Tezuka - Buddha

A Buddha Unlike Any Other

Osamu Tezuka's vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of Siddharta's life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha's ideas. The master entertainer's emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the price Siddharta runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as escetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Tezuka's approach is slightly irreverent and incorporates something that Western commentators often eschew--humor.