![]() ![]() He often served as Osamu Tezuka’s English interpreter and was a consultant on one of his animated features and a TV series. Schodt is a translator, conference interpreter, and award-winning author of books on Japanese history and pop culture. In the early 1980s, Japanese model lovers began to sell matching model components made by themselves through vending machines. Osamu Tezuka was a towering figure in Japanese manga and anime, referred to as the God of Manga and Japans Walt Disney. In the wake of Tezuka’s death in 1989, it has continued as a family enterprise, responsible for the development, production, merchandising, licensing, and distribution of his many manga and anime creations, including books, films, and characters.įrederik L. manga industry, led by the 'god of Japanese manga', Osamu Tezuka, moved into new territory in an effort to repair the postwar psyche and, for the first time, to make money from anime licenses. ![]() ![]() Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd., is the now-legendary company founded by Osamu Tezuka in 1968 to produce his own manga and anime. After working for a period as a free-lancer, he later re-joined Tezuka Productions in 1978 as the sub-chief of manga production for magazines, supporting Tezuka’s creative work until the end. Toshio Ban joined Tezuka Productions in 1974 as one of Tezuka’s assistants. The GOD of manga wrote over 700 manga volumes in total (not series. A never-before-seen popular culture history of postwar Japan, it is sure to fascinate fans and anyone interested in manga, anime, and the potential of the graphic storytelling medium. It is also an anecdotal study of the evolution of Japan’s early manga and anime business and its heroes. The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, trans. 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). The Osamu Tezuka Story’s long road to US publication. ![]()
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