Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka

  • Birthday: 1928-11-03
  • Deathday: 1989-02-09
  • Place of birth: Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Also know as: 手塚 治虫

Biography

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, and animator, often dubbed as the "Godfather of Anime".  He was the originator of anime's trademark "large eyes" style of character drawing. Five years after his death, the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum opened.

Filmography

Osamu and Musashi

1994

As Main

Brave Fire S09

1987

As Narrator (voice)

Manga World

2005

As Self (archive)

Production

MW

2009

As Novel

Sleeping Bride

2000

As Novel

Astro Boy

2009

As Author

Jumping

1984

As Director

Muramasa

1987

As Director

Pictures at an Exhibition

1966

As Director

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

1970

As Director

Young Black Jack

2011

As Novel

Phoenix 2772

1980

As Producer

Phoenix 2772

1980

As Screenplay

Phoenix 2772

1980

As Screenstory

Broken Down Film

1985

As Director

The Drop

1965

As Director

Legend of the Forest

1987

As Director

Memory

1964

As Director

Mermaid

1964

As Director

Push

1987

As Director

Genesis

1968

As Director

Yamataro Comes Back

1986

As Director

Fumoon

1980

As Writer

The Kindly Lion

1970

As Executive Producer

Self Portrait

1988

As Director

Phoenix: Karma Chapter

1986

As Author

Phoenix: Yamato Chapter

1987

As Creator

Phoenix: Space Chapter

1987

As Creator

Belladonna of Sadness

1973

As Producer

Osu

1962

As Animation

Osu

1962

As Producer

The Phoenix

1978

As Animation

Jumping

1984

As Screenplay

Cigarettes and Ashes

1965

As Director

Tales of a Street Corner

1962

As Executive Producer

Broken Down Film

1985

As Writer

Alakazam the Great!

1960

As Comic Book

Yamataro Comes Back

1986

As Comic Book

Black Jack: The Movie

1996

As Creator

Young Black Jack

2011

As Creator

Black Jack: The Movie

1996

As Comic Book

Triton of the Sea

1979

As Comic Book

Undersea Super Train: Marine Express

1979

As Character Designer

Animated Self-Portraits

1989

As Director

Rain Boy

1983

As Director

Rain Boy

1983

As Author

Adachi-ga Hara

1991

As Creator

Bremen 4: Angels in Hell

1981

As Creator

The Green Cat

1983

As Director

Lunn Flies into the Wind

1985

As Director

Lunn Flies into the Wind

1985

As Creator

Legend of the Forest

1987

As Storyboard

Legend of the Forest

1987

As Scenario Writer

The Visitor in the Eye

1977

As Original Story

Bremen 4: Angels in Hell

1981

As Director

Bremen 4: Angels in Hell

1981

As Screenplay

Bremen 4: Angels in Hell

1981

As Character Designer

A Thousand and One Nights

1969

As Executive Producer

Princess Knight

1999

As Original Story

Metropolis

2001

As Original Story

Dororo

1968

As Writer

Dororo

1968

As Creator

Tezuka's Barbara

2020

As Comic Book

Dororo

2007

As Comic Book

Akuemon

1993

As Original Story

The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku

1989

As Character Designer

A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose

1983

As Character Designer

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

1970

As Screenstory

Brave Fire S09

1987

As Director

Brave Fire S09

1987

As Writer

Norman

1968

As Director

Norman

1968

As Writer

The Green Cat

1983

As Comic Book

Little Wansa

1989

As Novel

Cigarettes and Ashes

1965

As Producer

Neo Faust

1999

As Original Story

Misuke in the Land of Ice

1970

As Producer

New Treasure Island

1965

As Director

New Treasure Island

1965

As Writer

火の鳥

1977

As Script

Jungle Emperor Leo

1997

As Original Story

Kimba, the White Lion

1966

As Writer

Black Jack

1996

As Original Story

Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You

1996

As Original Story

Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image

1996

As Original Story

Thumbelina

1978

As Character Designer

Mermaid

1964

As Animation

Mermaid

1964

As Writer

Mermaid

1964

As Original Concept

Pieta in the Toilet

2015

As Original Story

Pieta in the Toilet

2015

As Original Concept

Phoenix 2772

1980

As Key Animation

Memory

1964

As Story

MW: The Devil's Game

2009

As Comic Book

Garon

2013

As Comic Book

Phoenix: Bonds Chapter

2012

As Comic Book

Phoenix: Robe of Feathers

2004

As Comic Book

Phoenix

2004

As Comic Book

Ambassador Magma

1993

As Comic Book

Adachi-ga Hara

1991

As Comic Book

The Phoenix

1978

As Comic Book

Phoenix 2772

1980

As Original Story

Phoenix 2772

1980

As Director

Phoenix: Space Chapter

1987

As Comic Book

Phoenix: Yamato Chapter

1987

As Comic Book

Fumoon

1980

As Comic Book

Astro Boy: ZZZ Fuhrer

1960

As Comic Book

Black Jack

1996

As Comic Book

Astro Boy: Doomsday

2001

As Comic Book

Kimba, the White Lion

1966

As Comic Book

Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji

2000

As Comic Book

Dororo

1968

As Comic Book

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