Osamu Dezaki

About

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

Tomorrow's JoeAnime • 1970Black JackAnime • 1993Dear BrotherAnime • 1991Manga Fairy Tales of the WorldAnime • 1976The Rose of VersaillesAnime • 1979Nobody's Boy: RemiAnime • 1977Bionic SixSeries • 1987Space CobraAnime • 1982Adventure of GambaAnime • 1975Hakugei: Legend of the Moby DickAnime • 1997Treasure IslandAnime • 1978Visionaries: Knights of the Magical LightSeries • 1987Clannad: The Motion PictureMovie • 2007Tomorrow's Joe 2: The MovieMovie • 1981Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady LibertyMovie • 1989Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's TreasureMovie • 1995Frosty the SnowmanMovie • 1969Belladonna of SadnessMovie • 1973Golgo 13: The ProfessionalMovie • 1983Space Adventure CobraMovie • 1982Black Jack: The MovieMovie • 1996Golgo 13: Queen BeeMovie • 1998Lupin the Third: The Hemingway PapersMovie • 1990Air: The Motion PictureMovie • 2005