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Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential cartoonists of all time, his prolific output, pioneering techniques and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the Father of Manga" , "the Godfather of Manga" and "the god of Manga" . Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt…
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science · Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989) · film director · film producer · mangaka · animator · physician · writer · character designer · screenwriter · illustrator · artist · also Osamu Tezuka, Tezuka Osamu, Tezuka
Born 3 November 1928 · Died 9 February 1989 · Q193300
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2026· 2 entries
MutualArt.com: Osamu Tezuka
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2025· 1 entry
Time Out: Osamu Tezuka’s ‘Phoenix’ exhibition offers a journey through time and eternity
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2024· 1 entry
Yahoo: How Gurihiru redesigned the legendary Osamu Tezuka's manga characters for a new audience
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2020· 1 entry
An AI writer-artist made by Kioxia was tasked to make a new "Tezuka" manga called Paidon, which takes place in a futuristic apocalyptic society, which was released in the magazine Morning on 27 February 2020
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2019· 2 entries
Japan Today: Osamu Tezuka to return to work with 'new manga' produced by AI
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Nearly 50 years later, the manga series was re-adapted into another anime series with 24 episodes
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2018· 1 entry
A Monica Toy short featuring Astro Boy was uploaded on YouTube in honor of Tezuka's spiritual 90th birthday
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2016· 1 entry
Forbes: 'The Osamu Tezuka Story' Review: A Brilliant Biography Of One Of Manga's Finest Minds
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Best foreign work published in Spain (2014).
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It was reported that Tezuka's daughter, Rumiko Tezuka, opened a drawer to her father's desk which had been locked since his death
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2012· 1 entry
Maurício published a two-issue story arc in the Monica Teen comic book featuring some of Tezuka's main characters, including Astro Boy, Black Jack, Sapphire, and Kimba, joining Monica and her friends in an adventure in t
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2006· 1 entry
Tezuka ranked 24th, the only mangaka to make the list
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2003· 1 entry
The Japanese toy company Kaiyodo began manufacturing a series of figurines of Tezuka's creations, including Princess Knight, Unico, the Phoenix, Dororo, Marvelous Melmo, Ambassador Magma, and many others
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Loved the film, and would play its soundtrack at maximum volume in his studio to keep him awake during long nights of work
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Winsor McCay Award (1990).
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1989· 4 entries
Died 1989-02-09.
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“Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures”
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Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class (posthumous)
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“I am convinced that comics should not only make people laugh. For this in my stories found tears, anger, hatred, pain and end not always happy.”
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Asahi Prize (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
In a 1986 entry in his personal diary, Tezuka stated that Disney wanted to hire him for a potential science fiction project.
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1983· 1 entry
Shogakukan Manga Award for Hidamari no Ki
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Inkpot Award (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Iwaya Sazanami Award (1979).
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1973· 1 entry
Mushi Productions collapsed financially; the fallout would produce several influential animation production studios, including Sunrise
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1969· 1 entry
The manga series was adapted into an anime that consisted of 26 episodes
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1968· 1 entry
To found a new animation studio, Tezuka Productions, and continued experimenting with animation late into his life
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1967· 1 entry
In response to the magazine Garo and the gekiga movement, Tezuka created the magazine COM
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1963· 1 entry
Astro Boy made its debut as the first domestically produced animated program on Japanese television
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1961· 1 entry
Tezuka entered the animation industry in Japan by founding the production company Mushi Productions as a rival of Toei Animation
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1959· 2 entries
Osamu Tezuka married Etsuko Okada at a Takarazuka hotel
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In 1959 Osamu Tezuka married Etsuko Okada at a Takarazuka hotel.
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1957· 1 entry
Shogakukan Manga Award for Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan
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1954· 2 entries
Tezuka first published what he would consider his life's work, Phoenix, which originally appeared in Mushi Production Commercial Firm
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Offering his Tokiwa-sō apartment to two budding manga artists he had complemented previously, Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko
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1953· 1 entry
Tezuka published the shōjo manga Ribon no Kishi (Princess Knight), serialized in Shojo Club from 1953 to 1956
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1951· 1 entry
Tezuka graduated from the Osaka School of Medicine and published Ambassador Atom, the first appearance of the Astro Boy character
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1945· 1 entry
Tezuka was accepted into Osaka University and began studying medicine
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1944· 1 entry
Tezuka was drafted to work for a factory, supporting the Japanese war effort during World War II; he simultaneously continued writing manga
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1940· 1 entry
Studied at University of Osaka (1940).
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1928· 1 entry
Born 1928-11-03.
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