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Osamu Dezaki

Name in Native Language: "出崎 統" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Impresario / Animator | * 11/18/1943 († 67, 04/17/2011) | Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統, Dezaki Osamu, 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. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Drama | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fat ...

Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie

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1982 | 3.3/5 | 1h 35min
Animation, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
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Joe Yabuki is a troubled youth, whose only solution to problems is throwing punches at them. What he lacks in manners and discipline, he makes up for with his self-taught fighting skills. One day, whi ...

Tomorrow's Joe

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1970 | 3.7/5 | 25min per episode
Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure
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Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick is an animated Japanese television series, based on Herman Melville's original novel Moby-Dick. However, this adaptation used futuristic outer space as the setting, wi ...

Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick

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1997 | 5.0/5 | 25min per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Animation
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Movies with Osamu Dezaki as Crew(35)

Directing/Director2007 Clannad
Directing/Director2005 Air: The Motion Picture
Directing/Director2004 Hamtaro: Fairy Tale
Directing/Director2003 Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley
Writing/Writer2003 Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley
Directing/Director2002 Hamtaro: The Captive Princess
Directing/Director2001 Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land
Directing/Director1998 Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Writing/Storyboard1998 Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Directing/Director1996 Black Jack: The Movie
Writing/Screenplay1996 Black Jack: The Movie
Directing/Director1995 Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
Writing/Storyboard1995 Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
Directing/Director1993 Black Jack: Thoughts for Green
Directing/Director1992 Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love
Directing/Director1991 The Legend of the Four Kings
Directing/Director1991 Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
Directing/Director1990 Burning Blood
Directing/Director1990 Sword for Truth
Directing/Director1990 Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
Directing/Director1989 Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
Directing/Director1988 One Pound Gospel
Directing/Director1987 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3
Directing/Director1986 The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Directing/Director1985 Sweet Sea
Directing/Director1983 A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose
Directing/Director1983 Golgo 13: The Professional
Directing/Director1982 Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
Directing/Director1981 Tomorrow's Joe 2
Directing/Director1980 Nobody's Boy: Remi
Production/Producer1980 Botchan
Directing/Director1980 The Rose and Women of Versailles
Directing/Director1979 Aim for the Ace!
Visual Effects/Key Animation1973 Belladonna of Sadness
Directing/Director1966 Adventures of the Monkey King

TV Shows/Series with Osamu Dezaki as Crew(24)

Directing/Director2009 The Tale of Genji
Directing/Director1997 Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
Art/Storyboard Designer1997 Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
Creator/Creator1997 Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
Directing/Director1992 Bionic Six
Directing/Director1991 Dear Brother
Directing/Series Director1989 Nightsong of Splendor
Writing/Storyboard1989 Nightsong of Splendor
Directing/Director1987 Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
Directing/Director1979 The Rose of Versailles
Creator/Creator1979 Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures
Directing/Director1978 Treasure Island
Directing/Director1977 Nobody's Boy: Remi
Directing/Director1976 World Famous Fairy Tales
Visual Effects/Character Designer1976 World Famous Fairy Tales
Directing/Director1975 Adventure of Gamba
Creator/Creator1975 Adventure of Gamba
Directing/Director1973 Aim for the Ace!
Directing/Director1970 Tomorrow's Joe
Writing/Storyboard1970 Tomorrow's Joe
Writing/Writer1970 Tomorrow's Joe
Crew/Script1970 Tomorrow's Joe
Creator/Creator1970 Tomorrow's Joe
Directing/Director1963 Astro Boy

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Thursday, 11/18 1943 (November) in Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Sunday, 04/17 2011 (April) in Tokyo (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Siblings: Satoshi Dezaki
Other names for Osamu Dezaki (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Makura Saki"
"崎枕"
"Kan Matsudo"
"松戸完"
"Toru Yabuki"
"矢吹徹"
"Kuyou Sai"
"斉九洋"
"出崎统"
"でざき おさむ" (Kana/Japanese)
Osamu Dezaki frequently works together with these people:
Akio Sugino (16x, Crew)
Shichiro Kobayashi (15x, Crew)
Hirokata Takahashi (11x, Crew)
Osamu Tezuka (10x, Crew)
Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi (8x, Crew)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi (7x, Actor)
Gorō Naya (7x, Actor)
Yuji Ohno (7x, Crew)
Seiji Suzuki (7x, Crew)
Kazuhiko Kato (6x, Crew)
Eiko Masuyama (5x, Actress)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:104020, Added: 06/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024