Osamu Dezaki

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-11-18 (68 years old)

Deathday

2011-04-17

Place of Birth

Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Osamu Dezaki

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.

Production

1996

1998

1998

Golgo 13: Queen Bee

as Storyboard

1990

Sword for Truth

as Director

1979

Aim for the Ace!

as Director

1969

Frosty the Snowman

as Animation Director

2004

1973

Belladonna of Sadness

as Key Animation

2002

1985

Sweet Sea

as Director

1988

One Pound Gospel

as Director

1992

1996

1979

Young Eleven

as Writer

1974

The★Fire G-Men

as Director

1980

Botchan

as Producer

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