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Japan boasts the largest manga (comics) and anime (animation) industries in the world. The culture which has developed from this peculiar post-atomic fusion of eastern calligraphic sensibility and western narrative iconography is an active and vital demonstration of a non-Eurocentric postmodernism. Instrumental figure in the originating history of both art forms and media is Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989).

Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga is an exhibition profiling the Postwar Japanese manga of Japan's leading and most historically important manga artist. The complexity, freshness and startling originality of Tezuka's oeuvre - rarely showcased outside of Japan - is highly relevant to the merging pan-Pacific exhibition options which Australia is well-placed to nurture and exploit. Originally conceived in 1997 after discussions with Tezuka Productions, the exhibition has since been developed for presentation and management through the National Gallery of Victoria.

Past dates and venues for the manga exhibition TEZUKA: The Marvel of Manga:

National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne - November 3rd 2006 to January 28th 2007
(For ticketing and venue information go direct to the NGV)

Special slide lectures by Philip Brophy:
Friday November 10th 2006 @ 12.30pm
Sunday December 10th 2006 @ 12.30pm
Saturday January 20th 2006 @ 12.30pm

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney - February 23rd 2007 to April 29th 2007
(For ticketing and venue information go direct to the AGNSW)

Special slide lectures by Philip Brophy:
Friday February 23rd 2007 @ 1pm
Wednesday March 14th 2007 @ 10.00am

Asian Art Museum
San Francisco - June 2nd 2007 to September 9th 2007
(For ticketing and venue information go direct to the AAMSF)

Special slide lectures by Philip Brophy:
Friday June 2nd 2007 @ 2pm

Concurrent with the TEZUKA: The Marvel of Manga manga exhibition is the anime programme Focus on Tezuka – past dates and venues:

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Melbourne - December 7th 2006 to 17th 2007 (with an extended season of children's sessions throughout January 2007)
Special slide lecture by Philip Brophy:
Thursday December 14th 2006 @ 6pm

Chauvel Cinema
Sydney - March 29th to April 1st 2007
Special slide lecture by Philip Brophy:
Saturday March 31st 2007 @ 3pm

Australian Cinematheque
Brisbane - April 5th to 14th 2007
Special slide lecture by Philip Brophy:
Thursday April 5th 2007 @ 4.30pm

Mercury Cinema
Adelaide - May 1st to 8th 2007

Luma Cinemas (Revelation - Perth International Film Festival)
Perth - April 5th to 14th 2007
Special slide lecture by Philip Brophy:
Thursday April 5th 2007 @ 4.30pm

Complete contents of this page © Philip Brophy (All images © Tezuka Productions)