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Osamu Tezuka's Marvelous Melmo Gets Reprint with New Materials
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Rumiko Tezuka. The first contents of the locked drawer were revealed in 2014 and included drafts of Marvelous Melmo's protagonist.
キッタナイ紙袋から『ふしぎなメルモ』の原画がどっさり。直筆と資料室の森さんが鑑定。これがまぁ可愛いのなんの! pic.twitter.com/C0eDkTil6y
— RumikoTezuka (@musicrobita) March 27, 2014
Osamu Tezuka's Marvelous Melmo Treasure Book includes all of the original manga, original layouts by Tezuka for chapters two, three, and 11, color illustrations and sketches, notes including the proposal for Jun Shimozaki, information about the series' music, and a synopsis of each episode.
Publisher Genshoka will release the book on July 26 for 4,500 yen (US$41).
Some of the 200 uncovered, unpublished materials found in Tezuka's desk drawer was previously Shinchosha's Shinchō literary magazine based on the theme of "eroticism" in 2016.
Other manga drafts and images have been discovered since Tezuka's death. Manga creator discovered nine drawings that Tezuka drew during his student days to promote a traveling show by Katsura Harudanji II.
Source: Comic Natalie
