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A chronological selection of the most important works of Osamu Tezuka, a timeless influential figure on the medium and one of the greatest artists of all time.

These entries are listed keeping in mind its historical relevance, their context in Tezuka's life, and their overall influence on the mangascape. I believe the following titles would help you understand more about his style, life, and contribution to Japanese media. It is not comprehensive and should be treated as a jumping point for such a colorful career.

Most of these titles are available in English.

Tezuka sources you can check out:
The Osamu Tezuka Story - Toshio Ban
Frederik Schodt's writings on Tezuka - I highly recommend Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics
The Art of Osamu Tezuka: The God of Manga - Helen McCarthy
Tezuka in English website

These manga feature monks and priests of the Buddhist religion, as well as manga starring the historical Buddha.

Number of sales and date that number was acquired from in notes for each. Some of them I have personally estimated a higher figure than the date says.

No. 162 would be Nippon no Rekishi. It's for children and I can't find it on MAL. It has 24 volumes and started in 1981, and has sold 20.2 million (March 19th, 2020).

No. 165 would be Cuffs - Kizu Darake no Chizu by Jin Tojo, and has sold 20 million (February 14th, 2022).

No. 183 would be The Tale of Genji by Waki Yamato. Couldn't find exactly which one it was she made, and has sold 20 million (May 1st, 2021).

Tezuka Osamu is considered one of the greatest mangaka ever. He is know as the, "Father of Japanese manga and anime". This is a manga list honoring the best/most iconic works by Tezuka Osamu. These mangas are groundbreaking and helped shape the future of Japanese media forever. His works also influenced the future generation of mangakas including Fujiko (Doraemon), Monkey punch (Lupin), Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), Akira Toriyama (Dragon ball), and many more. His legacy will be forever remembered. To see the full list of works by Tezuka Osamu please visit the official Tezuka Osamu webpage,
https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/a.html
or his author profile at,
https://myanimelist.net/people/1938/Osamu_Tezuka


More about the mangas at,
Adolf ni Tsugu: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/291.html
Ayako: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/21.html
Apollo no uta: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/17.html
Black Jack: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/438.html
Boku no son goku: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/449.html
Buddha: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/434.html
Dororo: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/310.html
Hi no Tori:https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/403.html (There is many parts)
Jungle Taitei: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/186.html
Lost world: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/572.html /
Maa chan no Nikkichou: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/459.html
Magma taishi: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/572.html
Ribbon no Kishi:https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/559.html
Shin takarajima: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/459.html
Tetsuwan Atom:https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/291.html

Great mangas for everyone from different genres and years.

The joke here is communication about these is kinda weird unless specified that the response itself is the title.
"What's your fav manga?"
> Undecided.

Or if someone tuning in to a conversation between weebs would be extremely confused about it either by controversy or u sounding illiterate af:
> "My favourite manga is In Hand"
> "I love Children" ☠️☠️


I will also include series that are difficult to search and result in the complete opposite. eg;
Searching "Goth manga"
> The manga itself doesn't show, only images full of Misa Amane lmfao

A stack containing anthology manga series.
Anthology; a collection of artistic works or stories that have a similar form or subject.

A list of 1970s manga that has been officially released physically in English. Any manga that goes out of print will be removed

Selections from director Guillermo del Toro's personal manga collection.
Original photos of his library can be found on his twitter, as stated in this article. https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/guillermo-del-toro-anime-manga-collection/

Favorite artists: Katsuhiro Otomo, Hideshi Hino, Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka, and Junji Ito

Osamu Tezukas manga that's found on Helmet libraries in Finland. There are both finnish and english ones listed.

Osamu Tezukan mangaa joka on Suomen Helmet kirjastojen järjestelmässä. Listattuna mangaa niin suomeksi kuin englanniksi.

Manga that has references to history and the western canon.

A list of Tezuka's manga published in Brazil, in order of release date.
Only manga written and drawn by Tezuka.



Lista dos mangás do Tezuka publicados no Brasil, em ordem de lançamento.
Somente mangás escritos e desenhados pelo Tezuka.

Stories that take place in historical settings, in historical order.

manga with narratives based on real historical events for those who need to study history

classes

(I will not include historical works with fantasy elements)

I've put together a list of manga written by Tezuka Osamu, that was officially licensed and released in physical or digital format in the English language (mostly from North American releases). Tezuka's works in English are a mix of titles still being printed and circulated, and out of print. There are a varity of editions from comic book 'floppies', softback, hardbacks, and even boxed collections! This is a fan guide to figure out if the copies you are reading or buying are from legitimate sources.

This list is NOT complete, I'm merely one person and have probably missed a title or two.

Notes about Publisher's: Vertical Inc. was acquired by Kodansha USA in 2011, and fully absorbed in 2020. Any titles that were licensed to Vertical Inc. are currently distributed digitally via Kodansha USA with infrequent reprintings.

Digital Manga Publishing (DMP), and Digital Manga Guild Publishing/Publication (DMGP) are two branches of the same company as far as I am aware. DMP tends to be physical copies, DMGP is digital copies. Physical copies are sold via their website eManga, and Amazon. Digital copies can be found on eManga, via the following statement:

"eManga is Digital Manga, Inc.'s own one stop online shop for manga, originally established back in 2008. Providing manga both digitally (in a variety of downloadable formats) and physically, in 2018, eManga merged with DMI's print store - Akadot - to house everything in one place". [taken from eManga's website]

NOT LISTED IN DATABASE
+"Shakespeare Manga Theater", Ablaze Manga, 2024.
Stories included: The Merchant of Venice, Robio and Robiette from Astro Boy, Macbeth from Vampires, Hamlet from Rainbow Parakeet, The Taming of the Shrew from Rainbow Parakeet, Othello from Rainbow Parakeet. As well as essays, afterword commentary and more.
Digital version on Azuki: https://www.azuki.co/series/shakespeare-manga-theatre

TITLES THAT WILL BE ADDED IN A VOLUME TWO:
-Tetsuwan Atom Bekkan, 2002-2004 including with the Dark Horse edition of "Astro Boy".
-Vampires, 2024 select chapters via "Shakespeare Manga Theater".
-Rainbow Parakeet, 2024 selection chapters via "Shakespeare Manga Theater".

If you have more information on titles available to add to this list, please shoot me a DM and I'll add it accordingly. The more information you can provide, links, dates, etc the better off we as collectors will be!

Complete list of the book 501 mangas to read in Spanish