi"  while
> working on Chevalier. It was translated and released in western markets
> as "Princess Knight" though it didn't get a lot of US distribution due
> to disputes between prospective syndicators. It was one of the most
> influential and revolutionary works in early shojo (girl's) manga/anime
> in particular. "

Oooooh. Yes, that makes much sense.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, an influence on basically any anime
with badass female characters.