Got this from the latest Madman.com.au newsletter! If anyone can make it to this event and take photos, let me know! I'll compensate you somehow!
No, not the ghost of Tezuka! We're talking about the one and only Fred Ladd, who produced ASTROBOY and KIMBA for Western audiences, plus a host of other shows such as GIGANTOR and G-FORCE. He was even a consultant on the production of SAILOR MOON!
If Tezuka is the "god of comics", then Fred is the "god-father" of anime! Without his contributions to these shows, who knows when anime would have appeared on our barbarian shores!
While the details are yet to be finalized, Mr. Ladd is tentatively scheduled to appear late November. Keep an eye on the Madman website and the Kinokuniya notice board in-store for all the details. We hope to see you there, for what is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to catch up with one of the West's most influential animation pioneers.
