![]() Tiger and Domei Shuppansha agreed to publish The Mysterious Dr. Kobunsha turned Tezuka down, but Shinseikaku agreed to publish The Strange Voyage of Dr. With the success of New Treasure Island, Tezuka traveled to Tokyo in search of a publisher for more of his work. Shin Takarajima ( New Treasure Island) was published and became an overnight success, which began the golden age of manga, a craze comparable to American comic book Golden Age at the same time. Tezuka finished the manga, only loosely basing it on the original work. Sakai promised Tezuka a publishing spot from Ikuei Shuppan if he would work on the manga. Tezuka began talks with fellow manga creator Shichima Sakai, who pitched Tezuka a story based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel, Treasure Island. After World War II, at age 17, he published his first professional work, Diary of Ma-chan, which was serialized in the elementary school children's newspaper Shokokumin Shinbun in early 1946. Tezuka came to the realization that he could use manga as a means of helping to convince people to care for the world. During this time, he also began publishing his first professional works. In 1945, Tezuka was accepted into Osaka University and began studying medicine. ĭuring high school in 1944, Tezuka was drafted to work for a factory, supporting the Japanese war effort during World War II he simultaneously continued writing manga. During this period he created his first adept amateur works. Tezuka continued to develop his manga skills throughout his school career. It so resembled his own name that he adopted "Osamushi" as his pen name. Īround his fifth year, he found a ground beetle, known as "Osamushi" in Japanese. Later in life, he would state that the most important influence on his desire to be an animator was not Disney but the experience of watching the Chinese animation Princess Iron Fan as a child. Tezuka was also inspired by the works by Suihō Tagawa and Unno Juza. Tezuka started to draw comics around his second year of elementary school, in large part inspired by Disney animation he drew so much that his mother would have to erase pages in his notebook in order to keep up with his output. When Tezuka was young, his father showed him Walt Disney films and he became a Disney movie buff, seeing the films multiple times in a row, most famously seeing Bambi more than 80 times. He said that he had a profound "spirit of nostalgia" for Takarazuka. Not only that, but the performers' large, sparkling eyes also had an influence on Tezuka's art style. Their romantic musicals aimed at a female audience, had a large influence of Tezuka's later works, including his costume designs. She frequently took him to the Takarazuka Grand Theater, which often headlined the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theater troupe. Later in life, he gave his mother credit for inspiring confidence and creativity through her stories. His mother's family had a long military history. The Tezuka family were prosperous and well-educated his father Yutaka worked in management at Sumitomo Metals, his grandfather Taro was a lawyer, and his great-grandfather Ryoan and great-great-grandfather Ryosen were doctors.
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