Comic Books and Graphic Novels
Provides useful information about comic books and graphic novels as topics of academic research at the University of Michigan.
About Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka is a Japanese manga artist. A pioneering figure in the world of manga and anime, Tezuka has created several critically acclaimed comics, including Metropolis, Astro Boy, Black Jack and Adolf. Due to his contributions to the genre, he is known as the "god of manga," and was a key influence in early anime.
Osamu Tezuka Biography & Criticism
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Art of Osamu Tezuka by Helen McCarthy; Katsuhiro Otomo (Foreword by); Osamu Tezuka (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6790 .J3 M47 2009ISBN: 9780810982499Publication Date: 2009-10-01 -
God of Comics by Natsu Onoda Power
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 Z78 2009ISBN: 9781604732207Publication Date: 2009-05-14 -
The Osamu Tezuka Story by Toshio Ban
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 Z5 B3613 2016ISBN: 9781611720259Publication Date: 2016-07-19 -
Tezuka Osamu, roman daiuchū by Ōshita Eiji
Call Number: NC 1709 .T48 O82 (Asia Library)ISBN: 9784062734257Publication Date: 1995 -
Sora o koete : Tezuka Osamu den by Imagawa Kiyoshi
Call Number: NC 1709 .T48 I36ISBN: 4422930303Publication Date: 1996 -
Tezuka Osamu : Figuren, Themen und Erzählstrukturen im Manga-Gesamtwerk by Susanne Phillipps
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 P45 2000ISBN: 3891298102Publication Date: 2000
Osamu Tezuka Bibliography
Major works by Osamu Tezuka in the U-M Library collection. For others, do an author search in the Library Catalog for "Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989".
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Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 A88ISBN: 9781569716762Publication Date: 2002 -
Metropolis by Osamu Tezuka
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 M48 2003ISBN: 1569718644Publication Date: 2003-04-22 -
Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 B5313 2008ISBN: 9781934287279Publication Date: 2008-09-23 -
Adolf by Osamu Tezuka
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 A3615 2005ISBN: 9783551785718Publication Date: 2005 -
Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka
Call Number: PN 6790 .J34 N56 T4913 2011ISBN: 9781935654209Publication Date: 2011-09-20 -
Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka; Camellia Nieh (Translator)
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 A833 2007ISBN: 9781932234664Publication Date: 2007-06-08 -
Buddha by Osamu Tezuka; Vertical Inc. Staff (Editor)
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 B83 2003ISBN: 1932234438Publication Date: 2003-10-01 -
Swallowing the Earth
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Osamu Tezuka
Call Number: PN 6790 .J33 T48 S83 2009ISBN: 9781569700563Publication Date: 2009
Osamu Tezuka Articles
A selection of journal articles about Osamu Tezuka and his works. To find more, search in Library Articles Search on "Osamu Tezuka", limiting to articles from scholarly journals.
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Dark Side of the Manga: Tezuka Osamu's Dark Periodby Vollmar, Rob. World Literature Today, Volume 86, Issue 2 (Mar/Apr 2012).
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Medical manga comes to Americaby Ishii, Anne. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, Volume 180, Issue 5 (2009).
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Stigmata in Tezuka Osamu’s Worksby Inuhiko, Yomota and Hajime Nakatani. Mechademia, Volume 3 (2008).
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Mecha-topia: Imagining a Posthuman Paradise in Osamu Tezuka's Metropolisby Schaub, Joseph Christopher. Interdisciplinary Humanities Volume 27, Issue 2 (2010).
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Tezuka's Anime Revolution in Contextby Clements, Jonathan. Mechademia Volume 8 (2013).
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Japanese Culture and Popular Consciousness: Disney's "The Lion King" vs. Tezuka's "Jungle Emperor"by Kuwahara, Yasue. Journal of Popular Culture Volume 31, Issue 1 (1997).
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Time travel topoi in Japanese mangaby Heinze, Ulrich. Japan Forum Volume 24, Issue 2 (2012).
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Tezuka Osamu: Adolf -- Towards a Historio-graphic Novelby Rosenbaum, Roman. International Journal of Comic Art Volume 12, Issue 1 (2010).
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Subjects: Arts, Humanities
Tags: comics