Issue: #7
Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questio...
Creators: Osamu Tezuka
Characters: Rock, Hyotantsugi, Maya, Ananda, Devadatta, Yatala, Tatta, Rāhula, Spider, Mara, Suddhodana, Yasodhara, Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, Brahma, Buddha, Dhepa, Hosuke Sharaku, Saruta