https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/tags/osamu-tezuka/Recent content in Osamu Tezuka on Tsukioka Sadao's BlogHugo -- 0.155.3en-USMon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/posts/ukeru-tezuka/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/posts/ukeru-tezuka/<p>The word <em>ukeru</em> has no single kanji that captures its full meaning.</p> <p>The character 受ける means to receive or to hand over an object, but when we say a manga or anime <em>uketa</em> or <em>ukenai</em>, the word becomes an indicator of whether something has reached the hearts of the audience &ndash; those who watch, those who listen.</p> <p>One day, Master Tezuka invited me out.</p> <p>&ldquo;Tsuki-san, I&rsquo;m heading to Ginza today. Want to come along?&rdquo;</p>https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/posts/bank-system/Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sadao-tsukioka.com/en/posts/bank-system/<h2 id="what-is-the-bank-system">What Is the Bank System?</h2> <p>Long ago, Osamu Tezuka — creator of <em>Astro Boy</em>, the pioneering television anime — devised a method called the Bank System to produce 30-minute episodes every week.</p> <p>&ldquo;Bank&rdquo; means to store. Unlike today, animation at that time was drawn on paper, traced onto cels, and painted by hand. Normally, cels were discarded after a production was completed. But Tezuka decided to keep and organize certain cels rather than throwing them away — bust shots, waist shots, close-ups, walking shots, flying shots, crying, laughing, lip-sync shots, and other footage likely to be reused. This was the Bank System.</p>