Animation Legend Rintaro’s Autobiographical Manga, a Reverse Import from France

“Ginga Tetsudo 999” (“Galaxy Express 999”) in 1979, “Genma Taisen” (“Harmagedon”) in 1983 and “Metropolis” (2001) are all landmark works in the history of Japanese animated films. “Ginga Tetsudo 999” is the greatest of the original anime adaptations of Leiji Matsumoto’s manga, and “Genma Taisen” was...