Osamu Dezaki (?? ?, Dezaki Osamu, November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011), also known as Makura Saki (? ?, ?????, Saki Makura), ???, Matsudo Kan (?? ?, Matsudo Kan) or Yabuki Toru (?? ?, Yabuki Toru), was a Japanese director of anime, born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo. His older brother, Satoshi Dezaki, is also an anime director.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, Ry?tar? Nakamura, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Akiyuki Shinbo, and Yutaka Yamamoto.Desaki died from lung cancer on April 17, 2011, at the age of 67.
He employed cinematic techniques in animation like lighting effects, split-screens and freeze-frames to improve the impact of the story.
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He developed and frequently used in his series "Postcard Memories," a technique where a closing scene fades into a simple watercolour painting.
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Quote
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Video games are so fun. Yet, computer graphics alone do not make a movie.
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About working on animation: Do it if that's what you love. Don't be trying to get good reviews from others or believe that you could do better if only you got those. I don't think you can continue if you don't love to draw and enjoy animating.
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It's easier to get more imaginative about the unknown.
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Girls are more imaginative than boys, so their sensibilities are fascinating. Girls aren't all these effeminate entities that are crying all the time, as we men might think. They have terrifying sides too. And they have strength too, and that's something I'd like to depict.
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About Golgo 13: Golgo will never die. If he dies, he'll come back to life.
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Fact
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He was big fan of Le Mans (French motor vehicle endurance races).
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He was a notorious chain-smoker, which eventually brought about his terminal lung cancer.
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Dezaki was noted for strict and meticulous adherence to storyboards: he storyboarded about 90% of his work.
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Dezaki was the first to use the technique of repetition: a scene is repeated a few times in succession, to stretch out its significance and convey a sense of speed or impact.
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His "Postcard Memories" technique became immensely popular and is now considered an anime staple, seen in most if not all shows.
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He had an older brother, Satoshi Dezaki, who also works as a director in the anime industry.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Genji monogatari sennenki: Genji
2009
TV Series
Urutoravaioretto: Kôdo 044
2008
TV Series
Clannad
2007
Yuki no Jo-Oh
2005
TV Series
Air: The Motion Picture
2005
Gekijô ban Tottoko Hamutarô: Hamu hamu paradaichu! - Hamutarô to fushigi no oni no ehontô
2004
Gekijô ban Tottoko Hamutaro: Ôrora no kiseki - Ribon chan kiki ippatsu!
2003
Gekijô ban Tottoko Hamutarô: Hamu hamu hamu~jya! Maboroshi no prinsesu
2002
Hakugei densetsu
TV Series series director - 26 episodes, 1997 - 1999 episode director - 1 episode, 1999
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
1998
Video
Seisho Monogatari
1997
TV Series
Black Jack: The Movie
1996
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
1995
TV Movie
Manga Nippon mukashi banashi
1976-1994
TV Series 4 episodes
Black Jack
1993
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
Lupin the 3rd: From Siberia with Love
1992
TV Movie
Oniisama e...
1991
TV Series 1991
Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary
1991
TV Movie
Sword for Truth
1990
Video as Tsutomu Dezaki
Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers
1990
TV Movie
Burning Blood
1990
Video
Ichi pondo no fukuin
1989
Video co-director
Lupin the Third Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
1989
TV Movie as Osamu Desaki
Bionic Six
1987
TV Series supervising director - 65 episodes
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986
TV Movie supervising director
Sweet Sea
1985
TV Movie
The Mighty Orbots
1984
TV Series 13 episodes
Rainbow Brite
1984
TV Series 1 episode
Time Slip Ichimannen Prime Rose
1983
Space Cobra
1982-1983
TV Series 31 episodes
The Professional: Golgo 13
1983
Space Adventure Cobra
1982
Ashita no Jô 2
1981
The New Adventures of Gigantor
1981
TV Series 1 episode
Ashita no Jô 2
1980
TV Series
Berusaiyu no bara
1980
TV Series series director - 23 episodes
Takarajima
1978
TV Series
Nobody's Boy Remi
1977
TV Series
Ganso tensai Bakabon
1975-1976
TV Series 6 episodes
Ganba no Boken
1975
TV Series 12 episodes
Hajime ningen Gyatoruz
1974
TV Series as Makura Saki
Êsu wo nerae!
1973
TV Series
Karate Master
1973
TV Series
Jungle Kurobee
1973
TV Series
Hazedon
1972
TV Series
Kunimatsu-sama no Otôri Dai
1971
TV Series
Ashita no Jô
1970
TV Series
Wanpaku tanteidan
1968
TV Series
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hakugei densetsu
1997-1999
TV Series storyboard artist - 26 episodes
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
1998
Video storyboard artist
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
1995
TV Movie storyboard artist
Black Jack
1993
TV Mini-Series storyboards
Peter Pan and the Pirates
1990
TV Series storyboard artist
Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers
1990
TV Movie storyboard artist - as Makura Saki
Lupin the Third Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
1989
TV Movie storyboard artist - as Makura Saki
Space Cobra
1982
TV Series storyboard artist - 5 episodes
Astroboy
1980
TV Series storyboard artist
Berusaiyu no bara
1980
TV Series storyboard artist - 22 episodes
Ra sênu no hoshi
1975
TV Series storyboard artist - as Tetsu Dezaki
Samurai jaiantsu
1973
TV Series storyboard artist - as Tôru Yabuki
Karate Master
1973
TV Series storyboard artist - as Makura Saki
Jungle Kurobee
1973
TV Series storyboard artist - as Makura Saki
Akadô Suzunosuke
1972
TV Series storyboard artist - as Hiroshi Saimaru
Rupan sansei
1971-1972
TV Series storyboard artist - 23 episodes
Mûmin
1970
TV Series storyboard artist - 2 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hakugei densetsu
TV Series development - 26 episodes, 1997 - 1999 episode writer - 21 episodes, 1997 - 1999