{"id":371,"date":"2013-12-21T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2023-02-10T04:02:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:02:49","slug":"about-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=371","title":{"rendered":"About Tezuka’s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Osamu<\/a>

Osamu Tezuka as Higeoyaji<\/p><\/div>\n

Osamu Tezuka (\u624b\u585a \u6cbb\u866b<\/span>) was born on November 3, 1928 and died on February 9, 1989, but it is what happened in between that is really important.<\/p>\n

Although he only spent sixty short years with us, what he did with his time is really quite amazing. \u00a0A scrawny young boy from a small town who grew up to be a storyteller, an entertainer, an innovator, a doctor, a businessman, an animator, an artist, a goodwill ambassador, a mentor, an inspiration and a cultural icon… and that’s only half the story.<\/p>\n

The life story of the God of Manga is a complex one…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this section you will find an in-depth treatment of the life story of Osamu Tezuka, one that looks at the progression from his early days in Takarazuka, to his beginnings and rise as a popular manga artist, to the ups and downs of his career in animation, to his later years traveling the world as a de facto<\/em> Japanese cultural ambassador.<\/p>\n

However, the life story of the “God of Manga” is a complex one, and this overview merely scratches the surface. \u00a0For those readers interested in learning more about the man behind the manga\/anime, we encourage you to visit our section on books about Tezuka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In particular, we recommend Helen McCarthy’s, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga<\/em><\/a>, Frederik L. Schodt’s The Astro Boy Essarys: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga\/Anime Revolution<\/em><\/a>, and Natsu Onoda Power\u2019s God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga<\/em><\/a> as invaluable resources as well as entertaining reads.<\/p>\n

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Tezuka's Life (1928-57)<\/a><\/h3>
Osamu Tezuka (\u624b\u585a \u6cbb\u866b) was born on November 3, 1928 to Yutaka (father) and Fumiko (mother) Tezuka. Although he was born in Toyonaka, a city near Osaka, the family soon moved to Takarazuka City, Hyogo - the home of the famous Takarazuka Revue.<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Tezuka's<\/a><\/div>

Tezuka's Life (1958-64)<\/a><\/h3>
In 1958 Tezuka had two meetings that would shape his life. The first was a visit by staff from Toei Animation who were interested in developing Tezuka's manga series, Son-Goku the Monkey (1952-59) as an animated feature film.<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Tezuka's<\/a><\/div>

Tezuka's Life (1965-72)<\/a><\/h3>
By 1965, Astro Boy (1963-66) was already entering it's third year in production, Mushi Productions had started work on a new animated television series known as Wonder 3 (1965-66), and was gearing up for it's latest ground-breaking series - the first...<\/div><\/div>\n
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Tezuka's Life (1973-80)<\/a><\/h3>
By August 1973, after fumbling along for a few years without Tezuka, Mushi Productions folded with a debt of roughly \u00a5400 million. While reading about it the next day in the newspaper, Tezuka was quite surprised to hear that people were saying that ...<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Tezuka's<\/a><\/div>

Tezuka's Life (1981-89)<\/a><\/h3>
In 1981, after giving a talk at a medical university, a medical researcher who had been in the audience contacted Tezuka and sent him some documents detailing his own family history in medicine. In fact, Osamu Tezuka is part of a medical dynasty of sorts....<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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