Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
He built the visual grammar that turned Japanese comics into a planet-wide language — cinematic panel flow, the big-eye style, genres that could hold children's adventure and adult philosophy in the same body of work.
Osamu Tezuka watched Princess Iron Fan as a boy and decided to remake what pictures could do on a page. In 1947 he published New Treasure Island and set off what became known as the manga revolution in Japan. Over four decades he created Astro Boy, Princess Knight, Kimba the White Lion, then turned toward darker, denser terrain with Black Jack, Phoenix, and Buddha — each winning awards, each redefining what the medium could carry. He died of stomach cancer in February 1989 with the final chapters of Phoenix still unfinished and several animations mid-production. A museum in Takarazuka now hold…
Sourced, dated quotes from Osamu Tezuka
The children face problems such as violence, abuse, suicide etc. that medicine can not heal. It will never help these children psychologically and be his support ...?
When Superman and Batman came to Japan, it was right after the war, right? Together with the G.I.s. In other words, our height and theirs was completely different.
Ha ha ha. But at the time, everyone in Superman looked like an alien from another planet. Compared with that, Mickey Mouse was just an animal, and so was easier to use.
I conceived this story [ MW ] with the intention of presenting readers a picaresque drama that distort the traditional atmosphere of my stories leave them stunned.
Now I feel a great regret. My style inadequate forces me to complete the work without being able ...
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