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