Actor
Osamu Tezuka
November 3, 1928 · Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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.
Often works with
Hisashi Katsuta
5 titles together
Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Astro Boy
Ichiro Nagai
4 titles together
Astro Boy, The Fantastic Adventures of Unico, Unico in the Island of Magic
Mari Shimizu
2 titles together
Astro Boy, Astro Boy
Katsuji Mori
2 titles together
Astro Boy, Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
Asao Koike
2 titles together
A Thousand and One Nights, Kimba the White Lion
Katsue Miwa
2 titles together
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico, Unico in the Island of Magic
Full filmography · 60
手塚治虫の戦争
Writer
2026
Legend of the Forest: 2nd Movement
Writer
2014
Osamu and Musashi
as Main
1994
Kimba the White Lion: Symphonic Poem
Writer
1991
Animated Self-Portraits
Writer and Director
1989
Self Portrait
Director
1988
Legend of the Forest
Director
1987
Muramasa
Director
1987
Push
Director
1987
Brave Fire S09
as Narrator (voice) and Director and Writer
1987
Monster Heaven
cast
1986
Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet
Director
1986