Osamu Tezuka

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-11-03 (61 years old)

Deathday

1989-02-09

Place of Birth

Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

Osamu Tezuka

Biography

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, and animator, often dubbed as the "Godfather of Anime".  He was the originator of anime's trademark "large eyes" style of character drawing. Five years after his death, the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum opened.

Acting

2005

Manga World

as Self (archive)

1987

Brave Fire S09

as Narrator (voice)

Production

2009

MW

as Novel

2000

2009

Astro Boy

as Author

1984

Jumping

as Director

1987

Muramasa

as Director

1989

Little Wansa

as Novel

2011

1980

Phoenix 2772

as Producer

1980

Phoenix 2772

as Screenplay

1965

The Drop

as Director

1964

Memory

as Director

1964

Mermaid

as Director

1987

Push

as Director

1968

Genesis

as Director

1985

Broken Down Film

as Director

1987

1986

1980

Fumoon

as Writer

1996

Black Jack

as Original Story

1996

1965

1999

Neo Faust

as Original Story

1970

The Kindly Lion

as Executive Producer

1965

1965

1988

Self Portrait

as Director

1978

Thumbelina

as Character Designer

1964

Mermaid

as Animation

1964

Mermaid

as Writer

1964

Mermaid

as Original Concept

1973

1962

Osu

as Animation

1964

Memory

as Story

1991

Adachi-ga Hara

as Comic Book

1978

The Phoenix

as Comic Book

2004

2012

1993

Ambassador Magma

as Comic Book

2004

Phoenix

as Comic Book

2009

2013

Garon

as Comic Book

1997

Jungle Emperor Leo

as Original Story

1977

火の鳥

as Script

1966

1978

The Phoenix

as Animation

1984

Jumping

as Screenplay

1965

1962

Tales of a Street Corner

as Executive Producer

1985

2015

Pieta in the Toilet

as Original Concept

1960

Alakazam the Great!

as Comic Book

1986

Yamataro Comes Back

as Comic Book

1996

1996

2011

1979

Triton of the Sea

as Comic Book

1966

Jungle Emperor

as Comic Book

1968

Dororo

as Comic Book

1987

1980

Phoenix 2772

as Original Story

1987

1980

Phoenix 2772

as Director

1980

Fumoon

as Comic Book

1960

1996

Black Jack

as Comic Book

1962

Osu

as Producer

2001

1979

1983

Rain Boy

as Director

1983

Rain Boy

as Author

1980

Phoenix 2772

as Key Animation

1991

Adachi-ga Hara

as Creator

2024

Black Jack

as Comic Book

1983

The Green Cat

as Director

1987

Legend of the Forest

as Scenario Writer

1987

1981

1981

Bremen 4: Angels in Hell

as Character Designer

1969

A Thousand and One Nights

as Executive Producer

1999

Princess Knight

as Original Story

1968

Dororo

as Writer

1968

Dororo

as Creator

2020

Tezuka's Barbara

as Comic Book

2007

Dororo

as Comic Book

1993

Akuemon

as Original Story

1970

1987

Brave Fire S09

as Director

1987

1968

Norman

as Writer

1968

Norman

as Director

1983

The Green Cat

as Comic Book

2001

Metropolis

as Comic Book

1969

A Thousand and One Nights

as Original Story

1970

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

as Original Story

2024

Midnight

as Comic Book

1994

1964

2015

© All Rights Reserved 2025