Through the Italian National Broadcasting Network, Tezuka Osamu received an ardent request from the Vatican to make the Bible into animated form. This request was probably made to see how the Bible would be depicted by the non-Christian Tezuka Osamu. Tezuka Osamu accepted the request and spent an entire two years to complete a pilot film. It was about the story of Noah's ark, with the enthusiastic Tezuka Osamu not only writing the scenario but also drawing pictures by himself. During production, however, he unfortunately passed away, so Director Dezaki took over the film and completed it.
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Description
Type
TVSeason
Spring 1997Release Date
Status
Finished
Source
BookEpisodes
26
Episode Length
24 min
Information Websites
Alternative Names
Romaji
Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari
English
In The Beginning: The Bible Stories
Japanese
手塚治虫の旧約聖書物語