Toshio Ban

Tezuka Productions

A documentary manga biography of the influential artist and the birth and evolution of manga and anime in Japan.

A Life in Manga and Anime

The Osamu Tezuka Story

Dana Kraft

I read this knowing little or nothing about manga, anime or Tezuka. He was an amazing talent and he lived during an interesting time in Japan's history. I most enjoyed reading about his early life and events that shed light on Japanese culture and opinion at the time. Once he started his career, things got less interesting for me. I'm sure part of this is because his innovations didn't mean much to me but also because the references to all nighters and constant working got a little repetitive. It's pretty amazing how much work he actually did, and how he could work on multiple stories simultaneously.

I was intimidated at the book's size when I first picked it up, but it was a quick read. The harder part was physically holding this giant book in my hands while I read it. I also appreciate that they kept the right to left orientation of the book even though it broke my brain a little.

The Osamu Tezuka Story A Life in Manga and Anime

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