Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka (3 November 1928 – 9 February 1989) was a manga artist, animation director and physician, born in Toyonaka, Osaka, and raised in Takarazuka, Hyōgo. He debuted in 1946, had a best-seller with Shin Takarajima in 1947 and, with works such as Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor, Phoenix and Black Jack, was already called the "god of manga" in his lifetime. In 1963 he produced Astro Boy as Japan's first 30-minute television anime series; his SF short-story series Lion Books had first begun in 1956.

• Lion Books (1971–1973)