>>55219867Nowadays. Given the ecosystem that grew up after his time, however it's clear they had an impact. Hell, Tajiri approved grass Doronjo, that means at LEAST two staffers are known furfags. and most of the designers are mid-30's to mid-40's (Turner was 32 when he started for example), so those that didn't get it off Tezuka got it off those who came after him. And Tajiri conceived his idea of magical beasts that lived alongside humans in 1990, meaning he got it from the source (the idea of balls to transport them came about when they couldn't portray the monsters walking alongside the humans right - which is ultimately why they added following pikachu to Yellow when they went to make it - to get their original plan in).
