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. A never-before-seen popular culture history of postwar Japan, it is sure to fascinate fans and anyone interested in manga, anime, and the potential of the graphic storytelling medium.
Tezuka Osamu Monogatari was published in English as The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime by Stone Bridge Press on July 19, 2016. The English edition was nominated for the 2017 Eisner Award in the "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia" category. It was also in published in Brazilian Portuguese by Conrad from November 2003 to August 2004.
Tezuka Osamu Monogatari It is also Known as: 手塚治虫物語, A Story of Osamu Tezuka
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life
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Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of "The Push Man and Other Stories" and "Good-bye" has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, "A Drifting Life" is Tatsumis' most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form.Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summartion of a fascinating life and a historic career.
A Drifting Life has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 劇画漂流, Gekiga Hyouryuu
