Ozamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, producer,
activist and medical doctor born (who never practiced medicine). He is the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the
White Lion and Black Jack. He is known as the godfather of anime and the Japanese
equivalent of Walt Disney (who he himself told him he was jealous of astro boy’s
success). Born on 1928 in Toyonaka City ,
Osaka . When he starting
drawing in elementary school, he wanted to draw manga to convince people to
care for the world after world war 2. At age 17 he published Diary of Ma-chan and then Shin Takarajima that started the golden age
of manga (the equivalent of the golden age of comics that was happening during
the time.
An interesting thing was that Ozamu never left school while working and even managed to get a medical degree in Osaka University which he never really practiced medicine but used his knowledge for his sci-fi stories and specially on his famous Black Jack manga about a doctor who uses impractical methods to cure people (similar to what the tv show house does).
(P.S: He was the descendant of the famous ninja Hattori Hanzo)
