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Cartoonist Tezuka's characters used to promote fencing

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Fencing Federation unveils in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2015, new characters produced jointly with Tezuka Productions Co., an animation production company created by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, for use in a publicity blitz for the sport. The characters include "Astro Boy" while Yuki Ota, a two-time Olympic foil silver medalist, and six other medalists will also be drawn as Tezuka characters for the campaign.

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Daughter finds Tezuka's drawings in locked desk

TOKYO, Japan - Rumiko Tezuka, daughter of famed Japanese manga creator Osamu Tezuka, speaks at Tezuka Productions' studio in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, on April 1, 2014, about newly discovered drawings and other items found in her father's desk drawers that had remained locked since his death in 1989. The drawers of the desk, kept at the studio, were opened for the first time in 25 years on March 27.

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Tezuka 'manga' comics available in China via mobile phones

BEIJING, China - A woman in Beijing shows a mobile phone displaying ''Astro Boy,'' a 'manga' comic character created by Japanese artist Osamu Tezuka, on April 7, 2010. Japan's Tezuka Productions Co. and Hong Kong's Forest Line Union Holdings Co. have begun distributing three ''manga'' comics by Tezuka all of which already have Chinese translations to mobile phone users in China.

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Tezuka Productions subsidiary to begin producing own animation work

BEIJING, China - Japan's Tezuka Productions, which manages copyright for works by the late animation artist Osamu Tezuka, holds a press briefing in Beijing on June 13 on its plans to begin producing its own animation works at its China subsidiary.

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Tezuka Productions subsidiary to begin producing own animation w

BEIJING, China - Japan's Tezuka Productions, which manages copyright for works by the late animation artist Osamu Tezuka, holds a press briefing in Beijing on June 13 on its plans to begin producing its own animation works at its China subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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Manga master Tezuka's legacy extends to robots

TOKYO, Japan - Takayuki Matsutani, president of Tezuka Productions Co. and former manager of the late ''manga'' master Osama Tezuka, speaks about the comic master in an interview with Kyodo News at his office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Jan. 30. (Kyodo)

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English versions of Tezuka manga on iPad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an English version of a comic book series written by Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka on an iPad tablet computer. Tezuka Productions Co. said July 13, 2011, it started the digital service for iPad users distributing his works including ''Astro Boy'' in English. (Kyodo)

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Tezuka 'manga' comics available in China via mobile phones

BEIJING, China - A woman in Beijing shows a mobile phone displaying ''Astro Boy,'' a 'manga' comic character created by Japanese artist Osamu Tezuka, on April 7, 2010. Japan's Tezuka Productions Co. and Hong Kong's Forest Line Union Holdings Co. have begun distributing three ''manga'' comics by Tezuka all of which already have Chinese translations to mobile phone users in China. (Kyodo)

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Tezuka 'manga' comics available in China via mobile phones

BEIJING, China - A woman in Beijing shows a mobile phone displaying ''Astro Boy,'' a 'manga' comic character created by Japanese artist Osamu Tezuka, on April 7, 2010. Japan's Tezuka Productions Co. and Hong Kong's Forest Line Union Holdings Co. have begun distributing three ''manga'' comics by Tezuka all of which already have Chinese translations to mobile phone users in China. (Kyodo)

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Artificial intelligence-programmed "Astro Boy" robot kit to debut

Makoto Tezuka, a director at Tezuka Productions, poses in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2017, with an artificial intelligence-programmed robot based on "Astro Boy," an iconic work by his late father and manga artist Osamu Tezuka. A kit to gradually assemble the robot will be put on sale, publisher Kodansha Ltd. and its partner technology firms said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo