Osamu Tezuka

Wandering the packed tunnels of Shinjuku Station, famous author Yosuke Mikura makes a strange discovery: a seemingly homeless drunk woman who can quote French poetry. Her name is Barbara. He takes her home for a bath and a drink, and before long Barbara has made herself into Mikura's shadow, saving ...

Apollo's Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods ...

Kirihito Osanai is a young doctor who has just been introduced to the Monmow disease, which transforms humans into dog-like beasts and kills them within a month. Kirihito contracts the disease himself and becomes estranged from his beautiful fiancee, Izumi Yoshinaga, and his close friend and rival, ...

Fresh on the heels of the Black Jack series comes this medical-themed epic about the meaning and importance of life by manga god Osamu Tezuka. Kirihito Isanai is a young doctor who, after being sent to a remote village to study the outbreak of a new disease, contracts the illness himself and becomes...

Osamu Tezuka's vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of Siddhartha's life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha's ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, e...

This peerless medical drama from manga's most celebrated and influential creative force, Tezuka, follows the adventures of a highly trained yet unlicensed rogue surgeon, Black Jack. His mysterious nature and dubious public persona leave the world questioning his intentions. Each volume contains 12-1...

The Manga legend's series continues. By the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba, The White Lion, it is as important a work in Tezuka's canon as his multiple award-winning Buddha. A rich medical drama that mixes mystery, intrigue, suspense, action and a dash of humour, with a fascinating main character - ...

The Manga legend's series continues. By the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba, The White Lion, it is as important a work in Tezuka's canon as his multiple award-winning Buddha. A rich medical drama that mixes mystery, intrigue, suspense, action and a dash of humour, with a fascinating main character, a...

The final volume of the thriller manga trilogy featuring a swordsman who must hunt down and destroy 48 demons who possess his body parts, which were given to them by the man's father in exchange for power. Vertical presents Dororo in the original, right-to-left format, and with its youthful subject ...

Recognised as Tezuka's third most famous work after ASTRO BOY and KIMBA, THE WHITE LION, BLACK JACK is important in the manga pioneer's canon. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuse...

Recognised as Tezuka's third most famous work after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion, Black Jack is an important part of the manga pioneer's canon. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing medical feats. Though a trained physician, h...

It is 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany. A Japanese reporter named Sohei Tohge is covering the Berlin Olympic Games for the Japanese press. As he sits in the Japanese press box watching the many track and field events of the day, he receives a call from his younger brother Isao, who has been studying in ...

Osamu Tezuka's beloved heroine Sapphire, known across the globe as the Princess Knight, returns in a two-volume release by famed manga publisher Vertical. Heavily inspired by Disney in its design and tone and considered by many as the first major shojo (girls) works, it has long been one of Tezuka's...

Since its debut, critics have declared Black Jack as the work which revitalised Osamu Tezuka's inimitable manga career. The many tales of this popular character - a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats - revolutionised ...

Black Jack, the iconic surgeon-for-hire takes up his scalpel for the last time in the series' concluding volumes. These final instalments remind readers why this mercenary surgeon continues to inspire decades after his debut in Shonen Champion Magazine. The 17th and last volume in Vertical's definit...

Toshiko Tomura is the darling of the intelligentsia. A modern-day Michelangelo, this 20-year-old is already an established international stage actress, an up-and-coming architect, and the next recipient of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize as Japan's best new writer. She is the mastermind behind a ser...

Since its debut, critics have declared Black Jack as the work which revitalised Osamu Tezuka's inimitable manga career. The many tales of this most popular character - a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats - were as mu...

Since its debut, critics have declared Black Jack as the work which revitalised Osamu Tezuka's inimitable manga career. The many tales of this most popular character - a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats - were as mu...

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred of the medical community's corruption. He presents himself as a notorious scalpe...

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred of the medical community's corruption. He presents himself as a notorious scalpe...

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred of the medical community's corruption. He presents himself as a notorious scalpe...

Osamu Tezuka, godfather of manga, here defies the conventions of his manga by utilising a completely original cast and relying solely on historical drama to drive the plot. Ayako pulls no punches and does not allow for gimmicks as science-fiction or fantasy may. Instead, Tezuka weaves together a tal...

Osamu Tezuka's beloved heroine Sapphire, known across the globe as the Princess Knight, returns in a two-volume release by famed manga publisher Vertical. Heavily inspired by Disney in its design and tone and considered by many as the first major shojo (girls) work, it has long been one of Tezuka's ...