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Tezuka's Barbara

Tezuka’s Barbara (2019)

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Tezuka’s Barbara first published by Little White Lies, as the 130th entry in my Cinema Psychotronicum column Following the publication of his groundbreaking New Treasure Island in 1947 which ushered in the Golden Age of manga, Osamu Tezuka would, with his popular series like AstroBoy, Princess Knight and Kimba the White Lion, become known variously…

Stardust

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)

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The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (Hoshikuzu kyôdai no densetsu)  first published by VODzilla.co While some of the details may have been embellished over the intervening years, the story goes that, back in 1985, 22-year-old Makoto Tezuka ran into musician and TV celebrity Haruo Chikada. It would turn out that each had something the other…