Japan in the near future suffers an unexplained major disaster. Five years later, reconstruction is well underway. Two young researchers at a university are pinning all their hopes on robot development. Now their new interpretation of the eternal hero Astro Boy up until his birth is just about to start!... more>>

Tells the story of what happened up until the birth of Astro Boy. Essentially an "episode 0" for . <<less

A reboot of Princess Sapphire currently running in Tezucomi, an 18-month special magazine commemorating Osamu Tezuka for his 90th Birthday.

During Japan’s tumultuous Sengoku period, one man sells his son to a pack of devils in exchange for the power to rule. Forty-eight devils take... more>> forty-eight pieces of young Hyakkimaru, and the boy is left for dead. But through the assistance of a sage and a series of inventive prosthetics, Hyakkimaru survives. Together with the young thief Dororo, the now-grown Hyakkimaru embarks upon a quest to slay all the demons and retrieve the stolen pieces of his body. This classic story from Osamu Tezuka, the father of modern manga, is now reimagined in this gorgeous new adaptation by Satoshi Shiki. <<less

Rainbow Parakeet is a genius actor and a fantastic mimic, but also a thief. He can act out any role to the best of his... more>> abilities, while robbing the richest members of the audience during his performances. His methods are a mystery, even to the detectives charged with apprehending him: Police Inspector Senri and his daughter, Police Detective Mariko Senri. <<less

Black Jack is a genius surgeon who never acquired his license due to his clashes with the medical establishment. He is hired out by anyone willing to pay his exorbitant rates and is perceived as a heartless rogue because of his enigmatic nature and antisocial manner but that is not the whole story.... more>>

Note: 8 previously-sealed chapters were republished and were never officially nor unofficially translated.

Won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1977 which was tied with . <<less

To learn about his roots, Sharaku must investigate the mysterious ruins that a long-lost civilization called the Three-Eyed Ones bequeathed to him. In his worldwide search, which takes both him and Chiyoko Wato to locations like Arizona, Easter Island, and Mexico, Sharaku deciphers ancient scriptures and uses gadgets he invents to help solve (or start) problems and mysteries.... more>>

Sharaku is frequently bullied for his childishness, and as such the story is also about how he fights back when the x-shaped bandage that covers his third eye is removed. Behind the bandage is hidden Sharaku's malicious third eye, and the boy's hidden evil genius emerges when it can see. Sharaku's rivalries with teachers or students are occasionally developed into major plot points.

Winner of the 1st Kondansha Manga Awards (1977) in the shounen category (tied with ). <<less

Using Tezuka's characters, the very best artists were allowed to let loose and adapt his characters into short stories.

Black Jack anthology with stories by shojo/josei mangaka.

The prequel to , Osamu Tezuka's classic series about a brilliant maverick doctor who practices without a license. This story follows Black Jack when he... more>> was still a young, unorthodox medical student in 1968. <<less

Sapphire was supposed to be a tomboyish junior high school girl who's not interested in boys, but it all changed on her 14th birthday. Not only did she find out that she's prince Sapphire, the Ribbon Knight, but she also has to protect a country called Silver Land!?... more>>

Based on the original work by Tezuka Osamu. <<less

500 Million years ago the Moon was populated but under threat. Their leader, Prince Norman, decided to reach through space and time to recruit people... more>> with immense psychic power to defend his home, but will they be in time? <<less

This is a collection of loosely interconnected stories where the main characters are all animals, especially the tiger who is the hero of the first... more>> book. <<less

Two separate tales set in Africa – one the story of two filmmakers who discover a lost city while they are looking for locations to... more>> film, and another about two explorers searching for a gold statue that might involve people from the moon and might also involve a Tarzan-like boy named Monster. <<less

Maa-chan's Diary is the first manga created by Tezuka Osamu. He authored it in 1946, and it ran in Shokokumin Shinbun (Mainichi Elementary Schoolchildren's Newspaper). ... more>>

It follows the life of a little preschooler named Maa-chan, who lives in post-war Japan. <<less

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Tezuka teaches about biology in short installments.

Haight and Andrews are successful engineers working for a company on the verge of developing a history-making breakthrough on nanotechnology; however, when Haight discovers a new technology that will help people live better and cure a few diseases, Andrews decides to use this technology for military purposes. Aware of his intentions, Haight resigns from the company taking all the documents and research about his discovery with him. Andrews becomes angry at this and prepares a trap for Haight. Andrews and his five maniac sidekicks brutally torture Haight and kill his loved ones, then sever both his arms and leave him for dead.... more>>

Luckily Haight is rescued by a mysterious doctor and his assistant. Both men are experimenting with the strange power of "The Zetsmos," which is the ability to control the ghost inside the body while one is still alive. Reports of people that had their limbs severed confirm that they can still "feel and move" their limbs even if they are not there, but with the Natural power of the Zetsmos, the body can assimilate any kind of materia and make it part of the body (such as wood, paper, water, metal, etc.) and recreate the limb that was gone.

However, awakening the Zetsmos is a painful and dangerous process; the bearer has to put himself between life and death to awaken it. But Haight will stop at nothing to hunt down those that made his life a living hell, and he's determined to use the mysterious power to carry on his revenge. <<less

In the future, birds have taken over Earth and replaced human kind as the dominant species. With the assistance of bird-like aliens, the birds of Earth gained increased intelligence and began to attack humans. Now humans are treated as livestock by the birds who have moved on to create their own society with laws, currency, countries, and class systems. Ironically, the birds are following the same path as humans did.... more>>

Now, the meat-eating predatorial birds and the insect and grain eating birds have begun a war amongst each other that has no end in sight. As they fight, aliens begin to consider what species should replace the birds as the dominant species of Earth in this science fiction thriller. <<less

Strange things happen on Fossil Island, as Rock, Kodama, and Osamu Tezuka are soon to discover. The island is covered with rocks shaped like people.... more>> Each visitor finds one of these rocks with his or her name on it, and each then enter into separate, bizarre dream worlds. <<less

The first story is of an alien boy crashed to Earth and hiding from his pursuers, with a little help from two boys he meets.... more>> The second half is about a boy raised by the creatures of the forest, who act remarkably human… <<less

The story centres on Kiriko, Black Jack's nemesis who specializes in euthanasia.

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A collection of short stories with a diverse range of topics.... more>>

The first batch of short stories was serialized from 1956 to 1957 in Omoshiro Book, the second batch 1972 to 1973 in Shuukan Shounen Jump. <<less

About legendary child ninja hero Sasuke Sarutobi from 16th century...

Tezuka himself is a main character in this one, about a manga-ka who finds himself in a science fiction story about robots and transforming creatures.