Comments on: Japan 2009: Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum – 1947: Tezuka Osamu Story Manga Exhibition

By: Leigh Walton

Leigh Walton — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:03:15 +0000

That’s my favorite Phoenix story too.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:07:57 +0000

wait… let me quote this: “it’s kind of remarkable to see that some pages Tezuka got on the first or second go, almost no whiteout or paste-ups or anything”

are you saying that Tezuka worked directly in ink for most of these pages? no pencils? at all? *aghast*

By: Dan Coyle

Dan Coyle — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:03:47 +0000

An Amazing photo-essay. Thanks!

By: Abhay

Abhay — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:14:27 +0000

Thanks for this, Chris.

By: Matthew Murray

Matthew Murray — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:47:59 +0000

Oh shit, those pages from Phoenix. I recognized the Space ones right away. That blew me away the first time I read it. I couldn’t believe it was from the 1960s. So innovative.

By: James Moar

James Moar — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:21:55 +0000

I bought the facsimile and the Complete Works versions of New Treasure Island, since I’m both a Tezuka geek and a creative-process geek.

After that extra-cinematic opening sequence, the Complete Works version settles down to being a panel-for-panel redraw for most of its length, but it adds a coda which parodies the original rather nicely (I can give a summary if you like).

By: Alex Leavitt

Alex Leavitt — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:08:09 +0000

I love how you get the opportunity to see Tezuka’s white out skillz. ^_^

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:16 +0000

Absolutely fantastic post and pictures, Chris! I visited the museum once in 2003, but didn’t get to see an exhibit as incredible as this. The thing that struck me most was that display board in the lobby that shows all of the series he was doing at any one time/year— including many years with 2-4 concurrent series.

I love this kind of post :) Let me just say as a fellow Hi no Tori lover:
SEEING THAT MUCH ORIGINAL PHOENIX ART WOULD MAKE ME FAINT!

By: Matthew J. Brady

Matthew J. Brady — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:48:26 +0000

Wow, this is awesome. Thanks for sharing, Chris. If I ever go to Japan, I’m definitely going to have to drag my wife to this museum and just glory in the presence of the Tezuka awesomeness.

By: Dominic Bugatto

Dominic Bugatto — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:48:58 +0000

Damn he was good.

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Top tens, Handley fallout, fan wars, and cool old manga « MangaBlog — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:18:25 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:17:30 +0000

Apparently I don’t know how to use HTML, haha. What I meant was:

Actually a quick check shows that Dark Horse’s online store has everything but Metropolis in stock for 40% off.

A day later and not anymore. :(

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:16:21 +0000

A day later and not anymore. :(

By: kransom

kransom — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:14:14 +0000

I believe it’s

“5 Periods of Tezuka Osamu: #5 / 1947: Tezuka Osamu’s Story Manga”

Looking at the website the other periods were (roughly)

1) “Exhibition of Eternal Stories – Final and Unfinished Works”

2) “1966-1973: Opened Eyes”

3) “2008: To a New World”

4) “1961: A Passion for Anime – The Age of Mushi Pro”

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:31:46 +0000

Hard to make out the top line, but it’s something like:

The Tezuka Osamu something something 5th
1947 Story Manga by Tezuka Osamu