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Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of manga, may be best known for Astro Boy and Black Jack, but the prolific author tackled a huge variety of genres, and wrote some stuff that’s definitely not for kids. That includes Barbara, the 1973-74 series about a writer with …Read more »
November 3 marks what would be the ninetieth birthday of Osamu Tezuka, the man known both as the God of Manga and the Walt Disney of Japan. During his sixty years on this planet, Tezuka created manga as we now know it, invigorated Japanese animation, …Read more »
© Tezuka Productions, used courtesy of Stone Bridge Press You’ve got to hand it to Tezuka Productions. Despite the “God of Manga” Osamu Tezuka having been dead for more than 27 years, he’s never been more relevant to American fans than now. The secret is …Read more »
The Osamu Tezuka Story is a treasure trove for a number of different reasons. For one, it is an in-depth look at the life of Osamu Tezuka, the nicknamed God of Manga, going from his birth to his death. Because Tezuka was so influential in …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka: legendary creator of Astro Boy , Black Jack and Phoenix , father of the anime industry, and… spectral spokesman for a Japanese cult? Controversial religious organization Happy Science has published a new book entitled Osamu Tezuka’s Ghost , in which they purport to …Read more »
In the 1970s, Frederik L. Schodt was part of a group that wanted to translate manga and showcase it to the world. While manga’s international recognition was still to come, this led to him meeting Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy , Kimba the …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka's life and extensive body of work is being celebrated in a manga biography by Toshio Ban & Tezuka Productions, with a translation by Frederik L. Schodt ( Manga! Manga! , Dreamland Japan , The Astro Boy Essays ). The Osamu Tezuka Story: A …Read more »
Even hardcore anime fans can be forgiven for not knowing of the existence of Osamu Tezuka’s Animerama. A trippy, LSD-bathed trilogy produced by the god of manga in the late 60s and early 70s, the Animerama films are definitely not kids’ stuff and have of …Read more »
If you want to know your manga history, you've got to start with Osamu Tezuka. The "god of manga," Tezuka created not only Astro Boy, Blackjack and a host of other iconic characters, he also pioneered the very system by which manga and anime are …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka's Atomcat is inspired by Astro Boy , but you don’t have to have read Astro Boy to understand what’s going on in this manga. It opens showing us the “birth” of Astro Boy—and then we realize these pages are being read by our …Read more »
A short manga recently found in a used bookstore catalog is reported to be a very early work by “God of manga” and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy and Phoenix . The manga depicts Japan’s food shortage problem after World War II, …Read more »
Digital Manga Publishing stepped out of the mainstream by licensing Barbara (and funding it on Kickstarter), because while it’s from Osamu Tezuka, it’s a strange, unconventional title. But readers ought to be very grateful, since Barbara is a fascinating, thought-provoking read, and has never been …Read more »
Christianity gets all the good movies. Oh sure, they get quite a few stinkers, but if a Left Behind is what it takes to get a Jesus of Montreal or The Gospel According to Matthew (which was produced by a gay communist for crying out …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka and Fred Patten once conspired to make you "watch cartoons in a language you can't understand". As even casual observers of paradox and head-scratching conundrums know all too well, the life of a time traveler can get complicated fast. Just a few days …Read more »
Now we can finally stop speculating about Ed Chavez's hint-hint tweets regarding the next big title from Vertical. We knew it would be Tezuka, and that it would come in at around 700 pages in length, but now we know the actual title in question: …Read more »
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