Osamu Dezaki

Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統) (also known as Makura Saki (崎 枕, さきまくら)) is a Japanese director of anime born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. For another name "斉九洋," "松戸 完 Matsudo Kan," "矢吹 徹 Yabuki Toru." His older brother is Satoshi Dezaki, who is also anime director.

He is known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of split-screen, stark lighting, and pastel freeze frames that he calls "Postcard Memories." The latter is perhaps his most famous trademark and features a process where the screen fades into a detailed "painting" of the simpler original animation. Many of techniques that he used became popular afterwards and came to be called a peculiar technique of Japanese animation.

TV anime series

 * Astro Boy (the first series, 1963-1966)
 * animator → episode director
 * 悟空の大冒険, Goku no Dai-bouken / Great adventure of Goku (based on Hsi Yu Chi, 1967)
 * episode director
 * わんぱく探偵団, Wanpaku Tanteidan / Naughty Detective Corps (1968)
 * episode director
 * Dororo (1969)
 * episode director
 * Tomorrow's Joe (1970-1971)
 * chief director, and episode director ("さきまくら" name)
 * Lupin the 3rd (the first series, 1971-1972)
 * storyboard (episode 7,13, 17. "斉九洋" name)
 * Jungle Kurobe (1973)
 * chief director
 * Aim for the Ace! / Ace o Nerae! (1973-1974)
 * chief director
 * はじめ人間ギャートルズ, Hajime Ningen Gyatoruz / Giatrus, The Dawn of Mankind (1974-1976)
 * episode director, director of OP and ED
 * Ganba no Bōken (ガンバの冒険) (1975)
 * chief director, and episode director ("さきまくら" name)
 * Ganso Tensai Bakabon (1975-1977)
 * episode director, and the image leader of this work
 * Ie Naki Ko / Nobody's Child (based on Hector Malot's novel, Sans Famille / Nobody's Boy, 1977-1978)
 * chief director, and episode director ("さきまくら" name)
 * Takarajima(based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, 1978-1979)
 * chief director
 * The Rose of Versailles (also known as Lady Oscar, 1979-1980)
 * chief director(from episode 19)
 * Tomorrow's Joe (1980-1981)
 * chief director
 * Space Adventure Cobra / Space Cobra (1982-1983)
 * chief director(with Yoshio Takeuchi)
 * The Mighty Orbots (1984)
 * chief director
 * Bionic Six (1987)
 * chief director
 * Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (1987)
 * Creative Consultant
 * Oniisama e (1991-1992)
 * chief director
 * The Old Testament story of Osamu Tezuka (1997)
 * Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick is an influence on this series.) 1997-1999)
 * original bill, chief director
 * The Snow Queen (based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the "Snow Queen." 2005-2006)
 * chief director, storyboard
 * Genji Monogatari Sennenki, 源氏物語千年紀 (2009, based on Genji Monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu.)
 * Chief director, screenplay

TV anime special program

 * Botchan (June 13, 1980) supervisor
 * Lupin the 3rd (TV special) chief director
 * Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis (April 1, 1989)
 * Mystery of the Hemingway Papers (July 20, 1990)
 * Steal Napoleon's Dictionary! (August 9, 1991)
 * From Russia With Love (July 24, 1992)
 * The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (August 4, 1995)
 * 孔子傳(Koushi-den)/ Confucius tradition (October 15, 1995) (coproduction of Japan, Korea and Chinese Taipei) chief director

OVA

 * Aim for the Ace! 2 / Ace o Nerae! 2 (1988)
 * total supervisor, storyboard("さきまくら" name)
 * One-Pound Gospel (1988)
 * chief director ("さきまくら" name)
 * 華星夜曲 / Sinter starlit night music (1989)
 * chief director
 * Aim for the Ace! / Ace o Nerae! Final Stage (1989-1990)
 * chief director
 * B.B. (1990-1991)
 * chief director
 * 修羅之介斬魔剣・死鎌紋の男 / Syura-no-suke Zan-ma-ken･Shirenmon no Otoko (1990)
 * chief director
 * Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings (1991-1993)
 * chief director
 * 宝島メモリアル 夕凪と呼ばれた男 / Treasure Island (Takarajima) Memorial, The man who was called an “evening calm” (1992)
 * chief director
 *  Golgo 13 : Queen Bee (1998)
 * chief director
 * Black Jack (1993-2000)
 * chief director
 * Patient's record Ⅰ： Drift ice, the man of the chimera (the original： Hurricane)
 * Patient's record Ⅱ： Funeral procession game (an original story)
 * Patient's record Ⅲ： Decoration of Maria (the original： Promise)
 * Patient's record Ⅳ： Sitophobia, Two Black Doctors (the original： Two Black Doctors)
 * Patient's record Ⅴ： Owl of San Mérida (the original： Instant that passed away)
 * Patient's record Ⅵ： Snowy bedtime story, Princess of love (an original story)
 * Patient's record Ⅶ： White justice (the original： White justice)
 * Patient's record Ⅷ： Green thought (the original： Bud, Old man and Tree)
 * Patient's record Ⅸ： Eczema of the human face (the original： Eczema of the human face)
 * Patient's record Ⅹ： Woman who is depressed (the original： Woman who is depressed(it is collected only by four volumes of the Weekly Shonen Champion Comics of the former edition.)

Movie

 * The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (June 14, 1969)
 * animator
 * Aim for the Ace! The Movie: Jump High, Hiromi! (September 8, 1979)
 * chief director
 *  Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie (March 8, 1980)
 * chief director
 * Nobody's Child /Ie Naki Ko: The Movie (March 15, 1980)
 * chief director
 *  Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie (July 18, 1981)chief director and screenplay
 * Space Adventure Cobra (July 3, 1982) chief director
 * Golgo 13: The Professional (May 28, 1983) chief director
 * 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, March 4, 1984)
 * chief director
 * Treasure Island (Takarajima): The Movie (May 9, 1987)
 * chief director
 * Black Jack: The Movie (November 30, 1996)
 * chief director
 * Hamtaro: The Movie
 * chief director
 * Hamu Hamu Rando Daibouken/Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (December 15, 2001)
 * Hamu Hamu Hamu Maboroshi no Purincess/Princess of Vision (December 14, 2002)
 * Hamu Hamu Guran Purin/Ham-Ham Grand Prix (December 13, 2003)
 * Hamutaro to Fushigi no Oni no Ehon Tou/Hamtaro and the Mysterious Ogre's Picture Book Tower (December 23, 2004)
 * Air (February 5, 2005)
 * chief director
 * Clannad (September 15, 2007)
 * chief director