Buddha
Tezuka Osamu
- Mangaka
- Tezuka Osamu
- First published
- 1972
- Status
- Completed
- Original language
- Japanese
- Genres
- Thriller · Award Winning · Reincarnation · Historical
- Content rating
- Safe
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Where it came from
Osamu Tezuka began serializing his expansive Buddha manga in 1972, continuing the work for over a decade. Published in the magazine Kibō no Tomo, the series was created during a later, reflective phase of Tezuka's career, as he sought to interpret the life and spiritual evolution of Siddhartha Gautama for a modern Japanese audience.
Tezuka’s visual approach blended his signature cartoony, expressive character designs with meticulously detailed, sweeping historical landscapes. This stylistic juxtaposition allowed him to ground profound philosophical inquiries in accessible human experiences. Upon its release, the work was critically lauded for its departure from traditional hagiography, eventually earning multiple industry accolades and cementing its status as a seminal work in the graphic novel canon.
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