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TIL while promoting Astro Boy during his visit to The United States in 1964. Osamu Tezuka was able to meet Walt Disney on opening day of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Tezuka and Walt briefly discussed about working on a movie together, but the plan quickly fell through after Walt's death in 1966.

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