• Published By : Abrams Comicarts
• Author : Helen McCarthy
• Format : Full Color
• Text : English
• Size : Approx. 12.5" X 9"
• Page : 272

Includes bonus DVD documentary

Artist, writer, animator, and visionary: Osamu Tezuka has been called the "god of manga" and the "Walt Disney of Japan," but he was far more than that. Tezuka was a combination of Disney, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Tim Burton, and Carl Sagan, all rolled into one incredibly prolific creator. Best known for Astro Boy, the Phoenix, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack, and countless other characters, Tezuka produced more than 170,000 pages of comic art in 700 different manga titles, and worked on more than seventy animated movies, TV shows, and experimental films. In the process he laid the foundation for today's manga and anime industries, influenced artists worldwide, and established a system of making comics and animation that is still emulated to this day.

In The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, historian Helen McCarthy tells the story of Tezuka's extraordinary life and career, showcasing hundreds of stunning comic book pages, covers, sketches, posters, and designs. The book also includes an exclusive 45-minute never-before-seen DVD documentary, The Secret of Creation, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the god of manga at work.