Forum - View topicNEWS: Unpublished Early Osamu Tezuka Manga Discovered
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TitanXL
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Because he's probably the oldest mangaka known in the US because of Tetsuwan Atom. Other big mangaka of the 40s/50s/60s like Hasegawa and Fujimoto/Abiko may have been huge in Japan, but their work is pretty much unknown in the US, despite ironically their work is still being produced in anime form every week for people to enjoy while Tezuka's isn't really.
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N.R.
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Yeah. I think Osamu Tezuka is getting a lot of love around the globe, which is good. I definitely don't think he is a god though 
It would be great if manga from other mangaka from his generation will be released outside of Japan. Because as much as I like Tezuka, sometimes you need to see the whole picture to appreciate a part of it. |
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EireformContinent
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I doubt that it would be possible. Before Tezuka's works were released in the biggest Western markets (USA and French), his animations had already been there for years. And even in that case we got only his most famous ones. With all due respect to said mangakas, their works are not widely recognised even in fandom- I wounder if anyone could risk publishing them in other form than short stories for hardcore otaku.
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enurtsol
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Ya guys watch too much TV........................... |
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StudioToledo
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They should be like me and just give up! |
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Sariachan
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Please notice that:
- "manga no kamisama" is how Osamu Tezuka is sometimes called in Japan, too; - "kami" isn't exactly like the western "god" (in Japanese culture, there can be more than one "kami"); - Osamu Tezuka isn't the first mangaka, but the father of modern manga (and modern shoujo, with Ribbon no Kishi); - "manga", in Japan, can be used for both comics and animation; - he was also really active in the animation field, creating the techniques that made commercial animation possible (using less frames--I'm oversimplifying here, of course); - he created the mainstream "Japanese art style", big eyes and such, mostly after his love for Walt Disney movies; - that said, Tezuka also made really interesting experimental and more artistic-oriented animations, for example "Jumping"; - his works deal with many different genres and thematic, and usually deal with them in a really mature way. Therefore, I don't have problems calling him "manga no kamisama". 
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TitanXL
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Yes, people like to say Sally the Witch is the first 'magical girl' series. But I'd gladly argue Ribbon no Kishi had elements of that stuff long before Sally the Witch. Girl meets a magical mascot sidekick (angel in this case) which she received her abilities from. Granted, not the magic we associate with the genre nowadays persay, but her adopting a new identity (transforming) to fight and do things, and the general feel/execution definitely shows the prototype for later henshin magical girl.
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StudioToledo
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I would simply say "Manga God" myself. |
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