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Known as the god of manga and the father of anime, Tezuka Osamu (1928 1989) has created hundreds of comics, dozens of films, and even some television series (including such internationally beloved shows as ASTRO BOY and KIMBA THE WHITE LION.) His pioneering, unparalleled career is without rival for its extraordinary range of visual styles. Included in this set are some of Osamu s most legendary works, including Pictures at an Exhibition and Legend of the Forest. The former combines 10 individual short vignettes to create stunning visual riffs on classic fine art. But the 30-minute Legend of the Forest is the animator s masterpiece. An epic of forest faeries, sprites, wizards, and animals defending themselves against greedy industrialists bent on destroying nature, the film stylistically traces the evolution of animation from 19th-century etchings, to Disney and Fleischer cartoons, to contemporary anime. The animation in Legend of the Forest is as ravishing and inventive as anything seen in Disney s Fantasia. Kimstim and Kino are proud to release this astonishingly imaginative collection of Osamu's 13 most innovative pieces, many of which are the master s own personal favorites.

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• Tezuka Osamu is the Walt Disney of Japan and this is a collection of his Award Winning Shorts
• From the God of Anime & Manga — creator of Astro Boy, Black Jack, Dororo, Kimba, Spaceketeers, Triton, Unico, and more!
• For fans of FANTASIA, METROPOLIS, and Saturday Morning Cartoons

Press Quotes

This collection of shorts and featurettes plays as its own animated film festival... these films make for wonderful family viewing

     —Randall Cyrenne, Animated Views

Despite his demigodliness within manga circles, Osamu's clever budget-controlling techniques could be downright poetic at times. Supposedly inspired to draw by Walt Disney's feature films [Tezuka] surprisingly manages to improve upon his forerunners

     —Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant Magazine

Unfailingly imaginative and demonstrating absolute command of an amazing variety of styles, the films in The Astonishing Work of Tezuka Osamu confirm Osamu's standing as a major artist

     —Frank Swietek, Video Librarian