Takarazuka City Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Takarazuka City Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Tezukatsu! Osamu Tezuka x The Aikatsu! Series
In this installment of the Aikatsu! Series, the dorm room Ichigo Hoshimiya, a main character in the Aikatsu Stars! idol group, is recreated through 150 illustrations images including shots from the new...More »
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‘80s Girly Collection
Japan in the 80s was a decade of energy that gave birth to many cultures and fashions, overflowing with commodities, entertainment, and anime and manga characters. In an era before the internet and before...More »
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Hatsune Miku x Osamu Tezuka – A World Brought Together By Isao Tomita
Celebrating the 10th birthday of Hatsune Miku, the vocaloid character developed from songwriter Isao Tomita’s software letting anyone sing along by inputting their favorite lyrics and melodies. Tomita...More »
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The World of Katsuji Matsumoto
Do you know Katsuji Matsumoto, a multitalented creator who wrote girl’s story manga before the publication of Princess Knight? Tezuka Osamu was not the first to stay up all night rolling up his sleeves...More »
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Ultra Hero World: 50 Years of Ultraman
Introducing all 39 Ultraman episodes and the history of Ultra Heroes, from the first Ultraman in 1966 through the new Ultraman Orb series. Visitors can also experience the Ultraman world with a diorama...More »
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Osamu Tezuka’s Heroines – From Cuties to Bewitching Beauties
Spotlighting the heroines of Osamu Tezuka’s manga, this exhibition introduces the era and trends of these works along with the artist’s portrayals of women. From the cute young girl protagonists of his...More »
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Young Black Jack: In Search of Kuro Hazama’s Roots
Focuses on the original manga “Young Black Jack,” which tells the story of Kuro Hazama, the protagonist of Osamu Tezuka’s “Black Jack” series. More »
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Shoji Kawamori “The Transformation”
Shoji Kawamori is an extraordinary visionary and creator who is known for his many accomplishments, including those as an animation director, screenwriter and designer. This exhibition focuses on his design...More »
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Message to Adolf, Seventy Years After WWII
While Osamu Tezuka had produced several manga addressing themes of war before “Message to Adolf,” this series that became a cornerstone of following works responded to his editor’s request for “a thoroughly...More »
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Kiyoshiro Imawano - The Osamu Tezuka Humor Gene
Osamu Tezuka, known as “God of Manga”, created works about the dignity of life through his life, and Kiyoshiro Imawano, named as “King of Rock” kept singing about love and peace. Though the two giants...More »
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Blackjack x Amnesia
Black Jack is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. Amnesia is classified as an otome game;...More »
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The Largest Osamu Tezuka Exhibition on Earth
Osamu Tezuka created some 700 manga before his death at age 60, including masterpieces such as “Astro Boy,” “Kimba the White Lion,” and “Phoenix.” Experimenting with many artistic techniques, he explored...More »
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60th Anniversary Exhibition “The Creation Myth of Black Jack”
Illustrations from the new manga “The Creation Myth of Black Jack,” which tells the story of how Osamu Tezuka’s hit series was produced based on the accounts of editors and assistants at the time. Drawings...More »
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Macross: The Museum
Exhibition to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the popular 1980’s sci-fi anime series, “The Super Dimension Fortress Macross.” Highlights include a life-size replica of the cockpit of the VF-1 Valkyrie...More »
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Osamu Tezuka and Japan Sci-Fi Writers Club
2013 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Japan Sci-Fi Writers Club by renowned cartoonist Tezuka Osamu. Science fiction heavily influenced the work of Tezuka Osamu throughout his career....More »
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"Tezuka Osamu's Five Divisions: Eternal Stories and Unfinished Works" Exhibition
In celebrating 80 years since Osamu Tezuka's birth, the museum investigates Tezuka's life and five specific "divisions" during his artistic career. Works such as "Gringo," "Neo Faust," and "Ludwig B"...More »
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Ryuichi Yokoyama & Osamu Tezuka: The Comical Duo Exhibition
"Fuku-chan" is a cartoon character that Osamu Tezuka used frequently in his comics during his childhood. Ryuichi Yokoyama is the cartoonist who originally created "Fuku-chan". Tezuka's Beret hats, which...More »
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Osamu Tezuka "The Secret of His Original Works"
It is a well-known fact among fans that Osamu Tezuka's original works have many modifications, such as cut and paste, correcting with whiteout, and rearranging frames. This is a result of Tezuka’s passion...More »
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"Takarazuka, the Eternal Ballard- From Ribbon Knight to the Rose of Versailles" Exhibition
Inspired by Takarazuka performances, Osamu Tezuka created the "Ribbon no Kishi (the Ribbon Knight)," which established the foundation for the sho-jo manga genre. Sho-jo manga, manga aimed for teenage...More »