Astro Boy Volume 5 (Astro Boy, 5) - Softcover

Tezuka, Osamu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569716803 ISBN 13: 9781569716809

Publisher: Dark Horse, 2002

Synopsis

Dark Horse proudly presents one of the crown jewels of manga - Astro Boy! Created by the late Osamu Tezuka, a revered animator and cartoonist (who created over 150,000 pages of comics in his career!) considered the Walt Disney of Japan, Astro Boy was the first manga series to be adapted to animation and became a worldwide phenomenon, making Astro Boy the Mickey Mouse of anime - a jet-powered, super-strong, evil-robot-bashing, alien-invasion-smashing Mickey Mouse, that is!

About this title

About the Author:

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, animator, film producer, and activist. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of the comics series Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and Black Jack. His prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga," "the god of manga," and "kamisama of manga." Additionally, he is often credited as the "godfather of anime" and is considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years.

Synopsis:

Astro Boy tries to convince a confused robot to do good, not evil; attempts to stop a space leopard planning on draining Earth's energy; and teams up with a robot-hating detective to catch a group of thieves.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dark Horse
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1569716803
• ISBN 13: 9781569716809
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216