Osamu Dezaki (November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011), also known as Makura Saki, Matsudo Kan or Yabuki Toru, was a Japanese director of anime born on November 18, 1943, in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His older brother, Satoshi Dezaki, is also an anime director. Dezaki started out as a manga artist while still in high school. In 1963 he joined studio Mushi Productions, which was founded by manga and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka. His made his debut as a director in 1970 with Ashita no Joe. Desaki died from lung cancer on April 17, 2011, at the age of 67.
Dezaki was known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of split screen, stark lighting, 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.
| Ace o Nerae! (TV) | Series Director, Key Animation |
| Ace o Nerae! 2 (OAV) | Director |
| Ace wo Nerae! (movie) | Director |
| Ace wo Nerae! Final Stage (OAV) | Director, Screenplay, Storyboard |
| Air (movie) | Director |
| Akado Suzunosuke (TV) | Storyboard |
| Ashita no Joe (movie) | Chief Director |
| Ashita no Joe (TV) | Director, Script |
| Ashita no Joe 2 (movie) | Director, Script |
| Ashita no Joe 2 (TV) | Director |
| Astro Boy (TV 1/1963) | Episode Director |
| Astro Boy (TV 2/1980) | Script, Episode Director |
| B.B (OAV) | Director |
| Big X (TV) | Director, Storyboard |
| Bionic Six (U.S. TV) | Director |
| Black Jack (OAV) | Director, Screenplay, Storyboard (ep 6) |
| Black Jack The Movie | Director, Screenplay |
| Botchan (special) | Supervision |
| Clannad (movie) | Director |
| Cobra The Animation (TV) | Screenplay, Storyboard |
| Dororo (TV) | Episode Director |
| Ganba no Bōken (TV) | Series Director, Design |
| Genji Monogatari Sennenki (TV) | Director, Screenplay |
| Gense Shugoshin P-hyoro Ikka (OAV) | Director |
| Goku no Daibōken (TV) | Episode Director (1, 4, 6, 12, 14, 20, 29, 3) |
| Golgo 13: Queen Bee (OAV) | Director, Storyboard |
| Golgo 13: The Professional (movie) | Director |
| Hajime Ningen Gyatoruz (TV) | Episode Director |
| Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (TV) | Director, Storyboard (all), Original Work |
| Ie Naki Ko (movie) | Director |
| In The Beginning – The Bible Stories (TV) | Director |
| Jetter Mars (TV) | Episode Director |
| Jungle Kurobe (TV) | Series Director |
| Kanashimi no Belladonna (movie) | Key Animation |
| Karate Baka Ichidai (TV) | Series Director, Unit Director |
| Kasei Yakyoku (OAV) | Director |
| Little Nemo – Adventures in Slumberland (movie) | Director (Second Pilot, 1987) |
| Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis (special) | Director |
| Lupin III: From Russia With Love (special) | Director |
| Lupin III: Hemingway Papers (special) | Director |
| Lupin III: Napoleon (special) | Director, Animation Supervisor |
| Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao’s Treasure (special) | Chief Director, Storyboard |
| Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi (TV) | Episode Director |
| Mighty Orbots (U.S. TV) | Series Director, Episode Director |
| Nobody’s Boy – Remi (TV) | Director |
| Oniisama E… (TV) | Director, Storyboard |
| (The) Rose of Versailles (TV) | Director |
| Samurai Giants (TV) | Storyboard |
| Senya Ichiya Monogatari (movie) | Art |
| Shin Ace o Nerae! (TV) | Director |
| (The) Snow Queen (TV) | Director, Storyboard (ep 1) |
| Sohryuden – Legend of the Dragon Kings (OAV) | Executive Director |
| Space Adventure Cobra (TV) | Director |
| Space Adventure Cobra – The Movie | Director |
| Sword for Truth (movie) | Director |
| Takarajima (TV) | Director |
| A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose (movie) | Director |
| Tottoko Hamutarō: Ham Ham Ham – Jya! Maboroshi no Princess (movie) | Director, Storyboard |
| Tottoko Hamutaro: Ham Ham Paradi-chu! Hamutarō to Fushigi no Oni no Ehonto (movie) | Director, Storyboard |
| Ultraviolet: Code 044 (TV) | Director |
| Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (movie) | Director |
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