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November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011, also known as Saki Makura, Matsudo Kan, Yabuki Toru or Sai Kuyou, was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. "Longtime anime director Osamu Dezaki dead at 67" . forum.bcdb.com, April 18, 2011
After working with Mushi Production, Dezaki co-founded Madhouse with Masao Maruyama, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
Dezaki was known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of split screen, stark lighting, extensive use of dutch angle, and pastel freeze frames that he called "postcard memories", which may be his most famous trademark. They feature a process whereby the screen fades into a detailed "painting" of the simpler original animation. Many of his techniques became popular and came to be seen as special techniques of Japanese animation. He particularly influenced Yoshiaki Kawajiri,Sutajio yū (2008). Plus Madhouse 02 - Yoshiaki Kawajiri (PLUS MADHOUSE 2 川尻善昭?). Inc./Hatsubai Kinemajunpōsha. . OCLC 233684835. Japanese edition Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ryūtarō Nakamura, Noriyuki Abe, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Akiyuki Shinbo,アニメーション監督 出崎統の世界 ---「人間」を描き続けた映像の魔術師 and Yutaka Yamamoto.
His older brother, Satoshi Dezaki, is also an anime director.
Dezaki was a notorious chain smoker, and as a result, he died from lung cancer on April 17, 2011, at the age of 67.
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