This is the original version of Princess Knight that was serialized in Shojo Club from 1953-1956. The 1963 version, serialized in Nakayoshi was completely redone from the ground up.... more>>

Set in a medieval fairy-tale type setting, this is the story of young Princess Sapphire. When Sapphire is in heaven waiting to be born, a mischievous cherub named Tink accidentally gives her a second heart, and the young girl is born with both the brave and adventurous blue heart of a boy, as well as the loving and caring red heart of a girl. Realizing a mistake has been made, God sends Tink to earth with instructions to retrieve the blue boy’s heart. However, Princess Sapphire has been born into the Kingdom of Silverland, where only a male heir can inherit the throne, so retrieving the boy’s heart is no easy task. In order to keep the evil Duke Duralumin from becoming next-in-line to the throne, the king and queen announce that a prince has been born – forcing Sapphire into a life of deception. Sapphire was inspired by the Takarazuka Revue all-female theatre troupe, of which Tezuka was a long-time fan.

Frequent misconceptions (largely from American based or other such sources) place Princess Knight as the first Shojo Manga ever made. Shojo manga has existed for as long as manga itself. Some examples being Katsuji Matsumoto's Kurukuru Kurumi-chan from 1938 and Shosuke Kurakane's Anmitsu-hime from 1949 in addition to a myriad of others. <<less

One night, Ryosuke Jagata is murdered by a thief after a hidden jewel on his person. His butler and rabbit boy Mimio (Mimi-chan) take quick notice. They soon butt heads with Mustachio, a private detective, who decides to take up the case. Mustachio, wanting more information, comes to the laboratory of Prof. Hoyoku Shikishima, a scientist experimenting with giving animals human souls.... more>>

Meanwhile, the planet Mamango makes the rounds. Said to be a part of the Earth from long ago, it is now steadily coming closer toward the Earth... Shikishima is researching this planet, and what Jagata was murdered over may be connected to this.

The original version of Lost World done in Tezuka's middle school days. Very close to the final version, but has a great number of differences. <<less

Takeru is a Japanese boy and swordsman who has traveled to China with hopes of making it all the way to Rome in order to... more>> meet a famed Roman swordsman. He begins his journey on the famed Silk Road, which by coincidence the Roman is also traveling – from the other direction. <<less

This is a collection of loosely interconnected stories where the main characters are all animals, especially the tiger who is the hero of the first... more>> book. <<less

Rainbow Prelude is a manga by Osamu Tezuka, and also the name of one of his books in Kodansha's line of "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" books containing a collection of Tezuka's short stories. The stories included in the book are "Rainbow Prelude", "The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight", a manga version of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", "Peacock Shell", and "Song of the White Peacock".... more>>

Chapters:

1) Niji no Prelude (虹のプレリュード); Shuukan Shoujo Comic 1975/10/05-10/26

2) Curtain wa Kon'ya mo Aoi (カーテンは今夜も青い); Shoujo Shinnen Zoukangou 1958/01

3) Venice no Shounin (ベニスの商人); Chuugaku 1-Nen Course Furoku 1959/04

4) Kujakugai (孔雀貝); Shoujo Club Furoku 1958/06

5) Shiro Kujaku no Uta (白くじゃくの歌); Nakayoshi Natsuyasumi Zoukangou 1959/09/15 <<less

The tale of a boy turned into a merman by his father and released into the sea, raised by a turtle, who befriends the daughter... more>> of Captain Nemo (who kills the turtle) and a piano playing fish who befriends a talking, underwater car in an attempt to save Nemo’s daughter from her own father because she swallowed a red pearl by becoming a member of his crew… <<less

Starting with the tale of a prince on the run from a general intent on taking over the world, followed by the story of Wonder-kun,... more>> a boy raised by animals on a deserted island trying to protect his friends and home from a corrupt industrialist. <<less

Wansa-kun, originally designed as a mascot for Sanwa Bank, is a puppy who was sold for pittance and escapes. He spends the series searching for... more>> his mother. <<less

Strange things happen on Fossil Island, as Rock, Kodama, and Osamu Tezuka are soon to discover. The island is covered with rocks shaped like people.... more>> Each visitor finds one of these rocks with his or her name on it, and each then enter into separate, bizarre dream worlds. <<less

Komasuke is a young boy being raised by a thief in the 19th century who stole him from his rightful parents, and he’s trying his... more>> best to reform the woman who is raising him. But he is also the son of a time traveler from the 22nd Century, who has left for him a legacy until they can be reunited. <<less

This is a short story collection, anchored by the tale of a young man with a tape recorder who is confronting a local man about... more>> his culpability in a mining accident 20 years ago… <<less

What is the secret of the mysterious gold trunk, said to bring change to the human race whenever it appears? This one is more of... more>> an illustrated novel than a manga. <<less

Roppei is a fisherman’s son who discovers a toy robot on the bottom of the ocean named Roppu. Roppu is a powerful robot and can... more>> do many amazing things, but will only answer to Roppei and is still just a toy <<less

Two separate tales set in Africa – one the story of two filmmakers who discover a lost city while they are looking for locations to... more>> film, and another about two explorers searching for a gold statue that might involve people from the moon and might also involve a Tarzan-like boy named Monster. <<less

This is a short story collection anchored by the tale of a young medical student who becomes a manga-ka after meeting an unusual vagrant…

In a tale mildly reminiscent of the famed Jungle Taitei a young white lion named Leo who is fostered to live with humans in Japan... more>> by his parents and his life with them and his eventual return to the jungle. <<less

A collection of short stories with a diverse range of topics.... more>>

The first batch of short stories was serialized from 1956 to 1957 in Omoshiro Book, the second batch 1972 to 1973 in Shuukan Shounen Jump. <<less

Tezuka teaches about biology in short installments.

These are the adventures of Saburo, who discovers a crack in an underground road to another dimension and gains the power to stop time.

Sci-fi short stories.

Musashi Miyamoto, a young, ambitious boy, dreams of becoming a great manga filmmaker. This is the story of his trials and tribulations as he works... more>> toward that goal in 1950s Tokyo. <<less

Each volume contains different short stories by Osamu Tezuka

Tezuka himself is a main character in this one, about a manga-ka who finds himself in a science fiction story about robots and transforming creatures.

About legendary child ninja hero Sasuke Sarutobi from 16th century...

This is the tale of two friends who are both studying to get into an elite space program. When only one succeeds, the one who... more>> fails kills the other to take his place in the program. But the dead man is transported by a mysterious girl and revived to be returned home – only 10 years have passed and the one who killed him is now a man of great power, who in turn exiles his former friend to the doomed planet of Chaos… <<less