As a cartoonist, he debuted at the age of 18 and won countless glories in his life; as a doctor, he studied snail sperm to become a doctor of medicine, but he was on the verge of a mental breakdown between studying medicine and drawing comics; as an animation producer, he loved it wholeheartedly and created limited animation, but the masterpiece became a big failure in his eyes; as a war experiencer, he was hungry to the bone during the war, dodging the bombs above his head; as an ordinary person, he was extremely focused and unremitting but could not get rid of the jealousy of his contemporaries cartoonists...
Recently, the autobiography "I Am a Manga Artist" by Osamu Tezuka, the "God of Manga" and "Father of Japanese Manga", was introduced and published by Gobayashi Publishing Company. The book is a magnificent record of Osamu Tezuka's life, giving readers a glimpse into the true face of the god of manga.
The originator of modern Japanese manga
Osamu Tezuka, whose real name is Osamu Tezuka, took the pen name of "Osamu Tezuka" because of his love of insects. He is a cartoonist, animator, and doctor of medicine. The originator of modern Japanese manga. At the age of 19, he debuted as a manga artist, introduced film segments into manga, and carried forward this technique. The creative use of onomatopoeia, bubble frames, and speed lines in manga laid the foundation for modern Japanese manga techniques. In addition, Tezuka continued to experiment with various themes throughout his life, laying the foundation for the establishment of genre manga, most of which were philosophical and entertaining masterpieces that promoted love, freedom, life, and anti-war, and raised people's understanding of manga from "comic strips for children" to "cultural works" of the same grade as movies and literature, and also enlightened generations of manga masters.
"The Father of Japanese Manga" Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka also opened an animation company, which laid the foundation for the operation mode of Japanese animation today and a limited animation and low-cost production system, and created an animation business model of advertising sponsorship, adaptation of animation, sale of overseas copyrights, and licensing of peripheral products, making animation, which was previously regarded as entertainment by the public, an important part of the Japanese economy.
Osamu Tezuka has countless works of manga, and it is said that during his lifetime, he created more than 700 manga, leaving behind about 150,000 original paintings, and is a manga artist who has written many manga works in the world, and at his peak, he wrote 13 manga works serially at the same time, and before his death, he still had 3 manga serials. He is revered as the "God of Manga".
The unknown side of the Great God
"I Am a Manga Artist" is a true record of the first half of the life of manga giant Osamu Tezuka full of frustration and glory. A teenager obsessed with animation, but he was despised by his predecessors for drawing bad manuscripts; during the war, he was hungry to the point of skin and bones, hiding from bombs overhead, and he had to draw manga; he became a national cartoonist, but was on the verge of a mental breakdown between studying medicine and drawing manga; he befriended Walt Disney, Stanley Kubrick, and Fujiko Fujiko, but was jealous of the talents of Eiichi Fukui and Mitsuhei Shiratori...
Peers' internal volumes, readers' bad reviews, friends' misunderstandings, harsh censorship, fear of excess... Tezuka dissects himself without reservation, allowing readers to understand the more three-dimensional and more humane him, and can also get a glimpse of the unknown side of the great god.
The book is full of the secrets of the creation of comic book masters. Based on his sister's graffiti, he created a classic character; a white lion painted by a coloring mistake became the inspiration for the creation of "The Forest Emperor"; the painting style changed every three years; Tezuka was the god of manga and the god of dragging drafts; the bestseller that sold 400,000 copies was rejected by the publisher many times... The creative secrets behind the classic masterpieces are surprising, but they also give a deeper understanding of Tezuka's creative inspiration, the company's management methods, and its contribution to the anime industry.
The book is also a first-hand record of Japan's post-war manga history, provided by a number of well-known manga artists and novelists, borrowing the eyes of manga artists to see the transformation of Japanese anime over the decades, and there are many industry secrets and gossip interspersed in it, like a magnificent but delicate mosaic, collage the life of the god of manga, Haihai, and is also an important reference material for anime art lovers to understand and study Osamu Tezuka and the post-war Japanese animation industry.
Editor and historian Lin Qihao said: "In Tezuka's autobiography "I Am a Manga Artist", Tezuka confessed to the world: as the god of manga, he still feels overwhelmed by the vast future, still cannot be sure what manga is, and in the rapidly changing market, he can only draw one stroke by one with his willpower alone. After the great achievements of comic book genius, the most difficult to see is how he has paid extraordinary efforts in private, how he has been troubled by career bottlenecks, and how he has character flaws and struggles as a person and as a cartoonist. And this autobiography shows this side of Tezuka. ”