Tezuka Productions

Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社手塚プロダクション
Kabushiki-gaisha Tezuka Purodakushon
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
Industry
FoundedJanuary 23, 1968 (January 23, 1968)
FounderOsamu Tezuka
HeadquartersTakadanobaba,
Shinjuku, Tokyo
,
Japan
Number of locations
Nobitome, Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Key people
Takayuki Matsutani (Chairman)
Makoto Tezuka (Director)
Rumiko Tezuka (Director)
Yoshihiro Shimizu (Director)
Number of employees
102
SubsidiariesBeijing Xiele Art
Websitehttps://tezuka.co.jp/

Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. (株式会社手塚プロダクション, Kabushiki-gaisha Tezuka Purodakushon) is a Japanese mass media company founded by Osamu Tezuka in 1968, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company is known for managing, supervising and licensing the intellectual property of Tezuka's works through various business areas such as publishing, animation, films, toys, video games among others. Aside from its licensing business, the company also handles an animation studio in Tezuka's former studio office in Niiza, Saitama and has produced notable works such as Marvelous Melmo, the 1980 and 2003 Astro Boy series, and Black Jack among others.

Astro Boy, the titular character of the media franchise of the same name serves as the company's mascot.


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