{"id":32,"date":"2013-12-03T07:29:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T07:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2023-02-10T00:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:32:01","slug":"osamu-tezuka-manga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"Tezuka’s Manga Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Osamu Tezuka and his manga<\/p><\/div>\n

Osamu Tezuka is credited with creating more than 400 individual manga series<\/a>, the great majority of which have not been translated into English. \u00a0As such information, at least in English, on many of the series is scare and what little there is can often be confusing. \u00a0For example, English readers who don’t know about Princess Knight <\/em>[Shojo Club] (1953-56)<\/a>, struggle to understand how, given its drastically different art style, The Twin Knights<\/em> (1958)<\/a> can be the sequel since they will be most familiar with\u00a0Princess Knight <\/em>[Nakayoshi] (1963-66)<\/a>. \u00a0They also may not realize that the first chapter, ‘Dawn’ of Phoenix<\/em> (1967-88)<\/a> is, in fact, based on the earlier and incomplete work, Phoenix<\/em> [Manga Shonen] (1954-55)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this section, you will find an ever-growing source of information on Tezuka’s manga works. \u00a0Each page will attempt to give you basic publication information, a short synopsis of the story as well as some interesting, often behind the scenes, or analytical, bits of information that every Tezuka fan should know.<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, Tezuka’s manga works can be broken down into the following publication categories:<\/p>\n