Name Osamu Dezaki Role Director | Siblings Satoshi Dezaki | |
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Occupation film director, screenwriter Died April 17, 2011, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan Movies Golgo 13, Black Jack: The Movie, Air, Golgo 13: The Professional, Clannad Similar People Satoshi Dezaki, Osamu Tezuka, Makoto Nakamura, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Goro Naya | ||
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Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統, Dezaki Osamu, November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011), also known as Makura Saki (崎枕, Saki Makura), Kan Matsudo (松戸完, Matsudo Kan), Toru Yabuki (矢吹徹, Yabuki Toru) or Kuyou Sai (斉九洋, Sai Kuyou), was a Japanese anime director, born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
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Osamu Dezaki Interview w/ English Subtitles
Biography
Dezaki started out as a manga artist while still in high school. In 1963 he joined Mushi Production, which was founded by manga and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka. His made his debut as a director in 1970 with Ashita no Joe.
Dezaki was known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of split screen, 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, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ryūtarō Nakamura, Noriyuki Abe, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Akiyuki Shinbo, and Yutaka Yamamoto.
Death
Desaki was known to be a notorious chain smoker, and as a result, he died from lung cancer on April 17, 2011, at the age of 67.
Personal life
His older brother, Satoshi Dezaki, is also an anime director.