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“Vatican commissioned Tezuka Osamu to animate the Bible; he created Noah's ark pilot film before death, completed by Dezaki.”
In The Beginning: The Bible Stories
手塚治虫の旧約聖書物語 In The Beginning
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Vatican commissioned Tezuka Osamu to animate the Bible; he created Noah's ark pilot film before death, completed by Dezaki.
Through the Italian National Broadcasting Network, Tezuka Osamu received an ardent request from the Vatican to make the Bible into animated form. This request was probably made to see how the Bible would be depicted by the non-Christian Tezuka Osamu. Tezuka Osamu accepted the request and spent an entire two years to complete a pilot film. It was about the mythology of Noah's ark, with the enthusiastic Tezuka Osamu not only writing the scenario but also drawing pictures by himself. During production, however, he unfortunately passed away, so Director Dezaki took over the film and completed it. (Source: official homepage)
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- 9 “I loved this anime as a kid!!!! I used to visit a lending library in town with my dad when I was about 7 and we used to watch these Bible stories together; great memories! Very accurate and true to...”
- 9 “While I am writing this when I have not completed the anime. I would like to state that this is so good that both me and a friend (my friend having watched only one episode) decide to buy the cd...”
- 9 “It's a pretty good adaption of the old testament, especially if you're not much of a Christian, it's still enjoyable to watch even as an adult since this was my very first anime I watched as a kid....”
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A Tv Production · Spring 1997
Tezuka Productions.- Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1997 – May 1997 Spring 1997
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-2089 catalog