is a Japanese director known for his work in animated television series and films.

Career

Ōsumi was born in

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, and graduated from School of Media Science at the Tokyo University of Technology. He got his start in the entertainment industry as the leader of a puppet theater in

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. This led to an association with Tokyo Movie Shinsha, one of the first Japanese animation studios. In 1969, Ōsumi collaborated with animator Yasuo Ōtsuka in the Moomin TV series, which was an immediate hit. But Finnish author Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomin books, objected strongly to the depiction of the characters in the series. According to Jansson, "My Moomin is No car, No fight, and No money." The series was shifted to another studio after 26 episodes. Also in 1971, he collaborated with Ōtsuka on Lupin the Third Part I TV series. This series opened to poor ratings and was cancelled after only 23 episodes. Ōsumi directed the first seven episodes and episodes nine and twelve, with the remaining episodes being directed jointly by

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and Isao Takahata. Ōsumi was fired by the studio for refusing to adapt the sophisticated series for a children's audience.Cunningham, Jake; Leader, Michael (2022) ''The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide: The Essential Guide to Japanese Animated Cinema'', Welbeck Publishing Group Limited, ISBN 9781802792904. p28 He went on to direct film and television animations for a number of other studios, and for the national broadcaster

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. In 1993, he returned to direct one more Lupin episode, entitled '' Orders to Assassinate Lupin''.

Filmography

* '' Obake no Qtarō'' (TV, movie), 1965–67 * '' Kaibutsu kun'' (TV), 1968–69 * '' Moomin'' (TV), 1969 * '' Attack No. 1'' (movie), 1969–71 * '' Lupin the Third: Pilot Film'' (movie), 1969 * '' Lupin the Third Part I'' (TV), 1971 * '' Anime Documental: Road to Munich'' (TV), 1971-72 * '' La Seine no Hoshi'' (TV), 1975 * '' Robokko Bīton'' (TV), 1976–77 * '' The Yearling'' (TV), 1983 * '' Hashire Merosu'' (movie), 1992 * '' Orders to Assassinate Lupin'', 1993

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Osumi, Masaaki 1934 births Anime directors Japanese animated film directors Japanese animators Japanese television directors Living people Lupin the Third People from Hyōgo Prefecture