Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha’s life like it’s never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha (an 8-volume work to be published in gorgeous hardcovers designed by Chip Kidd) is the ultimate example of Tezuka's artistic mastery. His consummate skill at visual expression and warm humanity blossom fully in this epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. The masterpiece is one that all ages and persuasions can enjoy.

Osamu Tezuka (1928-89) is the undisputed father of manga comics. Without him, the medium may never have acquired its capacity for seriousness and depth. Though many have followed his example, it is still Tezuka who elicits the deepest awe with his vision and his commitment to human dignity and the sanctity of life.

'Osamu Tezuka invented a whole new grammar of comics storytelling and his place in the history of Japanese comics is about as central as Siddhartha’s place in the history of Buddhism.'
–Art Spiegelman (MAUS)

'The books are all I’d hoped they’d be. Tezuka’s dramatic skills make the pages fly by.'
–Chester Brown (LOUIS RIEL)

'Buddha is a vast and fulfilling masterpice of epic proportions executed with religious devotion. It stands as the opus of Japan’s greatest cartoonist, and a high watermark for the medium.'
–Craig Thompson (BLANKETS)

'I have been, and continue to be an ardent admirer of Osamu Tezuka, so I am especially pleased to have a chance to study his brilliant storytelling and narrative art that rises above the casual style of Tezuka’s imitators.' –Will Eisner (A CONTRACT WITH GOD)