The Osamu Tezuka story
Subtitle: a life in manga and anime
By: Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions ; translated by Frederik L. Schodt
Contributors: Schodt, Frederik L., 1950- translator; Tezuka Purodakushon
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 914
ISBN-13: 9781611720259
Subjects: Cartoonists; History and criticism; Biography; Comic books, strips
Work titles: Tezuka Osamu monogatari
Description: This graphic-format biography of Osamu Tezuka--Japan's "God of Manga"--looks at one of the twentieth century's great creative artists (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack). It is also an anecdotal study of the evolution of Japan's early manga and anime business and its heroes.
Notes: Translation from the Japanese of: Tezuka Osamu monogatari.

The book is published "manga-style", in authentic Japanese right-to-left format.

Includes bibliographical references (page 912).