While I added some information that I found myself, several of the information on this page was selected from a timeline in: Gravett, P. (2004). Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics. Harper Design.

1945 End of World War II

1946 New Japanese Constitution

1948 News censorship ends in Japan

1950 Tezuka draws Jungle Taitei "Kimba the White Lion"
http://tezukaosamu.net/jp/manga/186.html

1952 End of American Occupation

1952 Tetsuwan Atomu "Astro Boy" Serialized
http://tezukaosamu.net/jp/manga/291.html

1955 Ribbon and Nakayoshi monthlies
http://ribon.shueisha.co.jp/
http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/index.php/01033

1958 Boys Weeklies Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine
http://websunday.net/
http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/index.php/02065

1961 Tezuka sets up animation company Mushi Production

1963 Tetsuwan Atomu "Astro Boy" Japan's first animated show
http://tezukaosamu.net/jp/anime/30.html

Magaret shojo manga magazine
http://margaret.shueisha.co.jp/

1964 Tokyo Olympic

1965 Jungle Taitei "Kimba the White Lion Japan's first color animation
http://tezukaosamu.net/jp/anime/33.html

1966 Star of the Giants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_the_Giants

1967 Tensai Bakabon
http://www.koredeiinoda.net/manga/bakabon.html

Lupin III
http://lupin-3rd.net/

1968 Weekly Shonen Jump
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/

Tomorrow's Joe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashita_no_Joe

1970 Doraemon
http://dora-world.com/top.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon

1972 Ace wo Nerae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim_for_the_Ace!

1973 Rose of Versailles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_of_Versailles

1976 Galaxy Express 999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999

1977 Captain Harlock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Harlock

1978 Urusei Yatsura
http://www.furinkan.com/uy/

1982 Akira
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28manga%29

1984 Dragon Ball

1986 Dragon Ball Animated
http://www.dragonball.com/

1989 Death of Tezuka

1994 Detective Conan
http://websunday.net/conan/

1996 Yu-Gi-Oh!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!

1997 One Piece
http://www.j-onepiece.com/

Pokemon
http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/

1999 Naruto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto

2000 Kyoto Seika University starts Manga Department
http://www.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/edu/manga/

2001 Bleach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29

2003 Shonenn Jump Monthly US
http://shonenjump.viz.com/

Death Note
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note

2008 Bakuman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakuman

Last Updated September 23, 2012