Tezuka predicted the North Japan earthquake
Northeastern Japan was hit by a 6.9 earthquake early today at approximately 8:45am (CNN report). A 2ch user has however found out that this earthquake was actually mentioned on page 104 of vol 17 of Tezuka Osamu’s BlackJack with the same time, date, location, and it said it was 7.5 in magnitude.
I guess they didn’t call Tezuka the god of manga for nothing! Also the CNN report had a nice typo in the headline when it first went up.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
That’s almost as impressive as when Tezuka accidentally invented furries and emo.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I gotta hit that guy up for some lottery numbers…
June 13th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Did Tezuka write a manga in which the world gets destroyed? If so, the governments of the world may need to consult that.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Well, not really the same time. Tezuka said “around 8 a.m,” and didn’t say which year. 8:45 a.m. is closer to 9 a.m. Someone noted on 2ch that there’s a huge difference between a 6.9 and 7.5 quake. Since it’s on a log scale, a 7.5 quake has almost 6 times more energy than a 6.9.
June 14th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Wow. There must be some sort of conspiracy here.