Osamu Tezuka

Distinguished Japanese animator Osamu Tezuka is the creator of the phenomenally popular Astroboy (aka Tetsuwan Atom) in Japan. Tezuka had his first cartoon published in 1946 while he was attending medical school. He began drawing Astroboy in 1951. This became an animated series that was eventually dubbed into English. In 1963, NBC television bought episodes of Astroboy and began airing them. By late 1964, the action series was one of the most popular on television. Despite the success of the cartoon and his other film work, including Alakazam the Great! (1961) and Space Firebird 2772, Tezuka also worked as a physician. Many of his cartoons centered on scientific and medical issues. In the mid-'80s, he made a pair of highly esteemed experimental shorts, Jumping (1984) and Broken-Down Film (1985).

Filmography

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Budda - Owarinaki tabi	Screenwriter	—	2014
No Score Yet	Aru machikado no monogatari (Story of a Certain Street Corner)	Screenwriter	—	2012
No Score Yet	Legend of the Forest (Mori no densetsu)	Director Screenwriter	—	2002
No Score Yet	Unico: Kuroi kumo to shiroi hane (Unico: Black Cloud White Feather)	Director	—	1989
No Score Yet	Sukeban Deka Kazama Shimai no Gyakushu	Producer	—	1988
No Score Yet	Astonishing Work Of Tezuka Osamu	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Broken Down Film	Director Screenwriter	—	1985
No Score Yet	Jumping	Director	—	1984
No Score Yet	Unico (The Fantastic Adventures of Unico)	Director	—	1981
No Score Yet	Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (Kureopatora)	Director	—	1972

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	Astro Boy 1963	Director	1963

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