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1989 · 手塚治虫物語 ぼくは孫悟空Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son-Goku

Tezuka Osamu Monogatari: Boku wa Son Gokū · TV special · General

70 minrunning time
12characters
2events
Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son-Goku

Titles

Japanese
手塚治虫物語 ぼくは孫悟空 (てづかおさむものがたり ぼくはそんごくう)
Romaji
Tezuka Osamu Monogatari: Boku wa Son Gokū
French
L’Histoire d’Osamu Tezuka : je suis Son Gokū (translation)
English
Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son-Goku

Period · Genre

Broadcast / release in Japan
August 27, 1989
Format
TV special
Episodes
1
Running time
70 min
Picture
Colour
Studio
Tezuka Productions
Channel / distributor
Nippon TV (« 24 Jikan Terebi »)
Tezuka’s role
Original concept, planning, Character design
Audience
General
Themes
Autobiography, Science fiction
Period
Posthumous production

Summary

The first part, autobiographical, shows young Tezuka discovering animation through the Chinese film Princess Iron Fan, then becoming an animated film author, through episodes linked to Son Gokū. The second is a science-fiction version of Son Gokū, set in 3010 on the planet Sapphire [1].

The twelfth TV film of the Nippon TV telethon; Tezuka died while the project was still being planned [1].

Information

  • Broadcast on Nippon TV on August 27, 1989 from 10 to 11:25 am; 70 minutes, colour [1].

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