Line #46 Creator/OsamuDezaki


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2	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.
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4	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 proceeded to direct influential and successful anime series. Particularly beloved are his [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-oriented]] collaborations with manga artist Creator/RiyokoIkeda and animators Shingo Araki and Akio Sugino
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6	He died from lung cancer in 2011 at the age of 67.
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8	!!Selected Works, listed as a director unless said otherwise (list under construction):
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10	* ''Manga/AstroBoy'' – key animator and director for the 1963 series, storyboards for episode 9 for the 2003 series.
11	* ''Goku No Daibouken'' (1967)
12	* ''Wanpaku Tanteidan'' (1968)
13	* ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' (1969)
14	* ''Senya Ichiya Monogatari'' (1969) – animator
15	* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' (1969)
16	* ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'' (1970-1971, 1980-1981)
17	* ''Franchise/LupinIII'':
18	** ''Anime/LupinIIIPart1'' (1971-1972) – storyboards for the first and last episodes
19	** ''Anime/LupinIIIByeByeLibertyCrisis'' (1989)
20	** ''Anime/LupinIIIMysteryOfTheHemingwayPapers'' (1990)
21	** ''Anime/LupinIIIStealNapoleonsDictionary'' (1991)
22	** ''Anime/LupinIIIFromSiberiaWithLove'' (1992)
23	** ''Anime/LupinIIIThePursuitOfHarimaosTreasure'' (1995)
24	* ''Belladonna'' (1973) – key animation
25	* ''Manga/AimForTheAce!'' (1973-1974, 1979, 1988-1990)
26	* ''Anime/NobodysBoyRemi1977''
27	* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' (1979-1980) – directed the second half
28	* ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' (1982)
29	* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' (1984) – episode 1 only, chief director; episode directed by Kazuhide Tomonaga
30	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots'' (1984)
31	* ''WesternAnimation/BionicSix'' (1987)
32	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Visionaries}}'' (1987)
33	* ''Manga/KaseiYakyoku'' (1988)
34	* ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'' (1987 pilot)
35	* ''Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials'' (1989-1992 and 1995)
36	* ''Manga/DearBrother'' (1991-1992)
37	* ''Manga/BlackJack'' OVA (1993-2000)
38	* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' movies (2001-2004)
39	* ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' movie (2005)
40	* ''[[Anime/TheSnowQueen2005 The Snow Queen]]'' (2005-2006)
41	* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' movie (2007)
42	* ''Anime/GenjiMonogatariSennenki'' (2009)
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44	!!Pastel-Chalked Tropes:
45	* DarkerAndEdgier: He has a tendency to do this. When he took over directing duties on ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', 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.
46	* DutchAngle: One of the most notorious users of this in anime. It's not a rarity to even see a ''diagonal'' Dutch Angle shot.
47	* TheKenBurnsEffect: Whenever he used LimitedAnimation, this technique was his first choice to save budget.
48	* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: The TropeMaker, as he essentially invented this and was fond of using it for especially dramatic scenes.
49	* RuleOfDrama
50	* SignatureStyle: All of the tropes mentioned, along with a distinctive camera {{pan}} that is repeated three times in different speeds. He also tended to use a warm color palette and stark lighting that became highly influential on Creator/AkiyukiShinbo and Creator/KunihikoIkuhara. Additionally, in his works, [[RuleOfSymbolism a lot of birds are flying around]].
51	* SmokingIsNotCool: He was a notorious chain-smoker, and it eventually killed him with lung cancer at the age of 67.
52	* SplitScreen
53	* WorldOfHam: His fast pacing and heavy stylization tends to invoke this.
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