Osamu_Tezuka

toc == =Biography= Osamu Tezuka is often referred to as the “Father of Manga” or the “god of manga”. He was born in Novemebr 3rd, 1928, in Osaka, Japan. At an early age, he developed the passion to draw. At the age of 18, he went to college for medical practice. Even though he was taking college he always had time to draw. As a cartoonist he was successful and had his comic strips published in newspapers. Not long after, his longer stories were published as paper back comics and had become a hit, selling over 400,000 each book. He received his physician’s license but gave it up to pursue his joy and passion. He created techniques and gave Japanese cartoons (manga) a unique style that everyone followed after. His published work is comprised of 700 manga books in about 170,000 pages. In 1989, Tezuka was under consideration for the Nobel Prize for Literature but before that happened, he died. At the age of 60, Tezuka passed away due to stomach cancer.

=Career= It was after World War II that he had an interest to draw comic books and create imaginative stories for people to enjoy. His love for cartoon flourished as American cartoons such as Walt Disney and BettyBoop inspired him to create a style for Japanese cartoons such as the “big eyes” technique. Unlike American cartoons and comics, Tezuka preferred to include more details into the characters’ features, making the graphics really attractive. He established Mushi Pro, which was an animation studio that produced the cartoons in Japan. A few of his most popular works include Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight and more. Tezuka devoted his whole life to manga and animation that he earned the titles of “Father of Anime” and the “Walt Disney of Japan”.

=Anime & Manga Productions=

Here is a list of some of Tezuka's work:


 * **//Diary of Ma-chan//**, 1946
 * **//Shin Takarajima//** //(**New**// **//Treasure Island//**//)//, 1947
 * **//Tuberculosis//** 1948
 * **//The Moony Man//** 1948
 * **//Jungle Taitei//** //(**Jungle Emperor**)//, 1950-54
 * **//[|Metropolis]//**, 1949
 * **//Captain ATOM//**, 1951-52
 * **//Tetsuwan ATOM//** //(**[|Astro Boy]**)//, 1952-68
 * **//Eigoban Tsumi to Batsu//** //(**[|Crime and Punishment]**)//, 1953
 * **//Ribon no Kishi//** //(**[|Princess Knight]**)//, 1953-56
 * **//Twin Knight//**, 1958
 * **//Hi no Tori//** //(**[|Phoenix]**)//, 1956-89
 * **//Zero Men//**, 1959-1960
 * **//Galaxy Boy Troop//**, 1963-1965
 * **//Big X//** //(**[|Big X]**)//, 1963-1966
 * **//W3 - Wonder Three//** //(**[|Amazing 3]**)//, 1965-1966
 * **//Maguma Taishi//** //(**[|Ambassador Magma]**)//, 1966-1967
 * **//Dororo to Hyakumaru//** //(**[|Dororo]**)//, 1967-1968
 * **//Vampire//** //(**[|The Vampire]**)//, 1966-1967 and 1968-1969
 * **//Umi no Triton//** //(**[|Triton of the Sea]**)//, 1969
 * **//Kureopatora//** //(**[|Cleopatra: Queen of Sex]**)//, 1970
 * **//Fushigi na Merumo//** //(**[|Marvelous Melmo]**)//, 1970-1972
 * **//Wansa-kun//**, 1971-1972
 * **//[|Ayako]//**, 1972-1973
 * **//[|Black Jack]//**, 1973-83
 * **//Mitsume ga Tooru//** //(**[|The Three-Eyed One]**)//, 1974-1978
 * **//[|Buddha]//**, 1974-84
 * **//[|Unico]//**, 1976-1979
 * **//Jet Mars//** //(//**//[|Jetter Mars]//**//)//, 1977
 * **//[|Rainbow Parakeet]//**, 1981-1983
 * **//Tell Adolf//** (**//[|Adolf]//**), 1983-85
 * **//Jumping//**, 1984
 * **//Say Hello to Bookila//**
 * **//Broken Down Film//**, 1985
 * **//Duke Goblin//**, 1985-1986
 * **//Mid Night//**, 1986-1987
 * **//Mori no densetsu//**, (**//Legend of the Forest//**) 1987
 * **//Gringo//**, 1987-1989
 * **//Ludwig B//**, 1987-1989
 * **//Blue Blink//**, 1989-1990

=Artwork & Animation=

=Sources=

"Osama Tezuka." Wikipedia. Nov. 20, 2006. Dec. 05, 2006. <**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka>** "Osamu Tezuka." Tripod. Dec. 05, 2006 

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