Do you know the person responsible for the popularization of Japanese manga and anime? In this article, we are going to talk about the God and Father of Manga, the famous Osamu Tezuka, the famous creator of Astro Boy and countless classic works.
The story of the manga
Manga appeared at the beginning of the 20th century, and over the years, they became world-renowned and indispensable to Japanese society. Its success can be attributed to its characteristics as particular as the great diversity of genres, the strong presence of cinematographic language and the cartoon-style stroke.
Many of the Brazilian manga fans have become admirers of the creators of their favorite comics and anime, but they have never heard of one of the great pioneers of the field, the person responsible for the great successful manga.
It is not difficult to find, for example, otakus that refer to Akira Toriyama – creator of Dragon Ball – as “master”, having no idea that Toriyama, as well as many other mangaka, have as main inspiration the works from another great master, who implemented its most outstanding characteristics to the manga: Osamu Tezuka.
Osamu Tezuka's Success Story
Osamu Tezuka born in Osaka in 1926, he began his career creating comic strips for newspapers and has even worked with Walt Disney. Since his teens he has been drawing for his classmates.
Unfortunately because of Second World War, Osamu Tezuka was drawn to training in medicine to help friends and the population who were suffering during the war, which resulted in poverty and famine.
After the devastation caused by the Second World War, the Japanese population was completely desolate. It was then that Osamu Tezuka thought that a good way to bring happiness to the Japanese (especially children) would be through comic and optimistic comics.
Osamu Tezuka had a pretty extensive career that we'll see in detail. He was even in Brazil around 1984 teaching manga, opening an exhibition of his work and even helped directors of ABRADEMI.
Unfortunately he left us early, dying of cancer in 1989 at age 60, but his works will never cease to amuse and inspire future artists. Now let's talk about exactly those works that shaped history.
Osamu Tezuka's Achievements
His first successful work was released in 1946, entitled: Shin Takarajima (The New Treasure Island) – a comic book that mixed elements of cinematic language and comics.
Soon after, he made another hit among young people called Jungle Taitei (Kimba, the White Lion) in the year 1950. In addition to manga, Osamu Tezuka in his career wrote some books and other works that many do not know.
Tezuka has created and drawn numerous manga, including Tetsuwan Atom (Astro Boy), which was a huge success and was the first story manga to receive a television adaptation as an Anime.
Another successful work is Ribon no Kishi (The Princess and the Knight), considered the precursor of the shoujo sleeves. This work also yielded a classic 52-episode anime that was quite successful.
Astro Boy was also the first work to receive an English dub to be shown to Americans. Tezuka had no genre limitations, aside from fantasy stories he even wrote about Buddhism, Nazism and adult tales.
Osamu Tezuka did not invent the manga, but he who unprecedentedly popularized this phenomenon in Japan. Osamu Tezuka is believed to have written nearly 700 stories totaling 150,000 pages.
Osamu Tezuka's Influence
It was Osamu Tezuka who introduced the big eyes to the manga, inspired by the works of Walt Disney and the actresses of the Takarazuka theater, whose eyes shone in the spotlight.
Tezuka's great passion for the seventh art was also present in his works. The artist introduced cinematographic language to the manga, using various types of framing and decomposing the movement in the frames.
Inspired by Hollywood scripts, he also created stories with striking clashes between heroes and villains and great drama, something that did not exist in Japanese comics until then.
Tezuka also dedicated himself to publicizing and popularizing Japanese comics around the world. He even befriended Moebius and Brazilian cartoonist Maurício de Sousa.
Due to his contributions to the medium, Tezuka received the nickname of Manga in Kamisama (Manga God).
There is a museum in Japan to remember its history. Not to mention that even today his classic works have been adapted for TV as in the case of Astro Boy and Black Jack.
WORKS AND SLEEVES by Osamu Tezuka in BRAZIL
If you want to appreciate the works of Osamu Tezuka that were released in Brazil, let's leave a list below if you want to delve deeper into the story of the God of Mangas.
Videos about Osamu Tezuka
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List of Anime made by Osamu Tezuka
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| Name fo Movie | Year | Type |
| A Thousand and One Nights | 1969 | Movie |
| Adachi-Ga Hara | 1991 | Movie |
| Adventures of the Monkey King | 1966 | Pilot Film |
| akuemon | 1993 | OAV |
| Amazing 3, The | 1965 | TV |
| Magma Ambassador | 1993 | OAV Series |
| Arabian Nights: Sinbad the Sailor | 1962 | Movie |
| Astro Boy | 1963 | TV |
| Astro Boy | 1980 | TV |
| Astro Boy | 2003 | TV |
| Astro Boy: The Brave in Space | 1964 | Movie |
| Atom: The Beginning | 2017 | TV |
| Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature | 1984 | TV Special |
| Big X | 1964 | TV |
| Black Jack | 1993 | OAV Series |
| Black Jack | 2004 | TV |
| Black Jack 21 | 2006 | TV |
| Black Jack: The 4 Miracles of Life | 2003 | TV Miniseries |
| Black Jack: The Movie | 1996 | Movie |
| Black Jack: The Two Doctors of Darkness | 2005 | Movie |
| blue blink | 1989 | TV |
| blue triton | 1971 | Pilot Film |
| Brave Fire S09 | 1987 | Pilot Film |
| Bremen 4: Angels in Hell | 1981 | TV Special |
| Broken Down Movie | 1985 | Experimental Film |
| Buddha | 2011 | Movie |
| Cigarettes and Ashes | 1965 | Experimental Film |
| Cleopatra | 1970 | Movie |
| Doggie March | 1963 | Movie |
| Don Dracula | 1982 | TV |
| dororo | 1968 | Pilot Film |
| dororo | 1969 | TV |
| dororo | 2019 | TV |
| drop | 1965 | Experimental Film |
| Essays on Insects | 1995 | OAV |
| Fantastic Adventure of Unico 1, The | 1981 | Movie |
| Fantastic Adventure of Unico 2, The | 1983 | Movie |
| Flying Ben | 1967 | Pilot Film |
| smoke | 1980 | TV Special |
| Galaxy Boy Troop | 1963 | TV |
| Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet | 1986 | TV Special |
| Genesis | 1968 | Experimental Film |
| Goku's Great Adventures | 1967 | TV |
| Green Cat, The | 1983 | OAV |
| Gum Gum Punch | 1968 | Pilot Film |
| Jetter Mars | 1977 | TV |
| Journey to the West, The | 1960 | Movie |
| jumping | 1984 | Experimental Film |
| Jungle Emperor | 1965 | TV |
| Jungle Emperor | 1989 | TV |
| Jungle Emperor | 1997 | Movie |
| Jungle Emperor: Onward Leo! | 1966 | Movie |
| Kanashimi no Belladonna | 1973 | Movie |
| Kindly Lion, The | 1970 | Movie |
| Legend of the Forest: Part-1, The | 1987 | Experimental Film |
| Lunn Flies into the Wind | 1985 | OAV |
| male | 1962 | Experimental Film |
| Marvelous Melmo | 1971 | TV |
| memory | 1964 | Experimental Film |
| mermaid | 1964 | Experimental Film |
| metropolis | 2001 | Movie |
| Microid S | 1973 | TV |
| Misuke in South | 1971 | PR Film |
| Misuke in the Land of Ice | 1970 | PR Film |
| Muramasa | 1987 | Experimental Film |
| New Jungle Emperor, Go ahead Leo! | 1966 | TV |
| New Treasure Island | 1965 | TV Special |
| Norman | 1968 | Pilot Film |
| Okazaki City in 70 Years | 1987 | PR Film |
| Era uma vez | 1970 | PR Film |
| One Million-year Trip: Bander Book | 1978 | TV Special |
| Phoenix -Space-, The | 1987 | OAV |
| Phoenix 2772, The: Space Firebird | 1980 | Movie |
| Phoenix, The: Chapter of Yamato | 1987 | OAV |
| Pictures at an Exhibition | 1966 | Experimental Film |
| princess knight | 1966 | Pilot Film |
| princess knight | 1967 | TV |
| push | 1987 | Experimental Film |
| Rain Boy | 1989 | OAV |
| self-portrait | 1988 | Experimental Film |
| Space Journey: The First Dream of Wonder-Kun | 1969 | TV Special |
| Symphonic Poem: Jungle Emperor Leo | 1991 | OAV |
| Tales of a Street Corner | 1962 | Experimental Film |
| Tezuka Osamu Story: I am Son-goku | 1989 | TV Special |
| Tezuka's Ancestor, Dr. Ryoan | 2000 | TV |
| The Film is Alive | 1990 | Movie |
| The Phoenix: Chapter of Dawn | 1978 | Movie |
| The Phoenix: Chapter of Ho-Ou | 1986 | OAV |
| Three-Eyed One, the | 1990 | TV |
| Three-eyed One, The: Prince in the Devil Island | 1985 | TV Special |
| Till a City Beneath the Sea Is Built | 1969 | TV Special |
| Time Slip of 10,000 Years, A: Prime Rose | 1983 | TV Special |
| Triton of the Sea | 1972 | TV |
| Triton of the Sea | 1979 | Movie |
| Undersea Super Train: Marine Express | 1979 | TV Special |
| Unique Chapter Special: Saving our Fragile Earth | 2001 | Tezuka, Osamu World Film |
| Unique: Short Story | 1979 | Pilot Film |
| Vampire, The | 1969 | TV |
| Wansa-kun | 1973 | TV |
| World Famous Stories for Children: Thumb Princess | 1978 | Movie |
| Yamataro Comes Back | 1986 | OAV |
| Young Black Jack | 2015 | TV |
| zero-man | 1968 | Pilot Film |
LIST OF SLEEVES MADE BY OSAMU TEZUKA
To end the article we will leave a list of Manga and Books made by Osamu Tezuka. It's an extensive list, but that way you can know which work was actually written by the God of Manga. I hope you enjoyed the article, if you liked it share and leave your comments.
- 21st Century Adventure
- A Tree in the Sun
- Adventure Broadcasting Station
- Adventure of Rock, The - 1952
- Adventures of Ruby, The
- Age of Adventure - 1951
- Age of Great Floods
- Akebono-san - 1959
- Alabaster - 1970
- Amazing 3, The - 1965
- Ambassador Magma - 1965
- Angel Gunfighter - 1949
- Angel's Hill - 1960
- Ant and the Giant, The
- Apollo's Song - 1970
- Apple with Watch Mechanism
- Astro Boy - 1952
- Astro Boy Chronicles
- Astro Boy Special
- Atom Cat
- Ayako - 1972
- Bagi, the Boss of the Earth - 1975
- Bambi - 1951
- Barbara - 1973
- Benkei
- Big X - 1963
- Biiko-chan - 1957
- Birdman Anthology - 1971
- Black Jack - 1973
- Bomb! - 1970
- Book of Human Insects, The - 1970
- Boy Detective Zumbera - 1975
- Brave Dan - 1962
- Buddha - 1972
- Burunga I
- Captain Atom - 1952
- Captain Ken - 1960
- Captain Ozma - 1961
- Castle of Dawn, The
- Cave In - 1969
- Chief Detective Kenichi - 1954
- Clockwork Apple, The
- Crater, The
- Crime and Punishment - 1953
- Curtain is Still Blue Tonight, The - 1958
- Detective Boy, Rock Holmes - 1949
- Devil Garon, The - 1959
- Devil of the Earth, The - 1954
- Diary of Ma-chan - 1946
- Don Dracula - 1979
- Dororo - 1967
- Dotsuitare - 1979
- Dove, Fly Up to Heaven
- Dr. doronko
- doctor Mars - 1947
- doctor Thrill - 1959
- Duke Goblin - 1985
- Dust 8 - 1972
- damons
- Earth War, The
- Elephant's Kindness
- Elephant's Sneeze
- Essay on Idleness of Animals - 1973
- Euphrates Tree, The
- Fairy of Storms, The
- Farewell, Night
- Faust - 1950
- Film Lives On, The - 1958
- Fine Romance
- fire mountain
- Fire of Tutelary God
- fire valley
- Fisher
- Flower & Barbarian
- Flying Ben
- Fossil Island - 1951
- fossil man
- Fountain of Crane
- Four Card
- Four Fencers of the Forest, The
- Fuku-chan in 21st Century
- Fusuke
- Futureman Chaos
- Gachaboi's Record of One Generation - 1970
- game
- Garbage War
- Gary bar pollution record
- General Onimaru
- ghost
- Ghost in jet base
- Ghost Jungle
- Ghost story at 1p.m.
- Gikko-chan and Makko-chan
- giletta
- Go Out!
- God Father's son
- Gold City
- Gold Scale
- golden bat
- Golden Trunk, The
- Good bye, Mali
- Good bye, Mr. Eiichi Fukui
- Good morning Cusco
- Goodbye Night
- Goro of Hatchoike
- Goto Matabei
- Grand Dolls - 1968
- green outskirts
- Gringo - 1987
- Gu-chan & Paiko
- Gum Gum Punch - 1967
- Gut-chan
- Hans and Hair of Money
- HAPPY NEW YEAR
- Hatsuyume Family
- Head of cheerleaders of Kanoko
- Hello! chippo
- Higeoyaji, Dr. Ochanomizu
- HIKARI
- Himawari-san - 1956
- Horror Tales of Yotsuya
- How to Paint Osamu Tezuka Manga
- Human being in the Moon World
- Hungry Blues
- Hurricane Z
- Hyoroku and Gonroku
- Hyotan Komako
- i am a ninja
- I am Sarutobi!
- IL - 1969
- Ikki Mandara
- Infant development of ESP
- Infant in Womb Starts Talking
- Inochi no Mamejishaku
- Insect Collector - 1979
- Instruction 7:00AM!
- Invitation to the Grotesque
- Iron Road, The
- Irregularity Fencer
- Isolated Island in City
- It is Difficult Though Understands
- Jet King
- Jetter Mars - 1977
- Jiletta from Upside-Down
- Jungle Emperor - 1966
- Jungle Kingdom, The
- Jungle Taro
- Lay of the Rhine - 1973
- leo-chan
- Lion Books - 1956
- Little Wansa - 1971
- Lord Iechika Mogami - 1972
- Lost World - 1948
- Ludwig B
- Lunatic Japan
- Magic House, The
- Mako, Rumi and Chii
- Man From Mars, A
- Man of a Tail
- Classroom sleeve
- manga college
- Manga Seminar on Biology
- Marvelous Melmo
- Melody of Iron
- Men with Tails
- Message to Adolf
- metamorphosis
- Meteor Prince
- metropolis
- Microid S
- midnight
- Miracle Forest, The
- Monster of the 38th Parallel, The
- Moon and Wolves, The
- Moony Man, The
- Mr. cactus
- MW
- Mysterious Underground Men, The
- Neo Faust
- New Treasure Island
- nextworld
- Norman
- number 7
- Ode to Kirihito
- Old Folk's Home
- Osamu Tezuka Essay Collection
- Osamu Tezuka Lecture Collection
- Osamu Tezuka Novel Collection
- Osamu Tezuka Talk Collection
- Osamu Tezuka's Scenario Collection
- Osamu Tezuka's Special Manga Course
- Paper Fortress
- Peace Concert
- Peacock Shell
- Phoenix, The
- Pinocchio
- Pippy
- Plains of Abusegahara, The
- P-rn-graphic Pictures
- Prime Rose
- princess knight
- Queen Eggplant
- queen nasubi
- Queer Arabian Nights
- Rags & Jewels
- Rain Boy
- rainbow fortress
- Rainbow Parakeet, The
- rainbow prelude
- Rally Up, Mankind!
- Record of Peter Kyultan
- Record of the Glass Castle
- Rise of the Birdmen
- Road to Utopian Lurue, The
- Rock on Volcano Island
- Roppu-kun
- Runaway Tanker, The
- saboten-kun
- Say Hello to Bookila!
- Secret of Piron, The
- Secrets of Osamu Tezuka's Manga
- Z sensation
- sexy nights
- Serenade of a Pig's Navel
- SF Fancy Free
- SF Mix
- Shinsen-gumi, The
- Arabesque shorts
- Shumari
- Son of Godfather, The
- Son-Goku the Monkey
- Song of the White Peacock
- Soyokaze-san
- Spaceship Ringel Rock
- Stories of Three Adolfs, The
- Storm Fairy, The
- Story of Tonkara Valley, The
- Strange Boy, The
- Super Taiheiki
- suspicion
- Swallowing the Earth
- Tales of Astro Boy
- Tales of the Glass Castle
- Tales of Turtle
- Tange Sazen
- Tezuka's Ancestor, Dr. Ryoan
- Thief Akikazu Inoue, The
- Three-eyed One, The
- Thunder Mask
- Tiger Books
- Title Year
- Tonkara Valley Story
- Tree in the Sun, A
- Triton of the Sea
- tuberculosis
- Turtle Tales
- Twenty First Century Adventure
- Twin Knights, The
- Under the Air
- vampires
- Volcanic Eruption
- Wansa-kun
- White Pilot, The
- Wonder Three
- Wonderful Journey, The
- X-Point on the South Pacific
- Yaketpachi's Maria
- Yokko-chan ga Kita Yo!
- Zero Men
