Faust (manga)

Faust (ファウスト, Fausuto) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that was published in tankōbon form in 1950.

Based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's closet play Faust, Osamu Tezuka came up with his own version of the classic German story.

In the manga, Mephisto is a proud, confident devil who is causing much havoc and violence in the world.

Sure of his ability, Mephisto agrees to God's wager and heads down to Earth to get Faust away from righteous pursuits so that he can take his soul.

When creating this manga, Osamu Tezuka applied a cartoony style of caricature to Goethe's masterpiece.