The Vampires (manga)
A manga where Osamu Tezuka meets a vampire werewolf.
Osamu Tezuka wrote and drew the manga The Vampires, serialized weekly from 1966 to 1967. The story mixes vampire and werewolf lore with events at Tezuka’s own Mushi Production studio, where the author appears as a character.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Osamu Tezuka
- Publication period
- 1966 to 1967
- Publication frequency
- Weekly
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Plot
Toppei Tachibana, a strange teen, talked his way into a job at Mushi Production by convincing its president, Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka soon learned Toppei is both a vampire—able to shift from human into various animals—and a werewolf. Toppei had come to Tokyo hunting for his father, Professor Tachibana. After Toppei killed Tezuka’s old friend Professor Atami by accident, the wicked teen Rokuro Makube blackmailed Tezuka into using Toppei for his own schemes. Meanwhile, Toppei’s vampire kin plotted a revolt against humanity, and Rock joined them to seize control. To save the world, Toppei, Tezuka, and Toppei’s younger brother Chippei had to unite against the vampires.
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