Manga heroes and heroines might have slanted eyes, but they don’t. Most have large, sometimes oversized eyes. If they are so, it is because the “father of modern manga”, sometimes nicknamed the “god of manga”, Osamu Tezuka, decided so.
Born in 1928, died in 89, this anime mangaka, animator and screenwriter is often considered the Japanese equivalent of Walt Disney. And it’s a Disney character, of which Tezuka was a fan, who is at the origin of his choice to draw big eyes: it’s quite simply…
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