In 1961 Shichiro was put into hibernation by his father to survive the nuclear war he suspected would come. It is now 2061 and humanity lives in space and is trying to return to Earth. Shichiro wakes at the foot of a mountain and after being rescued discovers that he is the 7th person ever who is immune to the aftereffects of Hydrogen bombs, which puts him in a unique position to help humanity return home, armed with some of his father
27 views Number 7 Ch.005The Diary of Ma-chan is the first manga created by Osamu Tezuka, who wrote and illustrated it in 1946. Running in the Shokokumin Shinbun (Mainichi Elementary Schoolchildren\'s Newspaper). It follows the life of a little preschooler named Ma-chan, and all of the shenanigans he gets wrapped up in. (from ebookjapan): See what a mischievous boy Ma-chan is! Here comes his memorable debut work, The Diary of Ma-chan! Other works from his debut are also included, such as \"A-Chan and B-Chan\'s Adventure\" and \"Chinnen and Kyo-chan\". We present you works sure to give you a homely laugh! Also includes chapters from Chief Detective Kenichi. --- **Volume 129 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
21 views The Diary of Ma-chan 9.1(from DMP): Teenage delinquent Yaketpachi\'s has a spectral woman as the closest thing to a female influence in his life: Maria! The manifestation of the women Yaketpachi lacks in his life, Maria needs a body to become corporeal, but the only thing around is a sex doll, which is easily ravaged by a hard life and the target of rough pranks. Yaketpachi and Maria are joined at the soul, but ripped apart by an uncaring society. How much strain can Maria\'s plastic body take before it cracks beyond repair? Yaketpachi may want to move heaven and Earth to provide a life for Maria, but do teenagers truly know love? Osamu Tezuka brings the battle of the sexes to a paranormal comedy, where Yaketpachi and Maria explore their teenage years in High School, with all the trials and tribulations that come with it. There\'s the queen bee of the school to tussle with, a dating club that heavily skews towards one gender (and against Yaketpachi), and even rival spirits out to earn their own revenge against their accidental deaths! Yaketpachi\'s Maria continues to prove to be a love letter to young love, with all the faults and flaws that are inherent. Tezuka brings a healthy dose of real-world sexual education to the drama of a love that can never be between a man and his sex doll. --- **Volumes 268 and 269 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
73 views Yakeppachi's Maria 12Akiretasu is a skilled swordsman who gains fame in the Roman Colosseum. Boastful about his strength and status, he catches wind of rumors of a boy far stronger than him - one who slew seven tigers who hails from Japan. The boy, Takeru, happens to be journeying to Rome with a caravan of silk merchants. Akiretasu is intrigued, and sets out to meet him. Both take the same path - the road connecting East and West, the Silk Road! --- **Volume 74 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
15 views The Iron Road 4.1Roppu was a toy abandoned by the child of aliens. He was rediscovered by Roppei, the son of a fisherman. Roppu can fly when the button on his chest on is pressed. Roppu can also create anything, even things thought to be impossible. When the star on his head is pressed, Roppu falls still. Roppu and Roppei have all sorts of adventures, with questionable figures often trying to get their hands on Roppu for their own desires. Volume 2 includes \"Bongo\" (First Grader version): Bongo is a boy who lives in the jungle and is a master archer entrusted with maintaining peace in the jungle. Bongo learns of a treasure called the Golden Bow, and goes in search of it along with his ally Chap the Squirrel. The two must overcome seven perils to reach it at the Mountain of the Sinking Moon. --- **Volumes 119 and 120 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
45 views Roppu-kun 21.2Wansa was designed as the mascot of Sanwa Bank by Tezuka. Wansa is a lucky dog in an unlucky world. With his talent for digging up cash, Wansa somehow persists and overcomes all odds, in spite of the cruel, impoverished landscape he finds himself in. Did not conclude in serialization (its home magazine suspended publication). *The tankobon also contains the following works, all meant for young children, like Wansa-kun*: - **Rabi-chan** - The daily life of a little rabbit named Rabi and his other friends in the forest. Rabi-chan shares similarities with the Tezuka picture book character Mimi-chan. - **Fly, Fly! Run-chan** - A little plane becomes friends with the young boy Kazu, and get into some adventures. - **Pokkachi** - A bubble is saved by the young Hayato and his sister, a scientist. Granted the ability to never pop and fly, Pokkachi gets into many dilemmas with Hayato and his animal friends. - **Triton of the Sea - Fun Kindergarten (Tanoshi Yochien) Version** - Chapters meant to coincide with *Triton of the Sea\'s* anime adaptation. See [here.](https://mangadex.org/title/c573cddf-aac7-4af5-a286-84c4aa37f2a4/triton-of-the-sea) --- **Volume 380 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
14 views Wansa-kun 4In a world faced with a flood of overpopulation, the scientists of the world are called together to come up with solutions. Prof. Leeman suggests for man to live in the sea, but is shunned. In an act of desperation, he turns his son into a merman, and sends him into the sea. This boy is found by a mother sea turtle, and is given the name Pippy. Pippy, unaware of his true parentage, grows up alongside others in the ocean, until he has a terrible encounter with humans. Thus, Pippy goes into the human world, and a long journey awaits him. --- **Volume 137 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
11 views Pippy 3.1The story begins with a scientist, Dr. Yorkshire Bell, noting that dinosaurs flourished and became extinct when they advanced beyond their ability to adapt to change. Giant mammals, such as the saber-toothed tiger and the mammoth, came and went the same way… --- **Volume 44 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
5 views Metropolis (TEZUKA Osamu) 1Ichiro Kitamura (\"Icchi\") is a young man who, due to a near-death experience he had when he was little, has to attend night school. On his way back from school one night, Ichiro encounters something truly out of this world - a procession of ghosts! A conversation with a reporter in the city reveals that Ichiro is not the only one to have come across paranormal encounters as of late. Then, Ichiro happens to see a girl at the train station, but she, too, has ties to the ghosts... --- **Volume 247 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
14 views Lunatic Japan 4.1This is a short story collection anchored with the tale of a young woman who is trying to ignore the reality that her husband is a serial killer, including \"The Record of Peter Kürten\", \"Sensual Nights\", \"Lord Iechika Mogami\", \"The Lady of the Rhine\", and \"The Thief Akikazu Inoue\". --- **Volume 265 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
14 views The Thief Akikazu Inoue 4This is a short story collection anchored with the tale of a young woman who is trying to ignore the reality that her husband is a serial killer, including \"The Record of Peter Kürten\", \"Sensual Nights\", \"Lord Iechika Mogami\", \"The Lady of the Rhine\", and \"The Thief Akikazu Inoue\". --- **Volume 265 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
23 views Mountain of Fire 5.1The original version of Lost World done in Tezuka\'s middle school days. Very close to the final version, but has a number of differences - among other things, Kenichi is an adult instead of a kid. --- **Volumes 360 and 361 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
40 views Lost World (Private Ed.) 24.1In an era where man has conquered the speed of sound, speed of light is naturally what man wishes to conquer next. Dontaro Aranami is the son of a world-famous pilot. One day, when he and his father attempt to go light speed, his father nearly dies. Dontaro and his mother go overseas to send him to a Swiss hospital when a military group attacks their train. This group, led by Colonel Gorbo of Uramecia, is plotting to seize rule of the land for himself. This is only the beginning of a large-scale frenzy over the Earth, where even unearthly beings participate... An SF action-dventure thriller with chaos, suffering, and a display of the cruelty of war. Also contains Wonder-kun: A boy raised by animals on a deserted island trying to protect his friends and home from a corrupt industrialist... --- **Volume 340 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
19 views The Earth War 12*Unrelated to Rainbow Parakeet* A shojo one-shot compilation with themes and elements of dance, music, and theater. Lune Kordok is a young man who has come to Warsaw in pursuit of attending its conservatory, in a time where Russians aggressively make their presence known. He makes friends with both Joseph, a man who works at a second-hand shop , and the young Frederic Chopin. However, Lune had died two months prior of pneumonia. What is Lune\'s true nature, and how will he affect the two other men? In addition to the above (serialized in Weekly Shocomi, 1975/10/05-10/26), also includes: - **The Curtains Are Also Blue Tonight** (カーテンは今夜も青い, Curtain wa Konya mo Aoi); Shojo, New Year\'s Special Issue 1958/01 - Chitori, a young theater actress, has a deep fear of the color red. The color red keeps appearing before her, and it seems to be set deliberately - who is after her, and why does she fear red so much? - **The Merchant of Venice** (ベニスの商人, Venice no Shounin); Middle School First Year Course Supplement 1959/04 - Tezuka adapts Shakespeare\'s famous comedy with a modern flavor and even more humor. - **Peacock Shell** (孔雀貝, Kujakugai); Shojo Club Supplement, 06/58 - A young architect washes up on a certain island that has closed itself off from the rest of the world. He falls in love with Lima, the princess of the island, as he finds himself involved in its affairs. This all intertwines with the legend surrounding four rocks near the island - a peacock-colored shell is underwater near one of them, and should it be found, love will be secured.... - **Song of the White Peacock** (白くじゃくの歌, Shiro Kujaku no Uta); Nakayoshi Summer Vacation Issue 1959/09/15 - Yuri Ogawa never knew what happened to her father, who went missing during the war. However, one day, she and her mother are introduced to a white peacock that he kept on the battlefield. Yuri wants to be a pianist, and she and her peacock become big stars... --- **Volume 87 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
16 views Rainbow Prelude 5.1A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s (and one from 1980), all regarding some aspect of Tezuka\'s early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so. - **Record of the Life of Gachaboy** : A reflection on Tezuka\'s career up to that point. Tezuka encounters the God of Manga right after the war, who nicknames Tezuka \"Gachaboy\". He is determined to see Tezuka become a great mangaka, no matter what - and restore manga\'s presence in Japan. - **Paper Fortress**: Right at the end of the war, Tezuka is doing manga in private in high school. He meets a girl who fully understands his situation, and they get along well. In a society where manga, dancing, and even informal relationships are forbidden, how will Tezuka, crazy about manga, keep on? - **Hungry Blues** - **Tokiwa-so Monogatari** - **The Letter that Came** - **Animal Tsurezuregusa** An excerpt of *Dotsuitare* featuring Tezuka is also included at the end. --- **Volume 274 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
12 views Paper Fortress Vol.1 Chapter 7.1Lemon Kid, the only son of a rancher, decides that he wishes to become an outlaw. When another outlaw, Melon Kid, comes to his home, they flee together. Melon Kid, however, isn\'t too sure that Lemon Kid should be on this path. Also includes the short serial \"Black Canyon\" --- **Volume 70 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
17 views Lemon Kid 12.11876. Takonosuke Arashi is sent by his shogun to deliver a top secret letter regarding U.S.-Japan trade to Washington D.C. However, he soon is involved in a grand chase for Napoleon\'s treasure, with multiple parties interested in it for their own ulterior motives. It\'s an age of adventure! --- **Volume 40 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
1 views Age of Adventure 3One day a boy named Pete finds a map of \"Treasure Island\" that his deceased father left behind. He starts on a voyage to find it together with \"Captain,\" who was a friend of his father. But his ship is attacked by pirates, led by Bowarl, and the two are caught. When a storm hits the pirate ship, the two are thrown into the sea and washed up on the shore of a solitary island in the southern ocean. To their surprise, this island is the one they have been looking for… The manga that made Tezuka famous. It is an action-adventure drama inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson\'s book. This is the redone version for the Tezuka 400 Complete Works. When time came to collect NTI for the Complete Works, Tezuka had promised that *All* of his works would get collected, but the original version was presumed lost. Tezuka, wishing to keep on his promise, decided to redraw the entire manga from memory. The version restored characters previously cut (like Peter Pan). The original ending was also restored, making this the definitive version of *New Treasure Island*. Among other alterations, this 1984 version is a 4Koma manga whereas the original was a mix of 2/3Koma. [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/new-treasure-island) --- **Volume 281 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
16 views New Treasure Island (1984) 1.1Cactus Sam is just your regular, ordinary cowboy, but give him just a sip of milk and transforms from a calm, congenial fellow, into the rootin-est, tootin-est, two-gun shootin-est cowpoke you ever did see… And it just so happens his parents own the local \"Milk-Hall.\" Join \"Cactus\" on his adventures, as he makes some new friends and battles unsavory characters across the Old West - with his trusty six-shooter in one hand, and a nice, ice-cold cold, glass of milk in the other. --- **Volume 69 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
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3 views Kami no Toride Vol.01 Ch.007.1Moriyama is a well-off executive director of a high-class company, with a wife and two children. However, Moriyama isn\'t all he seems: He is in fact a Zainichi Korean who changed his name and identity after the war to shield himself from discrimination. One night, he is asked by an old friend to shelter a fellow countryman, Jo, who has come for his own reasons. Moriyama, who has distanced himself from his roots until now, must confront not only his heritage, but his past. A sealed one-shot of Tezuka\'s focusing on Zainichi Koreans, it has never been recollected or reprinted in any capacity.
5 views The Long CavernInvited to Nazi Germany during World War II, Dr. Asagumo is asked by Hitler to collaborate with him on the research of the new weapon \"Big X\". Concerned about the possible effects of the completion of Big X, Dr. Asagumo intentionally delays the progress of the research, conspiring with his co-researcher, the devious Dr. Engel. Immediately before Germany is defeated by the Allies, Dr. Asagumo implants a card inscribed with the secret of Big X in his son, Shigeru, and is then shot to death by the German army. Twenty years later, the card is discovered in the body of Shigeru, who is then living in Tokyo. Soon, an organization claiming alliance with the Nazis appears, steals the card, and completes the Big X project. Dr. Engel\'s grandson has joined the Nazi Alliance. The completed Big X is then revealed to be a drug that can expand the human body without limitation. Recovering Big X from the enemy, Shigeru\'s son Akira fearlessly challenges the Nazi Alliance and Hans Engel, who are plotting to conquer the world. --- **Volumes 243-246 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
41 views Big X 18One night, a mysterious man carrying a golden trunk books a room at the hotel. Many pursue the trunk, and the contents inside it. What is inside is it? An early gekiga work of Tezuka, serialized in a newspaper. --- **Volume 58 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
13 views The Golden Trunk 7.1A collection of SF one-shots by Tezuka from different magazines. --- **Volume 80 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
8 views SF Fancy Free 3Two young mangaka - Musashi and Kojiro, leave the countryside to become animators. The two have a rivalry as they produce their anime films... A retelling of the rivalry between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro, but in 1950\'s Japan. --- **Volume 55 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
31 views The Film Lives On 6Kenichi is the chief detective of a boy\'s detective organization. With his assistant Donguri, a mynabird, Kenichi will face all sorts of cases all around the globe. --- **Volumes 134 and 135 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
9 views Chief Detective Kenichi 2In the country of Goldland, it is prohibited to have a princess succeed the throne. When the queen has a daughter, she decides to raise her as a boy, and have her identity be a secret. However, Sapphire would occasionally don girl's clothes.One day, disguised as a girl, Sapphire meets Franz Charming, a prince from another country. Not knowing the truth of her identity, they fall in love. However, Duke Duralumin, a distant relative to Goldland's king, is plotting to overthrow him... Note: Different from the 1963 version that was serialized in Nakayoshi. This version is shorter and does not include characters like Captain Blood.---**Volumes 85 and 86 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
17 views Princess Knight (1953) Vol.3 Ch.16.1The direct sequel to Princess Knight, focusing on Prince Daisy and Princess Violetta, the twin children of Sapphire and Franz.[Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/the-twin-knights/)---**Volume 53 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
5 views The Twin Knights Vol.1 Ch.16.1Saburo Onishi (or "Sabutan") wanders into a four-dimensional world through a crack in the wall of a underground road under construction. There he gains the ability to stop time. He decides to use this ability to help people.---**Volumes 56 and 57 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
5 views Strange Boy Vol.1 Ch.1