French company Tanuko is accepting pre-orders for the retail release of “Love Saves the Earth,” a Blu-ray collection of Osamu Tezuka's television specials. The company launched a crowdfunding campaign for the scene in July, although it fell short of its goal.
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The box set will include the following anime:
The Blu-ray disc will have English, French and Spanish subtitles. The collector's box set will have exterior packaging that resembles a 1980s television and has individual packaging for each Blu-ray Disc that resembles a VHS tape. It will also include a book with complete storyboards of the Undersea Super Train: Marine Express anime, Philippe Bunel's TEZUKANIMATION book, eight postcards with key images from each anime, and two lenticular cards for display in collection box.
Tanuko launched a Kiss Kiss Bank crowdfunding campaign for the studio in July. The campaign set a goal of 300 pre-orders and reached 137 pre-orders before ending on May 9. 8. Estimated reward shipping date is September 2024. Campaign stretch goals include a hardcover edition for the TEZUKANIMATION book, a VCR picture book design for the Undersea Super scenario book Train: Marine Express, and additional gloss and embossing options for the collector's box.
Tezuka was a famous manga artist who drew many influential works, including Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor Leo, Black Jack, Princess Knight, Dororo and Phoenix among many others. These works would continue to inspire future generations in storytelling and manga art, earning him the nickname “The God of Manga”. Equally important was his founding of the film studio Mushi Production, where he would direct the production of film adaptations of much of his manga and other original works. Perhaps the most important of these was Astro Boy, based on Tezuka's manga, which became Japan's first half-hour animated series. The series pioneered animation techniques and production methods that established the earliest aesthetics and styles of television animation.
Source: Tanuko