{"id":468,"date":"2013-12-22T07:29:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T07:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=468"},"modified":"2023-02-10T04:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:16:46","slug":"manga-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/?page_id=468","title":{"rendered":"About Tezuka’s Manga Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Tezuka's<\/a>

Tezuka’s Manga<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the years, Osamu Tezuka’s manga have appeared in dozens of different publications. \u00a0Although he did many stand-alone books (especially early in his career), his manga most often first appeared in anthology titles (alongside stories written by other artists). \u00a0In these low-quality newsprint editions – usually several hundred pages thick – Tezuka’s manga was dolled out at a rate of a few pages each week or month. \u00a0Formats varied widely, and included both ongoing and chapter-based serials, as well as loosely-connected (usually by theme or tone) and one-off short-stories. \u00a0Occaisionally, mostly around seasonal or other special occasions, they included mid-length stories in special editions and\/or supplemental inserts.<\/p>\n

As such, these publications represent an important part of Tezuka’s work. \u00a0For those only familiar with Tezuka’s manga as they appear in later, higher-quality, collected editions, it is difficult to grasp the complexity and demands of working within this system. \u00a0Not only was Tezuka extremely prolific in this manga production, he was constantly switching gears. \u00a0In any given month, it was not unusual to find Tezuka manga in any number of publications – from sh\u014dnen<\/em> manga appearing in Weekly Shonen Champion<\/em><\/a>, sh\u014djo<\/em> manga appearing in Good Friend<\/em> <\/a>and seinen<\/em> manga appearing in Big Comic<\/em><\/a>. With only a few pages of each story published each week, Tezuka was forced to work on several distinct stories at the same time, and constantly under the pressure of a deadline. One wonders how he could keep it all straight!<\/p>\n

In this section you will find information about some, but not all, of the weekly and\/or monthly manga publications that have serialized his work on a consistent basis.<\/p>\n

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\"Adventure\/Manga<\/a><\/div>

Adventure\/Manga King<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u5192\u967a\u738b (Boken-o) and \u6f2b\u753b\u738b (Manga-o), these manga sister-publication were published in Japan by Akita Shoten, and feature many of Tezuka's action suplements, such as Lemon Kid and The Devil of the Earth.<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Big<\/a><\/div>

Big Comic<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u30d3\u30c3\u30b0\u30b3\u30df\u30c3\u30af (Biggu Komikku) it is the original home to some of Tezuka's darkest, most biting social commentaries, such as Swallowing the Earth, Ayako, and Barbara.<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Funny\/Shonen<\/a><\/div>

Funny\/Shonen Book<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u3082\u3057\u308d\u30d6\u30c3\u30af (Omoshiro Bukku), for the most part it mainly featured Tezuka's early short stories, such those that make up Lion Books. <\/div><\/div>\n
\"Good<\/a><\/div>

Good Friend (aka Nakayoshi)<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u306a\u304b\u3088\u3057 (Nakayoshi), it was been home to most of Tezuka's important sh\u014djo manga series, such as The Twin Knights, Angel's Hill, and the remake version of Princess Knight.\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Play<\/a><\/div>

Play Comic<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30b3\u30df\u30c3\u30af (Purei Komikku), it is the original home to many of Tezuka's experimental short stories and only one of Tezuka's serials, Book of Human Insects.<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Shonen\/Shojo<\/a><\/div>

Shonen\/Shojo Club<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u5c11\u5e74\u30af\u30e9\u30d6 (Shonen Kurabu) and \u5c11\u5973\u30af\u30e9\u30d6 (Shojo Kurabu), these two publications are home series such as Adventure of Rock (1952-54), the original version of Princess Knight, as well as an early version of Phoenix.<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Weekly<\/a><\/div>

Weekly Shonen Champion<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u9031\u520a\u5c11\u5e74\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d4\u30aa\u30f3 (Shuukan Shonen Champion) it has been home to many of Tezuka's important adventure series, notably Black Jack and Rainbow Parakeet, but also some of his darker series, such as Alabaster.<\/div><\/div>\n
\"Weekly<\/a><\/div>

Weekly Shonen Sunday<\/a><\/h3>
Also known as \u9031\u520a\u5c11\u5e74\u30b5\u30f3\u30c7\u30fc (Shukan Shonen Sande), over the years it has been home to many of Tezuka's important adventure series, such as Dr. Thrill, Wonder 3, Vampires, and Dororo.<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the years, Osamu Tezuka’s manga have appeared in dozens of different publications. This is a look at a few of the most prominent ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":471,"parent":2,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6vZWu-7y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12945,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions\/12945"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}