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The Astro Boy Essays
Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution
by Frederik L. Schodt

A tribute to Japan’s “God of Manga” by his long-time American friend and translator

MSRP: $14.95
ISBN: 1-880656-53-1
Pages: 128 pp
Size: 7 x 9"
Paper: 100+
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“To today’s anime fans, Astro Boy is a historical figure more often heard of than seen. Now Frederik Schodt tells the full story about the little robot and his creator, Osamu Tezuka, in a delightful book that every anime fan should read.”

- Fred Patten, anime and comics historian, author of Watching Anime, Reading Manga

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