Osamu Tezuka

Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, and animator, often dubbed as the "Godfather of Anime". He was the originator of anime's trademark "large eyes" style of character drawing. Five years after his death, the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum opened.

Top 10 collaborators

11 collaborations

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Junji Kobayashi

9 collaborations (as Animation; Animation Director; Key Animation)

Kaneto Shiozawa

8 collaborations

8 collaborations (as Animation; Director; Musician; Producer; Screenplay; Writer)

Eiichi Yamamoto

8 collaborations (as Director; Editor; Key Animation; Writer)

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8 collaborations (as Associate Producer; Executive Producer; Producer; Production Office Assistant)

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8 collaborations (as Animation; Animation Director; Art Direction; Character Designer; Director; Key Animation)

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Masateru Yoshimura

8 collaborations (as Animation; Animation Director; Director; Key Animation; Screenplay; Storyboard Artist)

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Masayoshi Nishida

7 collaborations (as Animation Director; Art Direction; Character Designer; Director; Key Animation)

6 collaborations

Roles

Match

Osamu and Musashi (1994)

Brave Fire S09 (1987)

Narrator (voice)

Monster Heaven (1986)

Crew

Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower (2023)

Tezuka's Barbara (2020)

Osamu Tezuka Tribute - "I Animated Tezuka's Characters" (2017)

Pieta in the Toilet (2015)

Original Story | Original Concept

Legend of the Forest: 2nd Movement (2014)

Buddha 2: The Endless Journey (2014)

Phoenix: Bonds Chapter (2012)

Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)

Young Black Jack (2011)

Novel | Creator

Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates (2010)

Astro Boy (2009)

Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future (2009)

Creator | Comic Book

MW: The Devil's Game (2009)

Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black (2005)

Original Story | Creator

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko's Forest Adventure (2005)

Original Concept | Comic Book

Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA (2005)

Phoenix: Robe of Feathers (2004)

Comic Book | Creator

Metropolis (2001)

Astro Boy: Doomsday (2001)

Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century (2000)

Black Jack: Capital Transfer To Heian (2000)

Saving Our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter (2000)

Black Jack: The Boy Who Came from the Sky (2000)

Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji (2000)

Sleeping Bride (2000)

Princess Knight (1999)

Neo Faust (1999)

Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)

Black Jack: The Movie (1996)

Creator | Comic Book

Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image (1996)

Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You (1996)

Original Story | Comic Book

Black Jack (1996)

Original Story | Comic Book

Ambassador Magma (1993)

Adachi-ga Hara (1991)

Creator | Comic Book

Kimba the White Lion: Symphonic Poem (1991)

Writer | Comic Book

The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku (1989)

Character Designer

Animated Self-Portraits (1989)

Director | Writer

Little Wansa (1989)

Self Portrait (1988)

Phoenix: Space Chapter (1987)

Creator | Comic Book

Legend of the Forest (1987)

Director | Storyboard | Scenario Writer

Muramasa (1987)

Phoenix: Yamato Chapter (1987)

Creator | Comic Book

Brave Fire S09 (1987)

Director | Writer

Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986)

Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet (1986)

Director | Screenplay

Yamataro Comes Back (1986)

Director | Comic Book

The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island (1985)

Broken Down Film (1985)

Director | Writer

Lunn Flies into the Wind (1985)

Director | Creator

Bagi: The Monster of Mighty Nature (1984)

Director | Screenplay

Rain Boy (1983)

Director | Author

The Green Cat (1983)

Director | Comic Book

A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose (1983)

Original Story | Character Designer

Unico in the Island of Magic (1983)

Creator | Writer

Bremen 4: Angels in Hell (1981)

Creator | Director | Screenplay | Character Designer

The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981)

Director | Story

Writer | Comic Book

Phoenix 2772 (1980)

Producer | Screenplay | Screenstory | Key Animation | Original Story | Director

Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979)

Story | Character Designer

Triton of the Sea (1979)

Unico - Black Cloud and White Feather (1979)

One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978)

Director | Writer

The Phoenix (1978)

Animation | Comic Book

Thumbelina (1978)

Character Designer

Tenguri, Boy of the Plains (1977)

The Visitor in the Eye (1977)

火の鳥 (1977)

Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970)

Director | Idea | Screenstory

Misuke in the Land of Ice (1970)

Writer | Producer

The Kindly Lion (1970)

Executive Producer

A Thousand and One Nights (1969)

Writer | Executive Producer

Space Journey: The First Dream of Wonder-kun (1969)

Director | Writer

Writer | Creator | Comic Book

Pictures at an Exhibition (1966)

Kimba, the White Lion (1966)

Writer | Comic Book

Adventures of the Monkey King (1966)

The Drop (1965)

Cigarettes and Ashes (1965)

Director | Producer

New Treasure Island (1965)

Director | Writer

The Amazing Three Pilot (1965)

Director | Story

Director | Animation | Writer | Original Concept

Astro Boy: The Brave In Space (1964)

Tales of a Street Corner (1962)

Writer | Executive Producer

Animation | Producer

Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (1962)

Alakazam the Great! (1960)

Astro Boy: ZZZ Fuhrer (1960)