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Tezuka manga mutations

10 Nov 2008

Contemporary Japanese visual artists tweaked the genes of Osamu Tezuka’s manga characters in dozens of works featured at the recent “Tezuka Gene – Light in the Darkness” exhibit at Parco Factory in Shibuya. Here is a small selection.

Tezuka cover art --
Astro Boy (Enlightenment)

Tezuka cover art --
The Three-Eyed One (Enlightenment)

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Phoenix (Hiroki Tsukuda)

Tezuka cover art --
Ambassador Magma (Yutanpo Shirane)

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Buddha (Teppei Maki)

Tezuka cover art --
Unico (Tsuyoshi Kusano)

Tezuka cover art --
Dororo (Mustone)

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Dororo (Mustone)

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Black Jack (Enlightenment)

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Ode to Kirihito (Motohiko Odani)

Tezuka cover art --
Buddha (Junichi)

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8 Responses to “Tezuka manga mutations”

  1. 2008.11.10 ::: 23:29

    I saw other images, few days ago, when the exhibition opens…
    I really love some concepts about the re-imagination of Tezuka works. Like the Astroboy pixel version, in 3 diferent sizes.
    It was lovely.

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  2. 2008.11.11 ::: 19:49

    More details about Tezuka’s event that just ended in Tokyo:
    http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2008/174C.en

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