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Osamu Tezuka

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Osamu Tezuka

Nov 3, 1928 – Feb 9, 1989153 titles 113 movies · 40 TV
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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.

Also known as

手塚 治虫 · Tezuka Osamu

Born

Nov 3, 1928 – Feb 9, 1989

Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

8

Acting credits

30

Directing

126

Writing

45

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1960 2 title(s)

1962 4 title(s)

1963 2 title(s)

1964 4 title(s)

1965 6 title(s)

1966 4 title(s)

1967 3 title(s)

1968 4 title(s)

1969 4 title(s)

1970 3 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1972 1 title(s)

1973 2 title(s)

1977 4 title(s)

1978 3 title(s)

1979 3 title(s)

1980 3 title(s)

1981 2 title(s)

1982 1 title(s)

1983 4 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1985 4 title(s)

1986 5 title(s)

1987 6 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 4 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1996 4 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2000 7 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 4 title(s)

2005 4 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2009 4 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 3 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)