Asahi.com reports on the rediscovery of five works by the godfather of manga, Osamu Tezuka. And they weren’t even in Japan:
Takeshi Tanikawa, an associate professor on cinema history at Waseda University, said he found the short pieces in the Gordon W. Prange Collection at the University of Maryland.
Ironically, the pieces, which were published in 1947 and 1948, were preserved because they were collected by censors during the postwar occupation of Japan and subsequently wound up in the Prange collection.
Judging from Tanikawa’s description of the works, things haven’t changed too much:
They include a six-frame strip titled “Tameshi-giri” (trial sword-cutting), in which a subordinate uses his wits to fend off his lord’s violence.
A four-frame strip titled “Tarikiremasen” (I can’t take it) features a mannequin that gets embarrassed when someone peeks up her skirt.
A 16-page short manga, called “Hans to Kin no Kaminoke” (Hans and golden hair), was also found in the collection.
The title had been known to some, but its contents had remained a mystery because there were no copies.
The manga is drawn in a Disney-like style and deals with a story similar to something out of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.”
Swords, fan service, and some serious hair—sounds like all the ingredients were there from the very beginning.
this is like finding a new picasso to japanese folk right!?!