May Reviews and Updates – Part 1
Time for another round-up of reviews for books and videos. Can you believe I haven’t done this since last October?
Tag Archives: Osamu Tezuka
Forgotten Anime #56: Osamu Tezuka’s “Adachi-ga Hara” and “Akuemon”
After his death in 1989, Tezuka Productions animated two manga novels as 25-minute film festival releases; “Adachi-ga Hara”, based on a 1971 manga, and “Akuemon”.
Animation Anecdotes #248
Excerpts from a letter to Bruno Edera by animator Osamu Tezuka, quotes from Jeff Smith, Don Bluth, Walter Lantz, Jessica Rabbit and… Chevy Chase? Another great week of anecdotes.
Top 5 Anime Openings
There’s one thing that’s always there in most TV shows, the theme song. They’re there to get us hyped for the show, setting the mood for what’s about to come….
Lost TV Anime
People involved in film preservation can attest to the challenges of finding missing films. Maybe the original masters were thrown out, maybe it got destroyed in a fire, or maybe…
The Lost Astro Boy Episode
Before I begin, I need to clarify that there are actually several episodes of the original 1960s Astro Boy that were considered missing. Of the 193 episodes made, episodes 34,…
My Top Ten Anime Features – In Conclusion
For the last six columns, I have listed what I admit are my 15 favorite Japanese anime features, as distinct from trying to figure out what the 15 “Best” might…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #8: ‘Border Planets: Galactic Exploration 2100’
Border Planets: Galaxy Investigation 2100. Ginga Tansa 2100 Toshi: Border Planet. August 24, 1986. 73 minutes. 10:00 p.m. to 11:35 p.m. Original idea: Osamu Tezuka. Development: Osamu Uemura, Iuchi Shuji,…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #7: “The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island”
The 8th annual Love Will Save the Earth TV Special – the 7th with Tezuka involvement – is one of the oddest of them all! Akuma Shima no Prince –…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #6: “Baghi: The Monster of Mighty Nature”
Continuing our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with one of particular interest to those in “furry” fandom. Baghi: The Monster of Mighty Nature. Daishizen no Majū…
