In The Beginning: Stories from the Bible

Also known as Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari: In the Beginning

TV Finished 1997

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 story 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.

Studio

Tezuka Productions

Episodes

26 listed

Runtime

about 24 minutes per episode

Genres

Action, Drama