Tezuka in Shonen Jump

[Tetsuwan Atom]

I thought i'd share this picture here out last weeks Shonen Jump magazine Tezuka is on it with the number 82 well there refering to the year of course but i wonder where it actually was for.

Anyway is good to see him on it.

[Shiyonasan]

I just had my sister semi-translate this. She is studying Japanese currently and is actually pretty good at reading and translating the language.

Anyway, the bar on the side reads "82nd Tezuka Award". The Tezuka Award is a semi-annual award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha, under the auspices of its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

As for the message under Osamu Tezuka, that message is giving an encouraging message to the children in Tohoku who suffered from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. It reads something like "Even from the destruction of the earthquake, children from humble beginnings can reach long-term big goals in the future." Again, this is a very rough translation, but it gets the point across at least.

I believe the other four mangaka (Akira Toriyama, Masashi Kishimoto, Eiichiro Oda, and Hiroyuki Asada) are giving encouraging words to the children who suffered from the earthquake as well.