Astro Boy

THE TEZUKA GENERATION (3): Rough, exciting times in ...
Ryo Kawai, who lives in Nishi-Tokyo, says he used to have late-night conversations with Osamu Tezuka. (Shinichi Mishima)
May 04, 2013
Editor's note: This is the third in a series on the history and future prospects of the Japanese TV animation industry based on accounts of former staff members of Tezuka...
THE TEZUKA GENERATION (1): Happy endings transcend...
Director Soji Yoshikawa, front right, and producer Ryosuke Takahashi, front left, attend an editing session for a new animated short adaptation of "The Devil Garon," produced by Tezuka Productions Co. at its studio in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture. (Photo by Hiroshi Kawai)
April 20, 2013
Editor's note: This is the first in a series on the history and future prospects of the Japanese TV animation industry based on accounts of former Tezuka Productions Co. staff...
Tezuka’s manga 'Garon' gets anime treatment
A scene from the new anime “Garon the Guardian” ((c)Tezuka Productions Co./ Gakko Hojin Tsukamoto Gakuin, Osaka University of Arts)
April 19, 2013
Past employees of Mushi Production Co., an animation studio started by manga legend Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), have come together to make a new anime based on Tezuka’s late...
Tezuka’s family blasts criticism on Astro Boy’s ...
Rumiko Tezuka, the oldest daughter of Osamu Tezuka (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
April 08, 2013
TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo Prefecture--Longtime fans of “Astro Boy,” one of Japan’s most popular manga and anime series, regularly take their children or grandchildren to the...
Robots take over Osamu Tezuka Museum for classic...
An illustration for the poster of the special exhibition by Go Nagai (Provided by the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum)
October 16, 2012
TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo Prefecture--The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum will hold a special exhibition from Oct. 26 offering a retrospective look at Japan's robot manga classics, including ...
ANIME NEWS: Odaiba to host science manga exhibition
(c) Ishimori Production Inc. (c) Tezuka Productions Co. (c) Fujio Productions Ltd. (c) Fujiko Studio (c) Fujiko Pro Co.
June 23, 2012
An exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo's Odaiba district will explore whether the technologies presented in manga like “Astro Boy” ...
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