

After working for a period as a free-lancer, he later re-joined Tezuka Productions in 1978 as the sub-chief of manga production for magazines, supporting Tezuka's creative work until the end.

Toshio Ban joined Tezuka Productions in 1974 as one of Tezuka's assistants. A never-before-seen popular culture history of postwar Japan, it is sure to fascinate fans and anyone interested in manga, anime, and the potential of the graphic storytelling medium. It is also an anecdotal study of the evolution of Japan's early manga and anime business and its heroes. This graphic-format biography of Osamu TezukaJapan's "God of Manga"looks at one of the twentieth century's great creative artists ( Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack ).
