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.

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Tezuka, Osamu (Contributor)

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Hayden, Evan (Letterer)
Ronan, Linda (Cover designer)
Sada, Adriana (Translator)
Schodt, Frederik L. (Translator)

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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

Classifications

Genre
Graphic Novels & Comics
DDC/MDS
741.5952Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsDrawing and drawingsComic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic stripsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyAsianJapanese
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NC1709 .T48 .B35Fine ArtsDrawing. Design. IllustrationDrawing. Design. IllustrationPictorial humor, caricature, etc.
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Rating
½ (4.73)
Languages
English, Japanese, Portuguese
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
5
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