The manga is titled Team Phoenix and it will launch in the magazine’s June issue on May 12.
Perhaps most significant of these was Astro Boy, based on Tezuka’s manga, which became Japan’s first half-hour animated series.
Tezuka was a prolific manga artist who drew numerous influential works, including Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor Leo, Black Jack, Princess Knight, Dororo, and Phoenix, among many others.
The show pioneered animation techniques and production methods that gave rise to the earliest aesthetics and styles of television anime.