![]() Tezuka had tried to rush to the man's apartment once he had realized that the staff member had the artwork, but it was already too late. The staff member had unexpectedly passed away and police had cleared out the staff member's apartment, taking the original artwork in the process. National Broadcasting Company (NBC) approached Osamu Tezuka in late 1964 for a television series, after the success of the previous series, Astro Boy (1963), and was trilled to pitch the series to them.ĭuring production of the television series, some of the original artwork was lost due a studio staff member stealing/"borrowing" some of the artwork pages and taking it to his apartment, wanting to reference the work. The manga was extremely popular from the get-go and the manga expanded to ten pages the next issue in December. The manga debuted in November 1950 with a new name, titled, Junguru Taitei, or “Jungle Emperor”, which sounded more exotic and eye-catching. Then, publisher Kenichi Kato convinced the then young Osamu Tezuka to expand on his idea and change it to a four–page feature in the monthly Manga Shonen. Osamu Tezuka had planned the manga originally as a one–shot titled Mitsurin Taitei – literally “Dense Forest Emperor”.
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