Nov 3, 1928 - Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Osamu Tezuka was 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.
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| Movie | 2005 | Manga World | Self (archive) | |
| Movie | 2012 | Animation Maestro Gisaburo | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | Osamu and Musashi | Main | |
| Movie | 1986 | Monster Heaven | ||
| Movie | 1985 | Osamu Tezuka: Secrets of Creation | Himself | |
| Movie | 1987 | Brave Fire S09 | Narrator (voice) | |
| TV Show | 1968 | Vampires | 手塚治虫 | 26 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 2009 | MW | Novel | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Sleeping Bride | Novel | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | The Fantastic Adventures of Unico | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | The Fantastic Adventures of Unico | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Unico - Black Cloud and White Feather | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Astro Boy | Author | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | Jumping | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | Pictures at an Exhibition | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | Tenguri, Boy of the Plains | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | Cleopatra: Queen of Sex | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Muramasa | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Little Wansa | Novel | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | Young Black Jack | Novel | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Phoenix 2772 | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1980 | Phoenix 2772 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | The Drop | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Mermaid | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Legend of the Forest | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Push | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Genesis | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Broken Down Film | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Memory | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Yamataro Comes Back | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Fumoon | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Jack | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | Cigarettes and Ashes | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1999 | Neo Faust | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | The Kindly Lion | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1965 | New Treasure Island | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1965 | New Treasure Island | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | Misuke in the Land of Ice | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1970 | Misuke in the Land of Ice | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | Tales of a Street Corner | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | Thumbelina | Character Designer | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1988 | Self Portrait | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | A Thousand and One Nights | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Phoenix: Karma Chapter | Author | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Mermaid | Animation | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1964 | Mermaid | Original Concept | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Mermaid | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Phoenix: Yamato Chapter | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1987 | Phoenix: Space Chapter | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1973 | Belladonna of Sadness | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1962 | Osu | Animation | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1964 | Astro Boy: The Brave In Space | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Memory | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | MW: The Devil's Game | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Phoenix | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Adachi-ga Hara | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | The Phoenix | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Black Jack: The Boy Who Came from the Sky | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Phoenix: Bonds Chapter | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Phoenix: Robe of Feathers | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2013 | Garon | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | Jungle Emperor Leo | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1977 | 火の鳥 | Script | Crew |
| Movie | 1966 | Jungle Emperor | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | The Phoenix | Animation | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1984 | Jumping | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | Cigarettes and Ashes | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1962 | Tales of a Street Corner | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1985 | Broken Down Film | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | Pieta in the Toilet | Original Concept | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Black Jack: Capital Transfer to Heian | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1960 | Alakazam the Great! | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Phoenix: Robe of Feathers | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1986 | Yamataro Comes Back | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Jack: The Movie | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | Young Black Jack | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 2005 | Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Jack: The Movie | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1979 | Triton of the Sea | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Kimba the White Lion: Symphonic Poem | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1966 | Jungle Emperor | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | Dororo | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Phoenix: Yamato Chapter | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Fumoon | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Phoenix 2772 | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Phoenix 2772 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Phoenix: Space Chapter | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Jack | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko's Forest Adventure | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1960 | Astro Boy: ZZZ Fuhrer | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2010 | Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | Astro Boy: The Last Day of Earth | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | Osu | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1977 | Tenguri, Boy of the Plains | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1999 | Astro Boy: Volume of the Blue Knight | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | Astro Boy: Shinsengumi | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth | Characters | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Undersea Super Train: Marine Express | Character Designer | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1979 | Undersea Super Train: Marine Express | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Animated Self-Portraits | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Animated Self-Portraits | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Kimba the White Lion: Symphonic Poem | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | Rain Boy | Author | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | Rain Boy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Phoenix 2772 | Key Animation | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1991 | Adachi-ga Hara | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 2024 | Black Jack | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | Unico in the Island of Magic | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | The Green Cat | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | Bremen 4: Angels in Hell | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 2023 | PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1985 | Lunn Flies into the Wind | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Lunn Flies into the Wind | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1985 | The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1987 | Legend of the Forest | Storyboard | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Legend of the Forest | Scenario Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1977 | Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Bremen 4: Angels in Hell | Character Designer | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1981 | Bremen 4: Angels in Hell | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Bremen 4: Angels in Hell | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | A Thousand and One Nights | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2000 | Saving Our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1999 | Princess Knight | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko's Forest Adventure | Original Concept | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | Dororo | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 1968 | Dororo | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | Tezuka's Barbara | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Osamu Tezuka Tribute - "I Animated Tezuka's Characters" | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 2007 | Dororo | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1993 | Akuemon | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku | Character Designer | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1983 | A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose | Character Designer | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1970 | Cleopatra: Queen of Sex | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | Cleopatra: Queen of Sex | Idea | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Brave Fire S09 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Brave Fire S09 | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | Norman | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | Norman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | Adventures of the Monkey King | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1969 | Space Journey: The First Dream of Wonder-kun | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | The Amazing Three Pilot | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | The Green Cat | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Legend of the Forest: 2nd Movement | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | Phoenix: "Dougo Onsen" Chapter | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | Metropolis | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | Buddha: The Great Departure | Author | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Buddha 2: The Endless Journey | Author | Writing |
| Movie | 1969 | A Thousand and One Nights | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | Cleopatra: Queen of Sex | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2024 | Midnight | Comic Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1994 | Black Jack: A Lucky Bet / Phoenix | Original Concept | Writing |
| Movie | 1969 | Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built | Original Concept | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Astro Boy: The Brave In Space | Scenario Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Astro Boy: The Brave In Space | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | Princess Knight - The Musical | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1965 | W3 | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2003 | Popotan | Compositors | Crew |
| TV Show | 2000 | The Tree In Sunlight | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2012 | Hidamari no Ki | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2019 | Dororo | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Atom: The Beginning | Original Concept | Writing |
| TV Show | 1982 | Don Dracula | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1967 | Princess Knight | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1982 | Don Dracula | Original Concept | Writing |
| TV Show | 1972 | Triton of the Sea | Original Concept | Writing |
| TV Show | 1990 | The Three-eyed One | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1986 | Wonder Beat Scramble | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1977 | Jetter Mars | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1972 | Triton of the Sea | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1971 | Marvelous Melmo | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1967 | Goku's Adventure | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1966 | Leo the Lion | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1965 | Kimba the White Lion | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1965 | W3 | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1963 | Astro Boy | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1969 | Dororo and Hyakkimaru | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1986 | Wonder Beat Scramble | Medical Consultant | Crew |
| TV Show | 1993 | Black Jack | Original Series Creator | Writing |
| TV Show | 1963 | 銀河少年隊 | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1964 | Big X | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1964 | Big X | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1968 | Vampires | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1973 | Little Wansa | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1973 | Microid S | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2004 | Phoenix | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 2023 | Phoenix: Eden17 | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 1963 | Astro Boy | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2019 | Go Astro Boy Go! | Characters | Writing |
| TV Show | 2004 | Black Jack | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 2023 | PLUTO | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2003 | Astro Boy | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Blue Blink | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1972 | Triton of the Sea | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 1980 | Astro Boy | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 1980 | Astro Boy | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2014 | Little Astro Boy | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 1993 | Black Jack | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 1969 | Dororo and Hyakkimaru | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Atom: The Beginning | Characters | Writing |
| TV Show | 1980 | Astro Boy | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 1997 | In the Beginning: The Bible Stories | Creator | Crew |
| TV Show | 1997 | In the Beginning: The Bible Stories | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2025 | Apollo's Song | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1962 | 手塚治虫 実験アニメーション作品集 | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2015 | Young Black Jack | Characters | Writing |
| TV Show | 1963 | Astro Boy | Comic Book | Writing |
| TV Show | N/A | Galaxy Boy Troop | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1980 | Astro Boy | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1966 | Leo the Lion | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1971 | Marvelous Melmo | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2003 | Astro Boy | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1963 | Astro Boy | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1977 | Jetter Mars | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1967 | Goku's Adventure | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1982 | Don Dracula | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1965 | W3 | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1972 | Triton of the Sea | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1990 | The Three-eyed One | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1993 | Ambassador Magma | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2019 | Dororo | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1997 | In the Beginning: The Bible Stories | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1962 | 手塚治虫 実験アニメーション作品集 | Creator | Creator |
