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As\u00a0Baba Noboru’s name belongs to a\u00a0real person, it has no special significance in Tezuka\u2019s manga.<\/p>\n
Modeled after the real-life manga artist, Noboru Baba is easy to spot as a tall, thin middle-aged man with droopy eyes and a scruffy moustache.<\/p>\n
Born in Aomori Prefecture in October\u00a01927, Noboru Baba moved to Tokyo in 1949 to begin a career as a manga artist, soon making a name for himself drawing manga for young boys. \u00a0However, in Tezuka’s manga he seems to have fallen on hard times, and is most often cast in the role of a beggar or vagrant. \u00a0Although he usually finds himself relegated to small, background roles, he is a specialist in dolling out bits of sage advice.<\/p>\n
Much like fellow manga artist\u00a0Fukui Eiichi<\/a>, although Nooru Baba was a contemporary of Osamu Tezuka, he was also a minor star in his own right. \u00a0Following his debut in the\u00a0Astro Boy<\/em> (1952-68)<\/a>\u00a0chapter “Frankenstein” (1952), he made many appearances, including memorable ones as a shady monk\u00a0in The Devil of the Earth<\/em> (1954)<\/a>, and as Shinichi Hoshi’s teacher in Wonder 3<\/em><\/a> (1965-66), Mr. Baba, among many others.<\/p>\n If you spot an appearance not already listed, please let us know in the comments section below!<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Frankenstein<\/a>“)<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Red Cat”) as “the man working at the drugstore” The Devil of the Earth<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as “the Tanuki\u00a0monk” Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Electro”) as “a beggar”<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Atlas”) as “one of the refugees”<\/p>\n Lion Books<\/em> (“The Multi-Eyed Devil”) as “a vagrant”<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Fortress of the Centaurs”) as “one of the vagrants” My Memories<\/em> Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Uran”) as “a vagrant”<\/p>\n The Strange Boy<\/em>\u00a0as “a\u00a0beggar” Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“Last Day on Earth”) as “a tramp”<\/p>\n Wonder 3<\/em> [Shonen Sunday]<\/a>\u00a0as “Shinichi’s teacher, Mr. Baba”<\/p>\n Flying Ben<\/em>\u00a0as “Yakiimoya”<\/p>\n Rally Up, Mankind!<\/em>\u00a0as “one of the\u00a0customers\u00a0at\u00a0Paipania”<\/p>\n Astro Boy<\/em><\/a> (“The Man Who Returned from Mars”) as “a man at the airport”<\/p>\n Fusuke<\/em>\u00a0as “a member of the\u00a0Shinsengumi”<\/p>\n Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (“Miyuki and Ben<\/a>“) as “the beggar”<\/p>\n Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (“Eyewitness”) as “a man at the station” Black Jack<\/em><\/a> (“Another J”) as “a passerby” Born in Aomori Prefecture in October 1927, Noboru Baba moved to Tokyo in 1949 to begin a career as a manga artist, soon making a name for himself drawing manga for young boys. However, in Tezuka’s manga he seems to have fallen on hard times, and is most often cast in the role of a beggar or vagrant. Although he usually finds himself relegated to small, background roles, he is a specialist in dolling out bits of sage advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6153,"parent":6242,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,134],"class_list":["post-6122","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-star-system","tag-real-people","tag-second-star","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6vZWu-1AK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6122","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=6122"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13861,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6122\/revisions\/13861"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\nManga Appearances<\/h3>\n
\n1952<\/h4>\n
\n1953<\/h4>\n
\nThe Monster of the 38th<\/sup> Parallel<\/em> as “one of the boy’s colleagues”
\nCrime and Punishment<\/a><\/em>\u00a0as “a guest at the wake”
\nCyrano the Hero<\/em><\/a> as “the ice cream man”
\nManga Classroom<\/em> as “one of the anonymous manga artists”<\/p>\n
\n1954<\/h4>\n
\nBenkei<\/em>\u00a0as “Genji”
\nThe Destroyer of the Earth<\/em>\u00a0as “Cloud”<\/p>\n
\n1955<\/h4>\n
\n1956<\/h4>\n
\n1957<\/h4>\n
\n1958<\/h4>\n
\nThe Three Who Glimpse the Future<\/em>\u00a0as “Rock<\/a>‘s teacher”
\nThe Film Lives On<\/em>\u00a0as “Shishido Baiken”
\nSuper Taiheiki<\/em>\u00a0as “one of the crowd”<\/p>\n
\n1959<\/h4>\n
\nThe Devil Garon\u00a0<\/em>as “the noodle peddler”<\/p>\n
\n1960<\/h4>\n
\n1961<\/h4>\n
\nThe White Pilot<\/em><\/p>\n
\n1964<\/h4>\n
\n1965<\/h4>\n
\n1966<\/h4>\n
\n1967<\/h4>\n
\n1968<\/h4>\n
\n1970<\/h4>\n
\n1973<\/h4>\n
\n1974<\/h4>\n
\nPaper Fortress<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as \u201ca man in the crowd\u201d<\/p>\n
\n1976<\/h4>\n
\nBlack Jack<\/em><\/a> (“The Old Man and the Tree”) as “a customer at the bar”<\/p>\n
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