1950 Manga

At first, it was a humorous comic strip about family and professional life. It then evolved towards more political themes. *Note \- Publication was interrupted at the end of 1950 by the Korean war, before resuming in 1955. \- Holds the record for the longest-running four-panel cartoon in the history of Korean journalism.*

Based on the 1941 film “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” (later re-made as “Heaven Can Wait”) this is the tale of a man who is pulled from his body too soon who finds himself traveling from body to body until he can find the right one to settle in. At the beginning of the manga Tezuka constructs a movie set for the action of his manga to take place, based upon the original movie, and then lets his characters run wild.

In 1955 and at the age of 19, Kazuo Umezu made his debut with The Siblings in the Forest (Mori no Kyodai), a retelling of Hansel and Gretel in step with the cartoonish style that was popular at the time. (From Umezu Kazuo´s website.)