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LATEST ADDITIONS to TezukaInEnglish.com:
- Swallowing the Earth series page in honor of DMP's upcoming release
- Twelve new additions to the Astro Boy Encyclopedia.
- New Analytical Essay on Jungle Emperor Leo & Kimba the White Lion
- Tezuka manga in Norwegian
- Celebration: TezukaInEnglish.com is proud to announce that we now have 300 pages of content! A big thank you to all our contributors.
- New Dororo page, in honor of Vertical's release.
- Improvements to our Apollo's Song page.
- New fan art posted
- Something you particularly want us to add? Send us a request.
LATEST OSAMU TEZUKA NEWS
- Tezuka's unfinished Legend of the Forest film to be completed by his son
- New Astro Boy CG Movie info & AnimeExpo activities
- Live action MW movie planned
- Google offers Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy) iGoogle Artist Theme
- Digital Manga Publishing licenses Swallowing the Earth for English release
- 2008 Eisner Nominations Posted including Apollo's Song nominated for Best Archival Collection/Project and MW for Best U.S. Edition of International Material. Naoki Urasawa's Tezuka-inspired Monster received two nominations including Best Continuing Series.
- Princess Knight remake manga planned
- New Galaxy Anime to release 1st Unico movie on US DVD
- For more, check our news archive, or the Tezuka Museum News
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LATEST OSAMU TEZUKA INTERNATIONAL RELEASES
- FEATURED PUBLICATION: The Astro Boy Essays by Frederik Schodt - a biographical/analytical treatment by one of Tezuka's personal friends.
- Manga in English: Phoenix 12, the early works from VIZ and Dororo Vol. 1 from VERTICAL Inc. Coming in the fall: Black Jack.
- Anime in English:
Phoenix TV from Mediablasters and Tezuka Short Films on iTunes. Coming soon: The Unico Movie from New Galaxy Anime.
- Manga in French:
Kaos,Shumari, Le Château de l'Aurore and Black Jack Deluxe (color hardcover).
- Anime in French:
Black Jack OAV
- Manga in Italian:
Kirihito and La Fenice (Phoenix) from Hazard - Manga in Spanish: Lost World & Nextworld from Glenat; coming soon, New Treasure Island and Naoki Urasawa's Pluto (Note: Swallowing the Earth and Shinsengumi canceled.)
- Manga in German: Adolf vol. 4 of 5, from Carlsen
- Anime in German: Phoenix TV by Brandtfilm
- Manga in Dutch: Buddha (release still in progress)
- Manga in Portuguese: Adolf and Buda (Buddha) Collectors' Box from Conrad
- Manga in Norwegian: Buddha (release still in progress)
INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE:
The works of Osamu Tezuka are already represented online by Tezuka World, which provides an enormous amount of information on Tezuka's life, philosophy, manga and animated works, characters, including images, previews, games and updates about the Takarazuka Municipal Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum in Tezuka's hometown. Unfortunately, the Tezuka World web site is not very easy to navigate, and not up-to-date on foreign editions of Tezuka's work, it has little coverage of the recent works coming out of Tezuka studios. This page is intended as a supplement for the official Tezuka web site, providing more of what Tezuka's English-speaking audience needs. Its primary contents are (not all complete):
- Introductory information for readers who don't know Tezuka.
- How to navigate the official Tezuka World site
- Tezuka in translation - what is available, how to get it and more information about it.
- Information on series not available in English editions.
- Tezuka’s recurring characters
- Fans and Fun - covering fan art, cosplay, doujinshi and more
- Links to other English-language Tezuka web sources
- Analytical Essays
This is a volunteer-run site working in conjunction with the Japanese-run Tezuka@World site. You will find links back to Tezuka@World on every page, as well as links to many other useful web resources including publishers’ sites, official publicity sites, and other fan sites. If you have a link to suggest, please contact us.
. Always wondered what this weird-looking patchwork pig thing is?
. His name is Hyoutan-Tsugi, also called Gourdtsuki or 'Poison Mushroom'.
. He is Osamu Tezuka's signature character, based on a doodle Tezuka's sister did as a child. Read his character profile in our character pages.
If you have questions or comments, or would like to contribute to the site, please contact us