The science fiction and manga readers had the same... Most fiction writers then had had some experience in the comic and some of it had even been absorbed completely... I can not understand why those who love science fiction also loves the manga and vice versa. There are two kinds characterized by a biting satire and at worst are called "extravagant".... Both are aimed toward the future, and therefore contain romantic adventures for young people.

Since I cartoonist ; quoted in AA.VV., Osamu Tezuka: A Manga Biography, vol. 3, translated by Marta Fogato, Coconino Press, Bologna, 2001, p. 73. ISBN 8888063102