Osamu Tezuka exhibit @ the Asian Art Museum

toonybabe · Post by **toonybabe** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:31 am

I just moved to San Francisco for school and after I got settled in, my dad and I went sightseeing. The Asian Art Museum just happened to be having a Osamu Tezuka exhibit. It was incredible! They had examples of his original work from almost every manga he created. Like most westerners I just knew of him as being the creator of Astro Boy. I had no idea he was so prolific and the a lot of his storylines were so "dark." That surprised me since he was the creator of Unico. Anyways, if you are in the San Francisco area, its a must see for any anime fan. The exhibit is there until September. Now I have to get busy reading some of his manga!

minigt · Post by **minigt** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:39 am

The Tezuka exhibition was run in Australia, prior to heading over to you. I agree - it was amazing. As a result I have read most Tezuka Manga available in English. I strongly recomend Buddha. Its an amazing story.

monkeyboy · Post by **monkeyboy** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:22 pm

Amazing show If you can go DO SO!

Here's a link:

http://www.asianart.org/index.html

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:42 pm

wow! O_O does anyone know if this is a traveling exhibition? will it be coming to LA?

*antsy*

minigt · Post by **minigt** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:06 am

I think it may have already been to LA. From memory, it was going from Melbourne Australia to LA.

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:35 am

oh no!! really?

wndrkn · Post by **wndrkn** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:52 pm

The Tezuka exhibit will only be in San Francisco as its only US stop. I saw it in July and really recommend it if you can make it there.

The woodblock prints by Yoshitoshi are also amazing so don't miss that (ends Sept. 2)...considered a precursor to manga.

Wendy