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Osamu Dezaki profile
Director

Osamu Dezaki

Directing

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

57

Prolific

Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.7

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Directed movies: 36Directed series: 21All crew credits: 65

TMDB ID: 97288

IMDb ID: nm0223411

Known for: Directing

Born: November 18, 1943

Died: April 17, 2011

Age: 67

Place of birth: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1963 - 2009

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 6.86

Wikidata: Q1315839

Also known as

Makura Saki • 崎枕 • Kan Matsudo • 松戸完 • Toru Yabuki • 矢吹徹 • Kuyou Sai • 斉九洋 • さきまくら

Frequent jobs

Director (53)Series Director (3)Animation Director (1)Creator (2)Key Animation (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Storyboard (1)Supervising Animator (1)Writer (1)

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.

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