is a manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 by Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka

was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...

 that began serialization in 1946.

Plot

Diary of Ma-chan is a collection of 4-panel comic strips about the everyday adventures of a small pre-school boy named Ma-chan. The manga consists of 73 strips.

Characters

• Ma-chan: A mischievous little pre-school boy growing up immediately after World War 2.
• Ton-chan: Ma-chan's friend.
• University-age boy:
• Father: Ma-chan's father.
• Mother: Ma-chan's mother.
• Teacher: Ma-chan's pre-school teacher.

First work by Tezuka

Diary of Ma-chan is very important as it was Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka

was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...

's first professional work to ever be published. When Tezuka drew this in 1946, he was only 17 years old. While the drawings were crude compared to his later art work, many elements of his art style first became visible in this comic strip.

External links

• "Diary of Ma-chan" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World (requires username and password)
• "Diary of Ma-chan" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World (requires username and password)