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Hideo is also often credited at his inception post a Tezuka themed landscape of the 70s to be the actual father of shoujo manga, believe it or not. He also would participate in LATER comikets selling doujinshi made with otaku who admired him. His bio also states this:
Yas went off of the parameters of making Akira athletic, though he was changed to being younger, Japanese, and a soccer player. This was done for lots of reasons, but Yas' studying of Americana characteristics goes back to his work w/ Mushi Pro & Rankin-Bass.
Young Danan Rashica from Cucuruz Doan's Island shows up in an early Origin side story by Yas!