History Creator / OsamuDezaki

* DutchAngle: One of the most notorious users of this in anime. It's not a rarity to even see a ''[[UpToEleven diagonal]]'' Dutch Angle shot.

Dezaki started his professional career as Key Animator in Creator/OsamuTezuka's studio Creator/MushiProductions and quickly rose to fame when he directed the iconic sports anime ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe''. He proceed to direct influential and successful anime series, a full list [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dezaki can be found]] in Wiki/TheOtherWiki. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist Creator/RiyokoIkeda and animators Shingo Araki and Akio Sugino

** ''Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket'' (1971-1972) – storyboards for the first and last episodes

Dezaki started his professional career as Key Animator in Creator/OsamuTezuka's studio Creator/MushiProductions and quickly rose to fame when he directed the iconic sports anime Manga/TomorrowsJoe. He proceed to direct influential and successful anime series, a full list [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dezaki can be found]] in Wiki/TheOtherWiki. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist Creator/RiyokoIkeda and animators Shingo Araki and Akio Sugino

Dezaki started his professional career as Key Animator in Creator/OsamuTezuka's studio Creator/MushiProductions and quickly rose to fame when he directed the iconic sports anime Manga/AshitaNoJoe. He proceed to direct influential and successful anime series, a full list [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dezaki can be found]] in Wiki/TheOtherWiki. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist Creator/RiyokoIkeda and animators Shingo Araki and Akio Sugino

* ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' (1970-1971, 1980-1981)

* ''Manga/OniisamaE'' (1991-1992)

* ''Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket'' (1971-1972) – storyboards for the first and last episodes

* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' (1979-1980) – directed the second half

* DarkerAndEdgier: He has a tendency to do this. When he took over directing duties on ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'', the tone of the show became notably darker and the pacing far more upbeat. The Manga/BlackJack OVA is much more explicit with violence than the manga.

Dezaki started his professional career as Key Animator in Creator/OsamuTezuka's studio Creator/MushiProductions and quickly rose to fame when he directed the iconic sports anime Manga/AshitaNoJoe. He proceed to direct influential and successful anime series, a full list [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dezaki can be found]] in TheOtherWiki. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist Creator/RiyokoIkeda and animators Shingo Araki and Akio Sugino

'''Osamu Dezaki''' (November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011) was a Japanese animator and director. 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 SignatureStyle and is credited with inventing the PastelChalkedFreezeFrame.

'''Selected Works, listed as a director unless said otherwise (list under construction):'''

* ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' (1970-1971)

* ''Manga/AimForTheAce!'' (1973-1974)

* ''Manga/Dororo'' (1969)

* ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' (1970-1971) – director

'''Osamu Dezaki''' (November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011) was a Japanese animator and director. 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 has developed a highly distinctive SignatureStyle and is credited with inventing the PastelChalkedFreezeFrame.

Dezaki started his professional career as Key Animator in OsamuTezuka's studio MushiProductions and quickly rose to fame when he directed the iconic sports anime Manga/AshitaNoJoe. He proceed to direct influential and successful anime series, a full list [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dezaki can be found]] in TheOtherWiki. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist Creator/RiyokoIkeda and animators Shingo Araki and Akio Sugino

He died from lung cancer at the age of 67.

* ''Manga/AstroBoy'', key animator and director for the 1963 series, storyboards for episode 9 for the 2003 series.
* ''Goku No Daibouken'', 1967
* ''Wanpaku Tanteidan'',1968
* ''Manga/Dororo'', 1969
* ''Senya Ichiya Monogatari'', 1969 (animator)
* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', 1969
* ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', 1970-1971
* ''Belladonna'', 1973 (key animation)
* ''Manga/AimForTheAce!'', 1973-1974
* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'', 1979-1980
* ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'', 1982
* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'', 1984 (episode 1 only, chief director, episode directed by Kazuhide Tomonaga)
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots'', 1984
* ''WesternAnimation/BionicSix'', 1987
* ''Manga/KaseiYakyoku'' (film), 1988

* ''Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials'', 1989-1992 and 1995
* ''Manga/OniisamaE'', 1991-1992
* ''Manga/BlackJack'' (OVA), 1993-2000
* ''{{Anime/Hamtaro}}'' (movies), 2001-2004
* ''{{VisualNovel/Air}}'' (movie),, 2005
* ''Anime/{{Clannad}}'' (movie), 2007

* DarkerAndEdgier: He has a tendency to do this. When he took over directing duties on RoseOfVersailles, the tone of the show became notably darker and the pacing far more upbeat. The Manga/BlackJack OVA is much more explicit with violence than the manga.

* SignatureStyle: All of the tropes mentioned, along with a distinctive camera pan that is repeated three times in different speeds. He also tends to use a warm color palette and stark lighting that became highly influential on AkiyukiShinbo and KunihikoIkuhara. Additionally, in his works, [[RuleOfSymbolism a lot of birds are flying around]].

* WorldOfHam: His fast pacing and heavy stylization tends to invoke this.

Dezaki started his professional career as Key Animator in OsamuTezuka's studio MushiProductions and quickly rose to fame when he directed the iconic sports anime Manga/AshitaNoJoe. He proceed to direct influential and successful anime series, a full list [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dezaki can be found]] in TheOtherWiki. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist RiyokoIkeda and animators Shingo Araki and Akio Sugino

* ''Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials'', 1989-1994 and 1996

* ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'' (1988 pilot)

* ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberLand'' (1988 pilot)

* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBright'', 1984 (episode 1 only, chief director, episode directed by Kazuhide Tomonaga)

Dezaki started his professional career as Key Animator in OsamuTezuka's studio MushiProductions and quickly rose to fame when he directed the iconic sports anime Manga/AshitaNoJoe. He proceed to direct influential and successful anime series, a full list [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dezaki can be found]] in TheOtherWiki. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist RiyokoIkeda.

'''Selected Works as a Director:'''
* Manga/AshitaNoJoe, 1970-1971
* Manga/AimForTheAce!, 1973-1974
* Manga/RoseOfVersailles, 1979-1980
* Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra, 1982
* Manga/KaseiYakyoku (film), 1988
* Manga/OniisamaE, 1991-1992
* Manga/BlackJack (OVA), 1993-2000
* Anime/{{Clannad}} (film), 2007

* DarkerAndEdgier: He has a tendency to do this.
** When he took over directing duties on RoseOfVersailles, the tone of the show became notably darker and the pacing far more upbeat.
** The Manga/BlackJack OVA is much more explicit with violence than the manga.
* DutchAngle: One of the most notorious users of this in anime. It's not a rarity to even see a [[UpToEleven ''diagonal'']] Dutch Angle shot.

* SignatureStyle: All of the tropes mentioned, along with a distinctive camera pan that is repeated three times in different speeds. He also tends to use a warm color palette and stark lighting that became highly influential on AkiyukiShinbo and KunihikoIkuhara.
* SplitScreen

** When he took over directing duties on RoseOfVersailles, the tone of the show became notable darker.