Osamu Tezuka

Mangaka · Active · 1951–present

Series

6

Total circulation

175.5M

Years active

58 years

Status

Active

Career timeline

  1. 1951

    Astro Boy

    Manga Finished

  2. 1972

    Buddha

    Manga Finished

  3. 1973

    Black Jack

    Manga Finished

  4. 1984

    New Treasure Island

    Manga Finished

  5. —

    Pluto

    Manga Finished

  6. —

    Message to Adolf

    Manga Finished

Works

# Title Role Magazine Publisher Started Status Volumes Circulation
01 Astro Boy Story & Art Shounen Koubunsha 1951 Finished 23 100M
02 Black Jack Story & Art Weekly Shonen Champion Akita Shoten 1973 Finished 25 45.6M
03 Buddha Story & Art Comic Tom (Monthly) Ushio Shuppansha 1972 Finished 14 20M
04 Pluto Art Big Comic Original Shogakukan — Finished 8 8.5M
05 New Treasure Island Story & Art — Ikuei Shuppan 1984 Finished 1 800K
06 Message to Adolf Story & Art Weekly Bunshun Bungeishunju — Finished 4 520K

Share of career

How circulation splits across this author's works.

Publishers & magazines

Publishers

Koubunsha 1 Akita Shoten 1 Ushio Shuppansha 1 Shogakukan 1 Ikuei Shuppan 1 Bungeishunju 1

Magazines

Shounen 1 Weekly Shonen Champion 1 Comic Tom (Monthly) 1 Big Comic Original 1 Weekly Bunshun 1

Relations

Mentor of

Keiko Takemiya Kaze to Ki no Uta Go Nagai Devilman
Osamu Tezuka
Keiko Takemiya Go Nagai

Apprentices / Collaborators

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Sales evolution

Yearly sales aggregated across all works.

Not enough yearly data to chart.

Anime adaptations

Young Black Jack
TV Tezuka Productions 2015
Atom: The Beginning
TV Production IG 2017