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Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy)

The museum in the town he grew up in, 25 minutes from Osaka.

Osamu Tezuka is the reason the rest of this site exists — the panel grammar, the eyes, the serialised story manga and the TV anime production model all trace back to him. He grew up in **Takarazuka** in Hyogo, and the city runs the **Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum** eight minutes on foot from Takarazuka station, covering Astro Boy, Black Jack, Phoenix and Princess Knight, with an animation workshop. It is 700 yen and 25 minutes from Osaka. If you have any interest in how manga became what it is, this is the single most useful stop in Japan.

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Common questions

Why visit the Tezuka museum?

Almost everything in modern manga and anime traces back to his work — the panel grammar, the serialised story manga, the TV production model. It explains why the medium looks the way it does.

How much is it and where?

700 yen for adults, in Takarazuka in Hyogo, eight minutes on foot from Takarazuka station and 25 minutes from Osaka. Closed Mondays.

Is there anything in Tokyo?

A life-size bronze Astro Boy stands on the deck outside Oizumi-Gakuen station in Nerima, free and outdoors, next to the Toei Animation Museum.