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Birth Of A Legend
Born in Toyoaka City, Japan
Son of Yutaka Tezuka & Fumiko Tezuka -
First Ideas
started to draw comics around his second year of elementary school. (no specific year) -
Adopted Pen Name
Around his fifth year he found a bug named "Osamushi". It so resembled his name that he adopted osamushi as his pen name. (no recorded date) -
First Work
After World War II, he created his first piece of work (at age 17), Diary of Ma-chan and then Shin Takarajima (New Treasure Island), which began the golden age of manga, a craze comparable to American comic books at the time.[no known date} -
Astro Boy
‘Tetsuwan Atom’ makes his first appearance in 1951, soon he becomes ‘Astro Boy’ and Tezuka continues to create every single Astro Boy comic story for 21 years. 1960's - Astro Boy is animated and shown on Fuji television, in black and white. 193 episodes are produced, and the
broadcast ends in 1966. (unknown month and day) -
Speed Racer
is a Japanese anime/manga franchise about automobile racing. Mach GoGoGo was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1958 Shōnen Book. It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics, and later re-released in Japan by Fusosha. Adapted into anime by Tatsunoko Productions, its 52 episodes aired on Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968. The anime was re-broadcast on Tokyo MX from July 1 to September 25, 2008. Selected chapters of the manga were released by NOW Comics in the 1990s unde -
Unicersity Grad
he asked his mother whether he should look into doing manga full-time or whether he should become a doctor. At the time, being a manga author was not a particularly rewarding job. The answer his mother gave was: "You should work doing the thing you like most of all." Tezuka decided to devote himself to manga creation on a full-time basis. He graduated from Osaka University and obtained his medical degree but he would later use his medical and scientific knowledge to enrich his sci-fi manga. -
Production Studio
Tezuka founds Tezuka Osamu Production Animation Deparment, changed to Mushi Productions the following year. (unknown exact date) -
Kimba the White Lion/Lion King
\"Kimba the White Lion\" was a Japanese manga (comic book) from the 1950s that became a cartoon show (anime) in the 1960s. In addition to having a similarly-named protagonist ("Kimba" as opposed to "Simba") the "Kimba" cartoon and "The Lion King" feature extremely similar characters: a wise monkey character, hyenas as comic-relief villains, a dead father who appears to his son in the clouds, and an older relative (an aunt in "Kimba" and an uncle in "Lion King") who serves as the main antagonist. -
Death
Tezuka died of stomach cancer in Tokyo, One month after the death of Hirohito, who had been the Shōwa Emperor of Japan, including during World War II. His last words were: "I'm begging you, let me work!" -
takarazuka's tezuka osamu memorial hall
The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum (宝塚市立手塚治虫記念館?, lit. "Takarazuka's Tezuka Osamu Memorial Hall") was inaugurated on April 25, 1994, and has three floors (15069.47 ft²). In the basement there is an "Animation Workshop" in which visitors can make their own animation, and a mockup of the city of Takarazuka and a replica of the table where Osamu Tezuka worked. -
Astro Boy Movie
Astro Boy is a 2009 American-Hong Konger-Chinese computer-animated action film loosely based on the mangas and anime series of the same name by the Japanese writer and illustrator Osamu Tezuka. It was produced by Imagi Animation Studios, and directed by David Bowers.The film was released first in Hong Kong on October 8, 2009, Japan on October 10, 2009 and in the United States on October 23, 2009. -
Memory Lives On
The city of Takarazuka, Hyōgo, where Tezuka grew up, opened a museum in his memory.[5] Stamps were issued in his honor in 1997. Also, beginning in 2003 the Japanese toy company Kaiyodo began manufacturing a series of figurines of Tezuka's creations, including Princess Knight, Unico, the Phoenix, Dororo, Marvelous Melmo,and Ambassador Magma. many others. To date three series of the figurines have been released.
