There are few figures in anime and manga with the same weight behind them as Osamu Tezuka. Often called the father of those media, the accolade is actually apt in this case. So it is wonderful to ...

Any pairing of two masterminds can elicit murmurs of approval—or of apprehension. But all readers can rest assured that in this case, the pairing of seinen manga ...

A brand new instalment of a hugely successful Japanese manga series created by the pioneering Osamu Tezuka hit bookstores Wednesday, co-developed using artificial intelligence 34 years after his death ...

A legend of comics, manga, and pop culture joins the ABLAZE catalog as the publisher announces that it has licensed four acclaimed manga titles by Osamu Tezuka from Tezuka Productions, in cooperation ...

The Tokyo Toshima Tokiwaso Manga Museum and Tokiwaso-dori Showa Retro Museum will host the Capcom vs Osamu Tezuka Characters: Tezuka Cap Fighting Universe 2 exhibition starting on July 20, 2024, and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It was Japan’s first animated TV series, setting the foundation for the entire anime industry.

Three draft storyboards created by manga maestro Osamu Tezuka, including two previously unreleased titles, have been discovered in storage at the animation studio he founded. Totaling 99 pages, the ...

Manga legend Osamu Tezuka is famous for his work on Astro Boy, but the mangaka was responsible for numerous other works during his long career. Famously referred to as the "godfather of manga," Tezuka ...

SAN FRANCISCO --The Asian Art Museum here isn't exactly what you'd call contemporary. Its last exhibit from Japan was of 18th-century screen paintings, and even that was considered pretty recent. But ...

People in Japan will be able to look at Capcom vs Osamu Tezuka characters in their own homes in 2021. Fukkan opened pre-orders for a Capcom vs. Osamu Tezuka Characters art book featuring images from ...

In the late 1960's, Osamu Tezuka — manga and anime visionary, as well as the creator of Astro Boy — helped create a 26 part serial for Japanese television called Vampire, in which a "vampire" (really ...

The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution, by Frederik L. Schodt. Stone Bridge Press, 2007, 248 pp., $16.95 (paper) When legendary manga and anime artist Osamu ...