Format: TV
Episodes: 26
Episode length: 24 min
Status: Finished
Aired from: Apr 1, 1997
Until: May 9, 1997
Season: Spring 1997
Source: Other
Average score: 63%
Mean score: 69%
Popularity: 1,374
Favorites: 21
Studio: Tezuka Productions
Genres: Action, Drama
Romaji: Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari: In the Beginning
English: In The Beginning: Stories from the Bible
Native: 手塚治虫の旧約聖書物語 In The Beginning
Synonyms: Der kleine Bibelfuchs In The Beginning: The Bible Stories

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In The Beginning: Stories from the Bible

★ 6.3 1,374 members

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.

(Source: AniDB)