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
IndustryJapanese animation
FoundedJanuary 23, 1968; 56 years ago (January 23, 1968)[1]
FounderOsamu Tezuka
HeadquartersShinjuku, Tokyo, Japan[2]
Number of locations
Niiza, Saitama, Japan[2]
Key people
Takayuki Matsutani (Chairman)
Makoto Tezuka (Director)
Rumiko Tezuka (Director)
Yoshihiro Shimizu (Director)
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 animation studio founded by Osamu Tezuka in 1968. It is known for animating notable works such as Marvelous Melmo, the 1980 and 2003 Astro Boy series, and Black Jack. It is also the holder of the intellectual property of Tezuka's works; his son, Makoto Tezuka, currently aims to use the company to extend Tezuka's manga series with new issues and publish posthumous works such as Legend of the Forest.

Their logo is a blue silhouette of Astro Boy's head as a mascot.

  1. ^ 会社概要・組織図 [About Us - Organizational Chart] (in Japanese). Tezuka Productions. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Facilities". TezukaOsamu. Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2012.