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God of Manga

Sponsored Project

  • Jason Andrew Cohn, Director
  • Camille Servan-Schreiber, Producer
  • Jinko Gotoh, Producer
Osamu Tezuka (c. 1973) sits on the floor in a traditional Japanese room, observing a drawing, with a brush in his hand.

About the Project

God of Manga explores the fascinating life and times of Osamu Tezuka, the legendary pioneer of Japanese comics and animation, who is widely credited with giving birth to the globe-spanning $25 billion cultural phenomenon that is manga and anime. Against the backdrop of Japan's wartime devastation and miraculous postwar rise as an economic and cultural powerhouse, Tezuka's passionate commitment to the art of storytelling is an eye-popping inspiration.