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Osamu Tezuka received his medical degree before deciding to pursue a career in manga and animation.
Welcome to Tezuka In English
Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫) was a manga author and creator of many of the first Japanese animation. While Tezuka’s best known creation is, arguably, the world-renowned children’s series Astro Boy, he drew more than 150,000 pages of manga in his lifetime - touching on every style and genre. He wrote for every age-group, from young children to mature audiences, and single-handedly created the majority of the genres and character-types we see in manga and anime today.
"...All Life is Sacred"
Though he is one of the most respected cultural figures of 20th century Japan, finding information in English on his work can be difficult. As such, we'd like to welcome you to Tezuka In English - home of the global community for English-speaking Tezuka fans. Here you will find information on the many manga and anime series Tezuka created, his beloved "Star-System" cast of characters, what's available in English and what's not. You'll also find links to many other useful web resources including publishers’ sites, official publicity sites, and other fan sites. While you're at it, join our forums and and meet other Tezuka fans from around the world!
Tezuka In English is a volunteer-run fan site working in conjunction with TezukaOsamu.net, the official Japanese website. We're always looking for help, so if you have a link to suggest, please contact us!
Latest News
Discotek Media announces via its Facebook page that The Fantasic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic will both receive a May 15th 2012 release on DVD. more...
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Anime News Network is reporting that Osamu Tezuka's historical medical drama, Tree in the Sun (Hidamari no Ki) is getting a live-action television adaptation featuring Hayato Ichihara and Hiroki Narimiya.
Also known as Tezuka's Ancestor Dr. Ryoan, The story is set during the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate at the end of the Edo period. It is a time of great upheaval after the American Navy forces Japan to open itself to the outside world, and the Boshin civil war looms in the future. The historical epic follows the friendship between a young low-class samurai named Manjirō Ibuya (Ichihara) and a doctor named Ryōan Tezuka (Narimiya).
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Digital Manga is partnering with fans to produce a gripping, never-before-translated work by father of modern manga Osamu Tezuka!
Gardena, CA (January 13th, 2012) As part of its effort to accelerate the licensing and publishing of high-quality niche and classic manga in the United States, Digital Manga, Inc., today launched a campaign on crowd-funding site Kickstarter to translate Barbara by Osamu Tezuka, an adult drama never before published in English. For the next 30 days, fans will be able to pledge in exchange for a variety of rewards, including copies of Barbara and exclusive bonuses. If the target total of $6,500 is reached by the deadline (Feb. 12, 2012), production of Barbara will move forward.
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Over the last decade, interest in anime and manga has grown exponentially, and expanded all over the world. But this popularity and social relevance is largely the result of the imagination and creativity of one great man: Osamu Tezuka. With that in mind, Brazilian fans have decided to get together and create a big event, not only to pay tribute to this comic book master, but to make Japanese pop culture fans know and understand his huge legacy.
Uniting the biggest Brazilian websites, blogs, videoblogs and podcasts focused on Japanese pop culture, December 17th was chosen as "Tezuka Day" – a day to get to know more about the author and his works through reviews, contests and promotions. We are hoping to see the hashtag #TezukaDay as a Trending Topic on Twitter and to do that, we are asking for the cooperation of every fan, regardless of nationality, so on that day Osamu Tezuka’s name will be known by everybody!
Thank you,
Team #TezukaDay
For more information on this event check out the fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/tezukaday
Or contact by email: tezukaday@gmail.com
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The much sought after Tezuka classic Alabaster is getting a French release courtesy of FLBLB. more...
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