The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life In Manga and Anime
by Toshio Ban, Tezuka Productions
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This graphic-format biography of Osamu Tezuka--Japan's "God of Manga"--looks at one of the twentieth century's great creative artists (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack). It is also an anecdotal study of the evolution of Japan's early manga and anime business and its heroes.Tags
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- Canonical title
- The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life In Manga and Anime
- Original title
- 手塚治虫物語; Tezuka Osamu Monogatari
- Original publication date
- 2016
- People/Characters
- Osamu Tezuka; Astro Boy; Adolf Hitler; Bambi; Black Jack; Buddha (show all 24); Faust; George Lucas; Kimba the White Lion; Ludwig van Beethoven; Mickey Mouse; Momotaro; Norakuro; Phoenix; Princess Knight; Ralph Bakshi; Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov; Shotaro Ishinomori; Sun Wu Kong; Unico; Walt Disney; Dororo; Ayako Tenge; Michio Yuki
- Important places
- Tokyo, Japan; Japan
- Important events
- World War II; Shōwa era
- Original language
- Japanese
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- Genre
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5952 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing and drawings Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography Asian Japanese
- LCC
- NC1709 .T48 .B35 — Fine Arts Drawing. Design. Illustration Drawing. Design. Illustration Pictorial humor, caricature, etc.
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- 73
- Popularity
- 429,354
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- (4.73)
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Portuguese
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- UPCs
- 1
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- 1
