"New Treasure Island" was debuted by Tezuka in 1947, "New Treasure Island" is an Akahon, a cheap "Red Book"
New Treasure island was first published in January 1947, when Tezuka was a 19 year-old medical student. It was preceded by "gag manga" strip. The story is a simple adventure folioiwng Pete. Very early in his career, Tezuka was asked to do the story based on another local manga artist in Osaka, named Shichima Sakai. Although the first draft was 250 pages long Sakai promised it to be 190 pages, due to this he cut around 60 pages, moving around the plot elements or removing them completely as well as retouching on the artwork along the way