Osamu Tezuka

TV
Dororo
2019
Birth:Nov 3, 1928 Death:Feb 9, 1989 Age:60 Gender:Male Years active:1946-1988 Hometown:Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan Blood Type:A Official Website Osamu Tezuka was a legendary Japanese Mangaka and Doctor of Medicine. Tezuka made his manga debut in 1946 with The Diary of Ma-chan (マアちゃんの日記帳, Machan no Nikkicho) for the children's newspaper Mainichi Shogakusei Shinbun (Mainichi Elementary Schoolchildren's Newspaper) while he was a student at Osaka University. His breakout work, 'New Treasure Island' (新宝島, Shin Takarajima) was in 1947, followed three years later by 'Jungle Emperor' (ジャングル大帝, Jungle Taitei), which was serialized in Manga-Shonen.