Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (born 1928)

Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential cartoonists of all time, his prolific output, pioneering techniques and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the Father of Manga" , "the Godfather of Manga" and "the god of Manga" . Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years. Though this phrase praises the quality of his early manga works for children and animations, it also blurs the significant influence of his later, more literary, gekiga works.

Born

1928

November 3

Died

1989

Era

1920s

Country

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Osamu, in brief

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1928 Born
1989 Died

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361 Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
1090 The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to take possession of Rouen, the capital city of his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, fails.
1333 The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1468 Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

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The world in 1928

When Osamu arrived

april 12 The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
august 27 The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
december 17 Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
december 4 Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

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Alan J. Pakula 1928–1998 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) Alexander Grothendieck 1928–2014 German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014) Andy Warhol 1928–1987 American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987) Anne Sexton 1928–1974 American poet and academic (died 1974) Anthony Franciosa 1928–2006 American actor (born 1928) Barbara Ann Scott 1928–2012 Canadian figure skater (died 2012) Billy Martin 1928–1989 American baseball player and manager (born 1928) Bob Cousy 1928– American basketball player and coach Bob Wilber 1928– American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019)

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