Manga like Boku no Tezuka

Tezuka Osamu Monogatari

Also known as The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

This graphic-format biography of Osamu Tezuka--Japan's "God of Manga"--looks at one of the twentieth century's great creative artists (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack). It is also an anecdotal study of the evolution of Japan's early manga and anime business and its heroes. A never-before-seen popular culture history of postwar Japan, it is sure to fascinate fans and anyone interested in manga, anime, and the potential of the graphic storytelling medium.

Volume count differs by region, but they are all divided into three chapters: The Appearance of Osamushi, 1928~1945 (オサムシ登場, Osamushi Toujou) - Covers Tezuka's youth, his developing talents during his school days, fascinations with bugs, manga, and animation, and his trials and tribulations during the war. Dreams of Manga, 1945~1959 (漫画の夢, Manga no Yume) - Covers the immediate struggles of the Post-War period, his time in medical school and the decision between being a physician or a mangaka, his debut and career throughout out the 50s. Also covers the emergence of the assistant system, the many assistants that would later become famous mangaka themselves (Matsumoto, Ishinomori, the Fujios, etc.), the obsession with movies and the influence they have on manga, and the gradual shift toward animation. Dreams of Anime, 1960~1989 (アニメの夢, Anime no Yume) - Covers his time entering animation interning at Toei, the founding of his Anime Studio, Mushi Production, the culture of the studio, the anime adaptation of Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom) and the emerging anime production philosophies, the collapse of Mushi Production, the "Dark Tezuka" period, Tezuka Productions, Black Jack, the events leading to the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works, later anime productions, and his tragic passing.

Tags: Work , Biographical , Historical , Drawing , Non-fiction , War , Writing , School

Doraemon Monogatari: Fujiko F. Fujio-sensei no Senaka

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A life story of one of the most popular mangaka, Fujiko F. Fujio from the perspective of Shintaro Mugiwara, his former assistant.

Tags: Biographical

Rensai Shuuryou! Shounen Jump Ougon-ki no Butaiura

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

An autobiographical manga detailing Kouji Maki's struggle in the manga industry during the 80s, the "Golden Age of Shounen Jump."

Tags: Autobiographical , Drawing , Work , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Meta

Boku no Isshou wa Gegege no Rakuen da: Manga Mizuki Shigeru Jijoden

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Shigeru Mizuki's autobiography on 1500 pages in six volumes.

Tags: Autobiographical , Historical , War , Youkai , Seinen

Gegege no Kakeibo

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The story is autobiographical and is similar to GeGeGe no Nyobo by Nunoe Mura (Mizuki's wife), about their struggles with poverty and difficulties in publishing GeGeGe no Kitaro. Gegege no Kakeibo addresses these struggles from Mizuki's point of view.



Tags: Autobiographical , Non-fiction

Umareta Toki Kara Hetakuso

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Makoto has been clumsy since birth and has never been able to lead anything but a mediocre life. This life was the same as his father's. Small, seemingly insignificant anecdotes, but full of subtlety and insight, and above all, imbued with a heartwarming tenderness, inspired by the true life of Yarou Abe, the author of Midnight Diner, who grew up in Shimanto, in the Kochi Prefecture, in the south of Shikoku Island.

Tags: Family Life , Seinen , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist

Nonnonba to Ore

Also known as NonNonBa.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

Autobiographical tale in which Mizuki narrates the memories of his childhood in the decade of 1930, in Sakaiminato, a small coastal town at the southwest Japan. With nostalgia and tenderness, the mangaka narrates his first years of life within a modest family, the fights with his friends,the school and his first loves. The title character of the book, NonNonBa, is an old mystical and superstitious woman by which Shigeru discovers the world of yokai, supernatural beings and grotesque bestiary of medieval Japanese.

Won Best Album at the 2007 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Tags: Autobiographical , Youkai , Historical , Coming of Age , Rural , Fairy Tale , Gangs , Urban Fantasy