The "god of manga" Osamu Tezuka (yes, they call him god, not godfather) certainly never denied lifting ideas from Disney and other early American animators. Bu

The "god of manga" Osamu Tezuka (yes, they call him god, not godfather) certainly never denied lifting ideas from Disney and other early American animators. But there's the difference: Tezuka was, as the moniker makes obvious, hugely successful, also financially. It's easy to be gracious to people copying from you when you're successful yourself. It's a very different thing when you're struggling and other people are being successful and making bank with ideas copied from you - and that is clearly what irked Satoshi Kon as well.