About Frederik L. Schodt: Frederik L. Schodt is an American translator, interpreter and writer.
Japan is the first nation in the world to accord 'comic books'--originally a 'humorous' form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the same social status as novels and films.
Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality.
Even if there are no new Mighty Atom manga or films created, the Mighty Atom character has become a permanent fixture of both Japanese and global pop culture.
Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either.
