著者

孫 旻喬 Sun Minqiao

出版者

名古屋大学大学院人文学研究科図書・論集委員会

雑誌

名古屋大学人文学フォーラム (ISSN:24332321)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.3, pp.201-216, 2020-03-31

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Robots play an important role in Osamu Tezuka’s story manga. There are several robot characters recognized as female. Their body image was considered to be influenced by image in science fiction works during 1920-1930. However, there are also many differences between works during 1920-30 and Tezuka’s story manga. Karel Čapek created the word “robot”, and defined them as artificial workers who produce for humans or fight for humans. But when robots show femininity, the ability of pregnancy is also required. Female robot’s body let writers imagine about human reproduction, Tezuka’s story manga also includes imaginations about reproduction, but Tezuka showed a different view on it. In this paper, we will see “reproduction” as a keyword to analysis the similarity and differences of female robot’s image between pre-Tezuka science fictions and Tezuka’s works. We will also clarify the relationship between Tezuka’s female robots and the historical & cultural context of postwar Japan.