In its latest volume of Manga Curry no Maki, MangaCast's Jack interviews interviews Philip Brody, curator of the exhibition Tezuka: Marvel of Manga. The podcast also looks at Shueisha's new magazine Jump SQ, manga in the Philippines, manga cafe in Manila, and more.

ANS points out an Amazon.com has listed Osamu Tezuka's Dororo manga under Vertical. According to the listing, Dororo will be released next April.

Edit: Publishers Weekly has confirmed the license.

Via: Giapet.net

A panel called Tezuka in the USA: A Manga Publishers' Forum will take place on August 16th (today!) at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco:

The panel will be moderated by Alvin Lu of VIZ Media (publisher of Tezuka's Phoenix), and will include speakers Anne Ishii of Vertical (publisher of Buddha), Carl Gustav Horn of Dark Horse (publisher of Astro Boy), and Ian Robertson of VIZ Media. Speakers will discuss the experience of bringing Japan's "God of Manga" to American shores and how Tezuka's influence continues to pervade the current manga boom in the US.

Source: MangaBlog

Frederik Schodt, author of Manga! Manga!, and Dark Horse manga editor Carl Horn were interviewed on Michael Krasny's radio show Forum. The two talked about Osamu Tezuka and the current state of manga in America. Same Hat! Same Hat! has a full report of the radio show.

Precocious Curmudgeon links to an article from the Contra Costa Times, where Manga! Manga! and Dreamland Japan author Frederick Schodt talks about the Tezuka: Master of Manga exhibition, which takes place on Saturday in San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum.

Via: Icarus Blog

According to ANN, the excerpt from Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight that will appear in Viz's Shojo Beat 2nd Anniversary issue will be the original Princess Knight that ran in the manga magazine Shojo Club from 1953 to 1956.

San Francisco, CA, May 10, 2007 ??? VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced its partnership with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco to produce the Manga Lounge which will complement the highly anticipated Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga exhibition. The Lounge will be open May 13 thru September 9, 2007 and coincides with the run of the exhibition, June 2 ??? September 9, 2007.

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The Tezuka Cultural Awards official site has been updated with the nominees for the 11th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award. Eight manga have been nominated for the award, they are:

• Ooku by Fumi Yoshinaga [ Hakusensha ]
• Osaka Hamlet by Hiromi Morishita [ Futabasha ]
• Koukoku no Shugosha (Imperial Guards) by Story: Daisuke Sato; Art: Yu Ito [ Shueisha ]
• Danchi Tomoo by Tobira Oda [ Shogakukan ]
• Death Note by Story: Tsugumi Ohba; Art: Takeshi Obata [ Shueisha ]
• Hyouge-mono by Yoshihiro Yamada [ Kodansha ]
• Maihime Terpsichore by Ryoko Yamagishi [ Media Factory ]
• Moyashimon (Tales of Agriculture) by Masayuki Ishikawa [ Kodansha ]

The winners will be announced on May 10th. Go here for last year's winner.

MangaCast reports a new Amazon Canada listing which reveals that MW (Pronounced "mu") by Osamu Tezuka has been licensed by Vertical.

In the comment section, Dirk Deppey from The Comics Journal confirms that both MW, the previously discovered Andromeda Stories, and The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi by Keichiro Ryu have all been licensed by Vertical.

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According to a press release (PDF), Sega Toys will release a limited edition (3,000 sets only) 200-volume miniature set of Osamu Tezuka's manga beginning January 27th. The manga set, 4.45 x 3.65 centimeters in size, will be sold for 73,500 yen.

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