Osamu Dezaki

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.

Filmography of Osamu Dezaki

  • The Tale of Genji (2009)
  • Ultraviolet: Code 044 (2008)
  • Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)
  • Air: The Motion Picture (2005)
  • Hamtaro: Fairy Tale (2004)
  • Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth (2004)
  • Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley (2003)
  • The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth (2003)
  • Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship (2003)
  • Hamtaro: The Captive Princess (2002)
  • The Lady Oscar Story (2002)
  • Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (2001)
  • Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998)
  • Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (1997)
  • Black Jack: The Movie (1996)
  • The Heroic Elegy of Confucius (1996)
  • Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995)
  • Black Jack (1993)
  • Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love (1992)
  • Treasure Island Memorial (1992)
  • In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992)
  • Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary (1991)
  • Dear Brother (1991)
  • Sword for Truth (1990)
  • Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers (1990)
  • Burning Blood (1990)
  • Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (1989)
  • Aim For The Ace! Final Stage (1989)
  • One Pound Gospel (1988)
  • Ace wo Nerae! 2 (1988)
  • Treasure Island: The Movie (1987)
  • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3 (1987)
  • Bionic Six (1987)
  • Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (1987)
  • The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)
  • Sweet Sea (1985)
  • The Adventurers Gamba and His Seven Friends (1984)
  • Mighty Orbots: Magnetic Menace (1984)
  • Mighty Orbots (1984)
  • Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)