This story of Buddha actually begins with the adventures of the slave boy Chapra (a Tezuka creation). As the restive youth's fate unfolds, Siddhartha is born near the city of Kapilavastu amongst a steaming, vivid Indian caste society.
Story and art by Osamu Tezuka.
Buddha Graphic Novel 2 (408 pgs): The Four Encounters [Osamu Tezuka]
Siddhartha, a frail and sensitive child, grows weary of palace life. He escapes, falls in love, loses love, returns to the palace, marries, has a child, and, finally, becomes an itinerant monk.
Story and art by Osamu Tezuka.
Buddha Graphic Novel 3 (328 pgs): Devadatta [Osamu Tezuka]
Bandaka's child Devadatta, grows up into a world of discrimination, bullying, and overall injustice. He in turn becomes somewhat beastly and has little concern for human life. Simultaneously, Siddhartha seeks out his calling as a monk, and starts searching for the proper master to teach him the meaning of life, and more importantly, how to reconcile with death. in this volume, Bimbisara, king of Magadha, calls upon Siddhartha to curb certain death, and calles Siddhartha, "Buddha" - one who sees.
Story and art by Osamu Tezuka.
Buddha Graphic Novel 4 (376 pgs): Forest of Uruvela [Osamu Tezuka]
Siddhartha spends a good portion of the book going through the tribulations, meditating and fasting for days on end, till finally he reaches the middle way. Later, he is forced to choose between going back to Kapilavastu, "saving" his family's honor and reign, or continuing his path to enlightentment. Fortunately, by the end, Siddhartha is enlightened, but Kapilavastu must fall.
Story and art by Osamu Tezuka.
Buddha Graphic Novel 5 (352 pgs): Deer Park [Osamu Tezuka]
From the creator of Astro Boy and Metropolis, comes Lost World, the first of Osamu Tezuka's cycle of original science-fiction graphic novels - including Metropolis and Future World - published in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
When a rogue planet approaches Earth, a team of scientists voyage to the world and discover a land out of the ancient past - a planet populated by dinosaurs! But a group of crooks has stowed away aboard the spacecraft, and the scientists must fight for their survival against both crooks and hungry monsters!
A dazzling work of imagination - and guest-starring some friends you may recognize from Astro Boy - Lost World is timeless graphic fiction from one of the medium's true masters.
From the creator of Astro Boy and Metropolis comes Future World, part of Osamu Tezuka's cycle of original science-fiction graphic novels - including Lost World and Metropolis - published in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
When nuclear testing creates mutated animals with amazing supernatural abilities, the world and its great superpowers are drawn into political conflict that could light the fuse for World War III. A wry satire of the Cold War - and guest-starring some friends you may recognize from Astro Boy - Lost World is timeless graphic fiction from one of the medium's true masters.
From the creator of Astro Boy and Metropolis, comes Nextworld, part of Osamu Tezuka's cycle of original science-fiction graphic novels - including Lost World and Metropolis - published in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Fumoon, a creature with supernatural powers, discovers a colossal gas cloud approaching Earth that will completely disintegrate the planet! In preparation for our world's demise, Fumoon plans to rescue all of Earth's living creatures and transport them via flying saucer to a new home on another planet!
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