Book
The Osamu Tezuka story : a life in manga and anime
Publication Information
Berkeley, California : Stone Bridge Press, [2016]
Physical Description
xiv, 914 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
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.
Notes
Translated from the Japanese.
"Tezuka Osamu Monogatari by Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions ... First published in Japan in 1992."
Reads from right to left.
Contents
- From Osamu to Osamushi (1928-1945)
- Dreams of manga (1945-1959)
- Dreams of anime (1960-1968)
- Appendix : Works by Osamu Tezuka.