
So the last entry had my visit to the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Japan. One of the coolest features of the museum is one that I didn’t show you: Little How-to-draw and how-to-create-characters instructional illustrations by Tezuka that were set into the floor. Although it’s probably an exercise for the kids or something, I still thought it would be cool to show you the illustrations, and hopefully you find them interesting (or useful!). Enjoy!








Finally, Amy Kim Ganter (creator of Sorcerers and Secretaries from Tokyopop) let me know that she and her husband Kazu Kibuishi just got back from a trip to Japan in December, and they’ve got tons of their own photos of Japan to ooh and aah over (they’re pretty awesome…). Check out their photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/studioamzu/collections/72157603502094080/
…and check out week two, part two in particular for more views of the Tezuka Manga Museum.
- Christopher
MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Top tens, flopping floppies, and manga misfits says:
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January 8th, 2008 at 8:57 am
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January 8th, 2008 at 10:21 am
ComiPress says:
Report of Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum from Comics212…
From Comics212’s Christopher Butcher comes a pictorial report of the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Japan. More photos can be found here.
Via: MangaBlog…
January 8th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
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January 8th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 8, 2008: The Hitler moustache fades says:
[...] [Scene] Christopher Butcher presents a wealth of photos from the Osamu Tezuka Museum in Takarazuka, Japan, plus a bonus Kids in the Hall joke! Also: How to draw manga the Osamu Tezuka way. [...]
January 8th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
How To Draw Manga with Osamu Tezuka « Otherwise Addled says:
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January 8th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Christopher,
These analyses are priceless! Would you know if these are actually compiled in book form somewhere?
January 9th, 2008 at 1:07 am
It says “Categroies” in there. Right there after “about”.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Haha, that’s so cool! I love the â€å°‘女マンガã®ã€€ç›®â€ (girl’s manga eyes) on the “Many Eyes” chart, lol too funny!
January 16th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
startdrawing.org | the asia drawing portal says:
[...] Christopher Butcher has recently photo-blogged about his trip to the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in Takarazuka. Japan. The latest updates to his blog is a series of instructional illustrations by Tezuka, set into the museum’s floor. [...]
January 21st, 2008 at 3:30 am
Corso di disegno nel museo manga « d o n t w o r r y b e c r e a t i v e . i t says:
[...] Per carità , io non ho la più pallida idea chi sia costui, ma ho trovato molto utili le sue tavole. Nel post ho inserito solo 1 immagini, ma se sei interessato all’argomento clicca qui per andare sul sito di comics212.net che ospita le immagini. [...]
January 28th, 2008 at 3:03 am
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February 10th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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March 11th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
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May 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am
HOW TO DRAW MANGA CLOTHS???IT IS DIFFICULT!!!
June 19th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Very interesting draws!!!! nice blog…
June 27th, 2008 at 1:34 pm