Osamu Tezuka
No. I do not mean you get a DVD film about him how he got his best shorts as a kid he could buy before he became an anime artist extraordinaire at such young age. I’m talking about all his great short anime films he made in his early lifeworks during 60s (which became a sensation) have been converted into a digital format, more accurately DVD. In fact all 13 of them for 13 classic animes he’s produced.
A couple of days ago, film distributor, Kino International will be releasing these English-subtitled DVDs in the northen America region, expected to arrive on sale on 24th July. They will have all of his anime including the best and most memorable ones like Kimba the White Lion, Astro Boy, Phoenix and Black Jack.
Yeah. Astro Boy. That’s right. A robot boy. Not really a mecha as I mentioned in this post, but still a robot nonetheless. After all, the word ‘mecha’ would not have come into existence if it wasn’t for Osamu’s contribution in making Astro boy a hit, which inspired many young artists like Go Nagai to make Mazinger Z. Which in turn, Go Nagai transformed mecha as a standard anime subgenre a lot of future artists wanted to create their own robot series. So without a doubt, I would like to pay my tribute to Osamu Tezuka’s great works by buying his DVD on sale when they arrived in American online stores. He’s made people like Mitsuteru Yokohama (Tetsujin 28), Go Nagai (Mazinger Z), Shoji Kawamori (Macross) and Yoshiyuki Tomino (Gundam) their pioneering career a possibility. After all, what else would you expect from the ‘godfather’ of anime?
Astro boy - The original cover in 1963
Also, be sure to check out upcoming movie trailer of the new Astro Boy movie, expected to be released sometime in mid October 2009. Â Check out this Youtube link, promoted by Clevver TV.com. Â Looks pretty impressive!
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork.com
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