Awesome news! A collection of works from several of Osamu Tezuka's series will be published this coming February. The book includes several grade school versions of Tezuka's works like Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor Leo, Unico, and many other adorable characters he's created over the years. Several of these works have not been published in book
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