Being no native english speaker it's difficult for me to explain how to pronounce Tezuka's name. The best way might be to listen to Japanese people, and adapting their way of pronounciation as close as possible.
Tezuka's introduction at the beginning of this video may be helpful:
Kyou no "kono hito" ha mangaka no Tezuka Osamu san desu
How do you pronounce Tezuka?
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"Prettywitchiusaka" wrote:[QUOTE=Tetsuwan Penguin;214559]That's the way I heard it pronounced by the commentary on the 2003 DVD. I heard Helen McCarthy pronounce it the first way in an interview she gave that I heard on youtube. (And I thought she was an expert on Tezuka.)
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Wait...There's DVD commentary for the 2003 series?[/QUOTE]
On the last disk in the main menu under special features.
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"Tetsuwan Penguin" wrote:[QUOTE=Prettywitchiusaka;214565][QUOTE=Tetsuwan Penguin;214559]That's the way I heard it pronounced by the commentary on the 2003 DVD. I heard Helen McCarthy pronounce it the first way in an interview she gave that I heard on youtube. (And I thought she was an expert on Tezuka.)
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Wait...There's DVD commentary for the 2003 series?[/QUOTE]
On the last disk in the main menu under special features.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I see. Thanks, I didn't know that.
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In one of the Blackjack anime's (#31) on anime-sols where Tezuka appears as himself, I think I heard him addressed as "Tess-a-kah Kun"
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"Dante69" wrote:I am sure the u (or a as it is pronounced) is just faint.
Probably. Between the speed of the words spoken in the anime, and the accent it wasn't 100% clear. But it was NOT ta-zoo-kah! And I think I heard the honorific appended.
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