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)
- 手塚治虫の戦争 ... (Comic Book)
- 手塚治虫の戦争 ... (Writer)
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
- Buddha 2: The Endless Journey ... (Author)
- Little Astro Boy ... (Comic Book)
- Legend of the Forest: 2nd Movement ... (Writer)
2013
- Garon ... (Comic Book)
2012
- A Tree In The Sun ... (Original Story)
- Phoenix: Bonds Chapter ... (Comic Book)
- Animation Maestro Gisaburo as Self
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
- Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA ... (Comic Book)
- Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black ... (Original Story)
- 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)
- Black Jack: The Boy Who Came from the Sky ... (Comic Book)
- Black Jack: Capital Transfer to Heian ... (Comic Book)
- Saving Our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter ... (Creator)
- Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century ... (Creator)
- Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji ... (Comic Book)
- Sleeping Bride ... (Novel)
1999
- Astro Boy: Volume of the Blue Knight ... (Characters)
- Princess Knight ... (Original Story)
- Neo Faust ... (Original Story)
1997
- Jungle Emperor Leo ... (Original Story)
1996
- Black Jack: The Movie ... (Comic Book)
- Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You ... (Original Story)
- Black Jack ... (Original Story)
- Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image ... (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)
- Little Wansa ... (Novel)
- Animated Self-Portraits ... (Writer)
1988
- Self Portrait ... (Director)
1987
- Phoenix: Yamato Chapter ... (Creator)
- Phoenix: Space Chapter ... (Creator)
- Push ... (Director)
- Legend of the Forest ... (Director)
- Muramasa ... (Director)
- Brave Fire S09 as Narrator (voice)
1986
- Wonder Beat Scramble ... (Writer)
- Phoenix: Karma Chapter ... (Author)
- Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet ... (Director)
- Monster Heaven
- Yamataro Comes Back ... (Director)
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
- A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose ... (Character Designer)
- Unico in the Island of Magic ... (Writer)
- The Green Cat ... (Director)
- Rain Boy ... (Director)
1982
- Don Dracula ... (Writer)
1981
- The Fantastic Adventures of Unico ... (Director)
- Bremen 4: Angels in Hell ... (Director)
1980
- Astro Boy ... (Director)
- Phoenix 2772 ... (Producer)
- Fumoon ... (Writer)
1979
- Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers ... (Writer)
- Triton of the Sea ... (Comic Book)
- Undersea Super Train: Marine Express ... (Character Designer)
1978
- One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book ... (Writer)
- The Phoenix ... (Comic Book)
- Thumbelina ... (Character Designer)
1977
- Jetter Mars ... (Original Story)
- Tenguri, Boy of the Plains ... (Writer)
- Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye ... (Original Story)
- 火の鳥 ... (Script)
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 ... (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
- Princess Knight ... (Original Story)
- Goku's Adventure ... (Writer)
- The Space Giants ... (Creator)
1966
- Leo the Lion ... (Writer)
- Jungle Emperor ... (Writer)
- Adventures of the Monkey King ... (Writer)
- Pictures at an Exhibition ... (Director)
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)
- Tales of a Street Corner ... (Writer)
- MALE ... (Animation)
1960
- Alakazam the Great! ... (Comic Book)
- Astro Boy: ZZZ Fuhrer ... (Comic Book)