Osamu Tezuka
Born: 1928-11-03 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Died: 1989-02-09
Known For: Writing
Biography
Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫, Tezuka Osamu) is 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.
Filmography
2026
- THE RIBBON HERO ... (Original Story)
2025
- Apollo's Song ... (Original Story)
2024
- Black Jack ... (Comic Book)
2023
- PLUTO ... (Original Story)
- Phoenix: Eden17 ... (Comic Book)
- PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower ... (Comic Book)
2020
- Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo as Self
- Tezuka's Barbara ... (Comic Book)
2019
- Dororo ... (Comic Book)
- Go Astro Boy Go! ... (Characters)
- Phoenix: "Dougo Onsen" Chapter ... (Comic Book)
2017
- Atom: The Beginning ... (Original Concept)
- Osamu Tezuka Tribute - "I Animated Tezuka's Characters" ... (Creator)
2015
- Young Black Jack ... (Characters)
- Pieta in the Toilet ... (Original Concept)
- Princess Knight - The Musical ... (Original Story)
2014
- Little Astro Boy ... (Comic Book)
- Buddha 2: The Endless Journey ... (Author)
- Legend of the Forest: 2nd Movement ... (Writer)
2013
- Garon ... (Comic Book)
2012
- A Tree In The Sun ... (Original Story)
- Animation Maestro Gisaburo as Self
- Phoenix: Bonds Chapter ... (Comic Book)
2011
- Buddha: The Great Departure ... (Author)
- Young Black Jack ... (Novel)
2010
- Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates ... (Comic Book)
2009
- Astro Boy ... (Author)
- Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future ... (Comic Book)
- MW -ムウ- ... (Novel)
- MW: The Devil's Game ... (Comic Book)
2007
- Dororo ... (Comic Book)
2005
- Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black ... (Original Story)
- Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA ... (Comic Book)
- Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko's Forest Adventure ... (Comic Book)
- Manga World as Self (archive)
2004
- Black Jack ... (Comic Book)
- Phoenix ... (Comic Book)
- Phoenix: Robe of Feathers ... (Comic Book)
- Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth ... (Characters)
2003
- Astro Boy ... (Comic Book)
- Popotan ... (Compositors)
- Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship ... (Characters)
- The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth ... (Characters)
2001
- Metropolis ... (Comic Book)
- Astro Boy: Shinsengumi ... (Characters)
2000
- The Tree In Sunlight ... (Original Story)
- Sleeping Bride ... (Novel)
- Black Jack: Capital Transfer to Heian ... (Comic Book)
- Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century ... (Creator)
- Saving Our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter ... (Creator)
- Black Jack: The Boy Who Came from the Sky ... (Comic Book)
- Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji ... (Comic Book)
1999
- Neo Faust ... (Original Story)
- Princess Knight ... (Original Story)
- Astro Boy: Volume of the Blue Knight ... (Characters)
1997
- Jungle Emperor Leo ... (Original Story)
1996
- Black Jack: The Movie ... (Comic Book)
- Black Jack ... (Original Story)
- Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image ... (Original Story)
- Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You ... (Original Story)
1994
- Black Jack: A Lucky Bet / Phoenix ... (Original Concept)
- Osamu and Musashi as Main
1993
- Black Jack ... (Original Series Creator)
- Ambassador Magma ... (Creator)
- Akuemon ... (Original Story)
1992
- In the Beginning: The Bible Stories ... (Series Composition)
1991
- Adachi-ga Hara ... (Comic Book)
- Kimba the White Lion: Symphonic Poem ... (Comic Book)
1990
- The Three-eyed One ... (Comic Book)
1989
- Blue Blink ... (Writer)
- The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku ... (Character Designer)
- Animated Self-Portraits ... (Writer)
- Little Wansa ... (Novel)
1988
- Self Portrait ... (Director)
1987
- Phoenix: Space Chapter ... (Creator)
- Phoenix: Yamato Chapter ... (Creator)
- Legend of the Forest ... (Director)
- Push ... (Director)
- Muramasa ... (Director)
- Brave Fire S09 as Narrator (voice)
1986
- Wonder Beat Scramble ... (Writer)
- Phoenix: Karma Chapter ... (Author)
- Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet ... (Director)
- Yamataro Comes Back ... (Director)
- Monster Heaven
1985
- The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island ... (Original Story)
- Lunn Flies into the Wind ... (Creator)
- Broken Down Film ... (Director)
- Osamu Tezuka: Secrets of Creation as Himself
1984
- Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature ... (Director)
- Jumping ... (Director)
1983
- Unico in the Island of Magic ... (Writer)
- Rain Boy ... (Director)
- The Green Cat ... (Director)
- A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose ... (Character Designer)
1982
- Don Dracula ... (Writer)
1981
- The Fantastic Adventures of Unico ... (Director)
- Bremen 4: Angels in Hell ... (Director)
1980
- Astro Boy ... (Comic Book)
- Phoenix 2772 ... (Producer)
- Fumoon ... (Writer)
1979
- Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers ... (Writer)
- Undersea Super Train: Marine Express ... (Character Designer)
- Triton of the Sea ... (Comic Book)
1978
- One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book ... (Writer)
- The Phoenix ... (Comic Book)
- Thumbelina ... (Character Designer)
1977
- Jetter Mars ... (Original Story)
- Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye ... (Original Story)
- Tenguri, Boy of the Plains ... (Writer)
- 火の鳥 ... (Script)
1973
- Microid S ... (Original Story)
- Little Wansa ... (Original Story)
1972
- Triton of the Sea ... (Original Concept)
1971
- Marvelous Melmo ... (Writer)
1970
- Cleopatra: Queen of Sex ... (Director)
- The Kindly Lion ... (Executive Producer)
- Misuke in the Land of Ice ... (Producer)
1969
- Dororo and Hyakkimaru ... (Writer)
- A Thousand and One Nights ... (Writer)
- Space Journey: The First Dream of Wonder-kun ... (Writer)
- Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built ... (Original Concept)
1967
- Goku's Adventure ... (Writer)
- Princess Knight ... (Original Story)
- The Space Giants ... (Creator)
1966
- Leo the Lion ... (Writer)
- Pictures at an Exhibition ... (Director)
- Jungle Emperor ... (Writer)
- Adventures of the Monkey King ... (Writer)
1965
- Kimba the White Lion ... (Writer)
- W3 ... (Producer)
- New Treasure Island ... (Director)
- The Amazing Three Pilot ... (Writer)
- Cigarettes and Ashes ... (Producer)
- The Drop ... (Director)
1964
- Big X ... (Original Story)
- Astro Boy: The Brave In Space ... (Comic Book)
- Mermaid ... (Director)
- Memory ... (Director)
1962
- Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad ... (Writer)
- 手塚治虫 実験アニメーション作品集 ... (Writer)
- MALE ... (Animation)
- Tales of a Street Corner ... (Writer)
1960
- Alakazam the Great! ... (Comic Book)
- Astro Boy: ZZZ Fuhrer ... (Comic Book)