, also known as , , or , was a Japanese

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director and screenwriter."Longtime anime director Osamu Dezaki dead at 67"
. ''forum.bcdb.com'', April 18, 2011

Biography

Dezaki started out as a manga artist while still in high school. In 1963 he joined

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, which was founded by manga and anime pioneer

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. He made his debut as a director in 1970 with '' Ashita no Joe''. After working with Mushi Production, Dezaki co-founded Madhouse with Masao Maruyama, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Dezaki was known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of

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, 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,Sutajio yū (2008). Plus Madhouse 02 - Yoshiaki Kawajiri (PLUS MADHOUSE 2 川尻善昭?). Inc./Hatsubai Kinemajunpōsha. . OCLC 233684835. Japanese edition

Yoshiyuki Tomino is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for creating the ''Gundam'' anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Ar ...

, Ryūtarō Nakamura, Noriyuki Abe, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Akiyuki Shinbo,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 and Yutaka Yamamoto. His older brother, Satoshi Dezaki, is also an anime director. Dezaki was a notorious chain smoker, and as a result, he died from lung cancer on April 17, 2011, at the age of 67.

Works

Television series

Television specials

Original video animations

Movies

References

Dei, Shirou; Kodayashi, Akemi. "AIR The Movie". ''Newtype USA''. 6 (12) pp. 54–55. December 2007. .

External links

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"Interview: Osamu Dezaki"
-('' Animerica'', issue #17 1998) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dezaki, Osamu 1943 births People from Shinagawa 2011 deaths Anime directors Anime screenwriters Deaths from lung cancer in Japan Japanese animators Japanese animated film directors Japanese animated film producers Osamu Tezuka