
Osamu Dezaki
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 18, 1943
- Died
- April 17, 2011 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Osamu Dezaki (November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011) also known as Makura Saki (崎枕 Saki Makura), Kan Matsudo (松戸完 Matsudo Kan), Toru Yabuki (矢吹徹 Yabuki Toru) or Kuyou Sai (斉九洋 Sai Kuyou), was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. He is acknowledged to be one of the best and most influential Anime directors and popularized various techniques that are now considered standard in Japanese animation. Dezaki developed a highly distinctive Signature Style and is credited with inventing the Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame.
Known For
Filmography

The Tale of Genji
TV · Director · 1 ep

Ultraviolet: Code 044
TV · Director, Series Director · 12 eps

Clannad: The Motion Picture
Movie · Director

Air: The Motion Picture
Movie · Director

Hamtaro: Fairy Tale
Movie · Director

Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth
Movie · Director

Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley
Movie · Director

Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship
Movie · Director

The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth
Movie · Director

Hamtaro: The Captive Princess
Movie · Director

The Lady Oscar Story
Movie · Director

Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land
Movie · Director

Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Movie · Director

Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
TV · Director · 26 eps

Black Jack: The Movie
Movie · Director

The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Movie · Director

Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
Movie · Director

Black Jack
TV · Director · 12 eps

Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
Movie · Director

Treasure Island Memorial
Movie · Director

In the Beginning: The Bible Stories
TV · Series Director · 26 eps

Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
Movie · Director

Dear Brother
TV · Director · 39 eps

Sword for Truth
Movie · Director

Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
Movie · Director

Burning Blood
TV · Director · 3 eps

Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
Movie · Director

Aim For The Ace! Final Stage
TV · Director · 12 eps

Nightsong of Splendor
TV · Series Director · 4 eps

One Pound Gospel
Movie · Director

Ace wo Nerae! 2
TV · Director · 12 eps

Treasure Island: The Movie
Movie · Director

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3
Movie · Director

Bionic Six
TV · Director · 65 eps

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
TV · Director · 13 eps

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Movie · Director

Sweet Sea
Movie · Director

The Adventurers Gamba and His Seven Friends
Movie · Director

Mighty Orbots: Magnetic Menace
Movie · Director

Mighty Orbots
TV · Director · 13 eps

Golgo 13: The Professional
Movie · Director

Space Adventure Cobra
Movie · Director

Space Cobra
TV · Series Director · 31 eps

Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Movie · Director

Nobody's Boy: Remi (Movie)
Movie · Director

The Rose and Women of Versailles
Movie · Director

Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
Movie · Director

Aim for the Ace! The Movie
Movie · Director

The Rose of Versailles
TV · Director · 40 eps

Treasure Island
TV · Director · 26 eps

Nobody's Boy: Remi
TV · Director · 51 eps

The Thunder God and the Mulberry Tree
Movie · Director

Manga Fairy Tales of the World
TV · Director · 245 eps

Adventure of Gamba
TV · Director · 26 eps
The★Fire G-Men
Movie · Director

Aim for the Ace!
TV · Director · 26 eps

Tomorrow's Joe
TV · Director · 126 eps

Dororo and Hyakkimaru
TV · Director · 3 eps

Adventures of the Monkey King
Movie · Director

