- Publisher: VERTICAL
- Media: Manga
- Genre: Drama
- Themes: Historical, Supernatural
- Age Rating: 14+
- Release Date: 10/30/2006
- Page Count: 400
- Dimensional Weight: 1
- Written Language: English
Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu features story and art by Osamu Tezuka.
This story of Buddha actually begins with the adventures of the slave boy Chapra (a Tezuka creation). As the restive youth's fate unfolds, Siddhartha is born near the city of Kapilavastu amongst a steaming, vivid Indian caste society.