Lost in Scanlation

The Edo Tokyo Museum (in Tokyo), is running an exhibition from April 18th to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the birth of Osamu Tezuka.

Sponsored by The Yomiuri Shimbun and others, the exhibition will include such items as Tezuka’s work desk, his medical license and original Astro Boy artwork.

During his 42-year career as a cartoonist, Tezuka produced about 7,000 works featuring nearly 1,000 characters, and he is thought to have churned out about 150,000 pages of artwork.

By examining three of his most famous creations–Astro Boy, Black Jack and Phoenix–part of the exhibition will focus on themes that Tezuka held dear throughout his life, such as “Dreams of the future,” “The essence of life and death” and “What is man?”

Messages from 80 friends and other artists, including the creator of Anpanman, Takashi Yanase, also will be put on public display.

Hopefully the Edo Museum page will put up more details closer to the date.

Exhibition to celebrate Osamu Tezuka’s life, work [via Daily Yomiuri Online]