Osamu Dezaki

Osamu Dezaki
Osamu Dezaki
Born	November 18, 1943
Died	April 17, 2011 (aged 67)
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Occupation(s)	film director, screenwriter
Years active	1968-2011

Osamu Dezaki (出﨑統, Dezaki Osamu, November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011^[1]), also known as Makura Saki (崎枕, さきまくら, Saki Makura), 斉九洋, Matsudo Kan (松戸完, Matsudo Kan) or Yabuki Toru (矢吹徹, Yabuki Toru), was a Japanese anime director, born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Dezaki started out as a manga artist while still in high school. In 1963 he joined Mushi Production, which was founded by manga and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka. His made his debut as a director in 1970 with Ashita no Joe.^[3]

Dezaki was known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of split screen, stark lighting, extensive use of dutch angle, and pastel freeze frames that he called "postcard memories", which may be his most famous trademark. They feature a process whereby the screen fades into a detailed "painting" of the simpler original animation. Many of his techniques became popular and came to be seen as special techniques of Japanese animation. He particularly influenced Yoshiaki Kawajiri,^[4] Yoshiyuki Tomino,^[5] Ryūtarō Nakamura, Noriyuki Abe, Kunihiko Ikuhara,^[6] Akiyuki Shinbo,^[7] and Yutaka Yamamoto.^[7]

Death

Desaki was known to be a notorious chain smoker, and as a result, he died from lung cancer on April 17, 2011, at the age of 67.^[8]

Personal life

His older brother, Satoshi Dezaki, is also an anime director.

Works

Television series

Title	Position	Year
Astro Boy	Animator and Episode Director	1963-1966
悟空の大冒険, Goku no Dai-bouken / Great adventure of Goku (Based on Hsi Yu Chi)	Episode Director	1967
わんぱく探偵団, Wanpaku Tanteidan / Naughty Detective Corps	Episode Director	1968
Dororo	Episode Director	1969
Ashita no Joe	Director, Screenplay, and Episode Director	1970-1971
Lupin the 3rd	Storyboard Artist (episodes 7, 13, and 17)	1971-1972
Jungle Kurobe	Director	1973
Aim for the Ace! / Ace o Nerae!	Director	1973-1974
First Human Giatrus, (Hajime Ningen Gyatoruz / Giatrus, The Dawn of Mankind)	Director	1974-1976
Ganba no Bōken (ガンバの冒険, Adventures of Ganba)	Director and Episode Director	1975
Ganso Tensai Bakabon	Episode Director	1975-1977
Ie Naki Ko / Nobody's Child (based on Hector Malot's novel, Sans Famille)/ Nobody's Boy	Director and Episode Director	1977-1978
Takarajima (based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel: Treasure Island)	Director	1978-1979
The Rose of Versailles	Director (from episode 19 onward)	1979-1980
Tomorrow's Joe 2	Director	1980-1981
Space Adventure Cobra	Director (with Yoshio Takeuchi)	1982-1983
Rainbow Brite	Joint Director	1984
The Mighty Orbots	Director	1984
Bionic Six	Director	1987
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light	Creative Consultant	1987
Oniisama e	Director	1991-1992
In the Beginning: The Bible Stories	Director	1997
Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (Based on Moby-Dick by Herman Melville)	Director	1997-1999
The Snow Queen (Based on The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen)	Director and Storyboard Artist	2005-2006
Ultraviolet: Code 044	Director, Screenplay, and Storyboard Artist	2008
Genji Monogatari Sennenki (Based on Genji Monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu)	Director and Screenplay	2009

Television specials

Title	Position	Year
Frosty the Snowman	Animation Director	December 7, 1969
Sweet Sea	Director	September 1985
Botchan	Supervisor	June 13, 1989
Lupin III: Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis	Director	April 1, 1989
Lupin III: Mystery of the Hemingway Papers	Director	July 20, 1990
Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary!	Director	August 9, 1991
Lupin III: From Russia With Love	Director	July 24, 1992
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure	Director	August 4, 1995
Koushi-den (孔子傳) (Confucius tradition)	Director	October 15, 1995

Original video animations

Title	Position	Year
Aim for the Ace! 2 / Ace o Nerae! 2	Total Supervisor and Storyboard Artist	1988
One Pound Gospel	Director	1988
Sinter Starlit Night Music	Director	1989
Aim for the Ace! / Ace o Nerae! Final Stage	Director	1989-1990
B.B.	Director	1990-1991
Syura-no-suke Zan-ma-ken･Shirenmon no Otoko	Director	1990
Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings	Director	1991-1993
Treasure Island (Takarajima) Memorial, The man who was called an "evening calm"	Director	1992
Black Jack	Director	1993-2000
Golgo 13 : Queen Bee	Director	1998

Movies

Title	Position	Year
A Thousand & One Nights	Animator	1969
Belladonna	Key Animator	1973
Aim for the Ace! The Movie: Jump High, Hiromi!	Director	1979
Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie	Director	1980
Nobody's Child/Ie Naki Ko: The Movie	Director	1980
Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie 2	Director	1981
Space Adventure Cobra	Director	1982
Golgo 13: The Professional	Director	1983
冒険者たちガンバと7匹のなかま Bōkensya-tachi Ganba to 7hiki no Nakama / Venturers "Gamba and seven friends" (Ganba no Bōken: The Movie)	Director	1984
Treasure Island (Takarajima): The Movie	Director	1987
Black Jack: The Movie	Director	1996
Hamtaro: The Movie 1, 2, 3, and 4	Director	2001-2004
Air	Director	2005
Clannad	Director	2007

References

^ "「あしたのジョー」「ベルばら」アニメ監督の出崎統さんが死去　６７歳、肺がん". MSN Sankei News. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
^ Dei, Shirou; Kodayashi, Akemi. "AIR The Movie". Newtype USA. 6 (12) pp. 54–55. December 2007. ISSN 1541-4817.
^ ^a ^b "Longtime anime director Osamu Dezaki dead at 67". forum.bcdb.com, April 18, 2011
^ Sutajio yū (2008). Plus Madhouse 02 - Yoshiaki Kawajiri (PLUS MADHOUSE 2 川尻善昭?). Inc./Hatsubai Kinemajunpōsha. ISBN 978-4-87376-304-0. OCLC 233684835. Japanese edition
^ "出崎統さん通夜：富野由悠季さん、ちばてつやさん、りんたろうさんインタビュー紹介". NHK KabunBlog. April 20, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
^ Ikuhara, Kunihiko. "Twitter / ikuni_noise: 残念です。業界に多大な影響を与えてくれました。僕の仕 ..." Twitter. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b アニメーション監督出崎統の世界 ---「人間」を描き続けた映像の魔術師 ISBN 978-4309272917
^ "The Mike Toole Show". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

External links

Osamu Dezaki at IMDb
Osamu Dezaki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
"Interview: Osamu Dezaki" -(Animerica, issue #17 1998)

[1] "「あしたのジョー」「ベルばら」アニメ監督の出崎統さんが死去　６７歳、肺がん". MSN Sankei News. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

[Newtype_USA_6_12_54-2] Dei, Shirou; Kodayashi, Akemi. "AIR The Movie". Newtype USA. 6 (12) pp. 54–55. December 2007. ISSN 1541-4817.

[bcdb-3] "Longtime anime director Osamu Dezaki dead at 67". forum.bcdb.com, April 18, 2011

[plusmadhouse2-4] Sutajio yū (2008). Plus Madhouse 02 - Yoshiaki Kawajiri (PLUS MADHOUSE 2 川尻善昭?). Inc./Hatsubai Kinemajunpōsha. ISBN 978-4-87376-304-0. OCLC 233684835. Japanese edition

[5] "出崎統さん通夜：富野由悠季さん、ちばてつやさん、りんたろうさんインタビュー紹介". NHK KabunBlog. April 20, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2012.

[6] Ikuhara, Kunihiko. "Twitter / ikuni_noise: 残念です。業界に多大な影響を与えてくれました。僕の仕 ..." Twitter. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

[sekai-7] アニメーション監督出崎統の世界 ---「人間」を描き続けた映像の魔術師 ISBN 978-4309272917

[8] "The Mike Toole Show". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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