Not Astro ... Not Mars ... but... Drop??

[rescuebot]

I recently stumbled upon a work of Tezuka's (apparently??) that also features a young robot protagonist.

More about them here.

Meet Roppu!!











I had not heard of this character before today honestly! If anyone else has any info please share! I thought this might be interesting!

[jeffbert]

I think I viewed that book, or at least the 1st 18 to 20 pages, which were free, online sometime ago. I will look in my collection of notes.

[rescuebot]

That's awesome! I'd love to hear any info about this character if you have it!

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

That IS Tezuka's signature in Japanese. This character was not listed in Hellen McCarthy's "The art of Osmau Tezuka". That pig character sorta reminds me of Ochanomizu! We need someone to translate that Manga you found.

[rescuebot]

A friend of mine on dA pointed out that they appear in this picture! (warning: it's rather large) http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zveM16eKCdc/Uu3qD5Jyb_I/AAAAAAAAJXY/laxUwzjESwc/s0/P1190890.jpg

I cropped their appearance here!


They also appear in the beginning of this tribute to Tezuka video by You Yoshinari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeqZdB2JPow

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

There's as longer version that has a few other Tezuka characters here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfMxXQqz_38

[F-Man]

Drop? I think one way to spell it could be Rop or Ropp but definitely not Drop.

[rescuebot]

Drop? I think one way to spell it could be Rop or Ropp but definitely not Drop.

Well their name comes up as Drop-kun?


So.... idk what to tell ya....

I think it might be a water pun since they were found underwater apparently! In which case that's pretty clever!

[Fauna]

[QUOTE=F-Man;232002]Drop? I think one way to spell it could be Rop or Ropp but definitely not Drop.

Well their name comes up as Drop-kun?


So.... idk what to tell ya....

I think it might be a water pun since they were found underwater apparently! In which case that's pretty clever![/QUOTE]

Nah, it's definitely Roppu-kun, or Rop. I can read Japanese and it definitely starts with a "ro" on those tankoubon covers.

[rescuebot]

[QUOTE=rescuebot;232003][QUOTE=F-Man;232002]Drop? I think one way to spell it could be Rop or Ropp but definitely not Drop.

Well their name comes up as Drop-kun?


So.... idk what to tell ya....

I think it might be a water pun since they were found underwater apparently! In which case that's pretty clever![/QUOTE]

Nah, it's definitely Roppu-kun, or Rop. I can read Japanese and it definitely starts with a "ro" on those tankoubon covers.[/QUOTE]

I think it's up to interpretation haha