Estetyka sprzeciwu: twórczość Osamu Tezuki wobec disneyowskiego paradygmatu animacji

Barbara Sobieraj

doi:10.21697/zk.2025.12.20

Published: 2025-12-15

No. 12 (2025)

The Aesthetics of Resistance: Osamu Tezuka’s Work in Opposition to the Disney Animation Paradigm

Barbara Sobieraj

Cultural Studies Appendix

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/zk.2025.12.20

Abstract

The article offers an analysis of the work of Osamu Tezuka and the Mushi Production studio in the context of their opposition to the aesthetic and narrative strategies characteristic of Walt Disney’s animation. The starting point is a comparison of the dominant mid-20th century animation paradigms in the United States and Japan. The author examines the aesthetic, ideological, and thematic differences between classical Disney animation and Mushi’s productions, with a particular focus on the Animerama trilogy as a work of distinctly countercultural and transgressive character. The article also explores the ways in which Tezuka’s films depict the body and sexuality — elements that challenge the Western model of family-friendly animation, stripped of indecency and saturated with moral lessons. This study contributes to the broader discourse on cultural differences in approaches to the medium of animation.

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Sobieraj, B. (2025). The Aesthetics of Resistance: Osamu Tezuka’s Work in Opposition to the Disney Animation Paradigm . Cultural Studies Appendix, (12), 391–403. https://doi.org/10.21697/zk.2025.12.20

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