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手塚治虫物語 (Tezuka Osamu Monogatari)
The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime
Cover art for the English release
Genre	Biography
Manga
Written by	Toshio Ban [ja]
Published by	Asahi Shimbun Company
English publisher	NA: Stone Bridge Press
Magazine	Asahi Graph
Original run	1989 – 1992
Volumes	2

The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime (Japanese: 手塚治虫物語, Hepburn: Tezuka Osamu Monogatari) is a biographical manga based on Osamu Tezuka's life, created by Tezuka Productions and Tezuka's assistant Toshio Ban. It was serialized by Asahi Shimbun's Asahi Graph from 1989 to 1992 and collected into two volumes in 1992. It was published in North America by Stone Bridge Press, with a translation by Frederik L. Schodt, on July 12, 2016. The North American edition was nominated for the 2017 Eisner Award in the "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia" category.

Synopsis

The manga is a biography of Osamu Tezuka, covering Tezuka's life and career, and the evolution of the manga and anime industries in Japan.^[1]

Production and release

The Osamu Tezuka Story was created by Tezuka Productions and Toshio Ban, who was one of Tezuka's assistants and the sub-chief of manga productions for magazines at Tezuka Productions.^[2] The manga was serialized in the news magazine Asahi Graph of Asahi Shimbun Company following Tezuka's death from 1989 to 1992.^[2]^[3] Asahi Shimbun collected the manga into two volumes in 1992, covering the time periods 1928–1959 and 1960–1989, respectively.^[4]^[5] Kin no Hoshisha [ja] republished the manga in three volumes in 2009.^[6] It was published in a single volume in North America on July 12, 2016, by Stone Bridge Press, with an English translation by Frederik L. Schodt.^[1] The manga has also been published in France by Casterman in four volumes under the title Osamu Tezuka – Biographie.^[7]

Reception

The Osamu Tezuka Story was nominated for the 2017 Eisner Award in the "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia" category.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b http://www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/The_Osamu_Tezuka_Story:_A_Life_in_Manga_and_Anime_to_be_published_in_English_this_July.html (Archive)
^ ^a ^b Rollman, Hans (August 10, 2016). "The Dark Side of Obsession in 'The Osamu Tezuka Story'". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ Kelts, Roland (18 June 2016). "Drawing on the past of Osamu Tezuka". The Japan Times. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
^ 手塚治虫物語オサムシ登場1928-1959 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ 手塚治虫物語漫画の夢、アニメの夢1960-1989 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "漫画「手塚治虫物語」【全3巻】". Kin no Hoshisha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ "Osamu Tezuka - Biographie". Casterman (in French). Archived from the original on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ "Goodnight Punpun, Orange, The Osamu Tezuka Story, Princess Jellyfish, Wandering Island Nominated for Eisner Awards". Anime News Network. May 2, 2017. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.

Osamu Tezuka

Manga
1940s	Diary of Ma-chan (1946) Shin Takarajima (1947) Lost World (1948) Angel Gunfighter (1949) Metropolis (1949)
1950s	Faust (1950) Kimba the White Lion (1950–1954) Nextworld (1951) Age of Adventure (1951–1953) Ambassador Atom (1951–1952) The Fossil Island (1951) The Adventure of Rock (1952–1954) Astro Boy (1952–1968) Crime and Punishment (1953) Princess Knight (1953–1956) Chief Detective Kenichi (1954–1956) The Devil of the Earth (1954) Lion Books (1956–1957) Biiko-chan (1957) The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight (1958) The Film Lives On (1958–1959) Peacock Shell (1958) The Twin Knights (1958) Dr. Thrill (1959) The Merchant of Venice (1959) Song of the White Peacock (1959)
1960s	Angel's Hill (1960–1961) Captain Ken (1960–1961) Brave Dan (1962) Big X (1963–1966) Princess Knight (1963–1966) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Ambassador Magma (1965–1967) The Vampires (1966–1967) Dororo (1967–1969) Gum Gum Punch (1967–1969) Phoenix (1967–1988) Princess Knight (1967–1968) Activist Student (1968) Grand Dolls (1968) Swallowing the Earth (1968–1969) The Crater (1969–1970) Triton of the Sea (1969–1971)
1970s	Alabaster (1970–1971) Apollo's Song (1970) Bomba! (1970) The Book of Human Insects (1970–1971) Marvelous Melmo (1970–1972) Ode to Kirihito (1970–1971) Birdman Anthology (1971–1975) Lion Books II (1971–1973) Little Wansa (1971–1972) Serenade of a Pig's Navel (1971) Ayako (1972–1973) Buddha (1972–1983) Lay of the Rhine (1972) Lord Iechika Mogami (1972) The Moon and Wolves (1972) Old Folk's Home (1972) Black Jack (1973–1983) Microid S (1973) The Record of Peter Kürten (1973) Sensual Nights (1973) Son of Godfather (1973) The Three-Eyed One (1974–1978) Boy Detective Zumbera (1975) Rainbow Prelude (1975) MW (1976–1978) Unico (1976–1979) Don Dracula (1979) Insect Collector (1979) Insect Collector – The Butterfly Road Smells of Death (1979) The Thief Akikazu Inoue (1979)
1980s	Hidamari no Ki (1981–1986) Rainbow Parakeet (1981–1983) Spaceship Ringel Rock (1982) Suspicion (1982) Volcanic Eruption (1982) Message to Adolf (1983–1985) Peace Concert (1984) Duke Goblin (1985–1986) Gringo (1987–1989) Ludwig B (1987–1989)

Anime
1960s	Alakazam the Great (1960) Astro Boy (1963–1966) Big X (1964–1965) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Kimba the White Lion (1965–2009) Leo the Lion (1966–1967) Gokū no Daibōken (1967) Princess Knight (1967–1999) Dororo (1969) A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
1970s	Cleopatra (1970) Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972) Triton of the Sea (1972–1979) Belladonna of Sadness (1973) Little Wansa (1973) Microid S (1973) Jetter Mars (1977) Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979) Unico (1979–1983)
1980s	Astro Boy (1980–1981) Fumoon (1980) Phoenix 2772 (1980) Don Dracula (1982) The Green Cat (1983) Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984) Lunn Flies into the Wind (1985) The Three-Eyed One (1985–1991) Phoenix (1986–2004) Yamataro Comes Back (1986) Blue Blink (1989–1990) The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (1989–1990) Rain Boy (1989)
1990s	Adachi-ga Hara (1991) Akuemon (1993) Ambassador Magma (1993) Black Jack (1993–2011) In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
2000s	Hidamari no Ki (2000) Metropolis (2001) Astro Boy (2003–2004) Phoenix (2004) Astro Boy (2009) Ravex in Tezuka World (2009)
2010s	Buddha (2011–2014) Dororo (2019)
2020s	Phoenix: Eden17 (2023)

Characters
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