Tetsuji Fukushima ( ; February 19 1914-1992) was a Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. Fukushima was born in the

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. From January 1949 to February 1956, his science fiction comic series ''Sabaku no Maō'' ( ) appeared in the ''

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'' magazine by

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. He was inspired for this manga by the Middle Eastern tale of ''

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and the Magic Lamp.'' Sabaku no Maō was also published in nine anthologies after the magazine publication. The manga's drawing style was influenced by American comics, which the editor of magazine had bought from the occupation army and given to Fukushima as a reference.

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cited an episode in ''Sabaku no Maō'' as a great inspiration for his film ''The Castle in the Sky'': "As a student, I read it abaku no Maōover and over again with a beating heart. There was an episode about a gemstone that gave you the power to fly. I was so moved by it that I wanted to make a film about a magic stone.“ Fukushima's other works include ''Inazuma Dōji'' (; 1954), ''Kaijin Z'' () and ''Shippū Kenshi'' (; 1956–1957).

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