This is a list of Osamu Tezuka's notable anime work in chronological order. Some of the works have been done after Tezuka's death in February 1989.
This list of anime includes all those listed on Tezuka's official site,Anime section of TezukaOsamu@World as well as others that are directly based on his work, but not listed on the site yet. The English translations of the names used are from the original names found on the official Osamu Tezuka website.
Film + Year Title Notes 1960 Journey to the West 1962 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad 1963 Doggie March Wrote the original story 1964 Astro Boy: The Brave in Space 1966 Kimba the White Lion 1969 First film in the Animerama series. 1970 Cleopatra Second film in the Animerama series. 1970 1973 Belladonna of SadnessThird and final film in the Animerama series. 1978 The Phoenix: Chapter of Dawn Contains both live-action and animation. 1978 World Masterpiece Fairy Tales: Princess Thumbelina Tezuka provided the character designs. 1979 Triton of the Sea 1980 Phoenix 2772 1981 Fantastic Adventures of Unico, The 1983 Unico in the Island of Magic 1990 The Film is Alive 1991 Adachi-Ga Hara 1996 Black Jack: The Movie 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo 1999 Neo Faust Incomplete 2001 Metropolis Based on the manga of the same name 2005 Black Jack: The Two Doctors of Darkness 2009 Astro Boy Imagi Animation Studios & Summit Entertainment 2011 Buddha 2026 The Ribbon Hero
Pilot film + Year Title Notes 1966 Adventures of the Monkey King 1966 Princess Knight 1967 Flying Ben 1968 Dororo 1968 Gum Gum Punch 1968 Norman 1968 Zero-Man 1971 Blue Triton 1979 Unico: Black Cloud, White Feather 1987 Brave Fire S09
Experimental film + Year Title Notes Party Incomplete 1962 Male 1962 Tales of a Street Corner 1964 Memory 1964 Mermaid 1965 Cigarettes and Ashes 1965 Drop, The 1966 Pictures at an Exhibition 1968 Genesis 1984 Jumping 1985 Broken Down Film 1987 Legend of the Forest, Part I 1987 Muramasa 1987 Push 1988 Self-Portrait 1995 Mosquito Incomplete
PR film Year Title Notes 1970 Misuke in the Land of Ice 1970 Once Upon a Time 1971 Misuke in Southern 1977 Tenguri, the Boy of the Plains 1987 Okazaki City in 70 Years
Tezuka Osamu World film Year Title Notes 1996 Black Jack: Capital Transfer to Heian 1999 Princess Knight 2000 Jungle Emperor: Hon-o-ji 2001 Astro Boy: Shinsen-gumi 2001 Unico Special Chapter: Saving Our Fragile Earth
OVA + Year Title Notes 1983 Green Cat, The 1985 Lunn Flies into the Wind 1986 Phoenix: Karma Chapter 1986 Yamataro Comes Back 1987 Phoenix: Space Chapter 1987 Phoenix: Yamato Chapter 1989 Rain Boy 1991 Symphonic Poem: Jungle Emperor Leo 1993 Akuemon 1993 Ambassador Magma OVA series 1993 Black Jack OVA series 1995 Essays on Insects 2000 Black Jack: Child from the Sky This anime was originally produced as a supplement for, and was included with two volumes of the manga, in the Black Jack Limited Edition Box released in Japan on March 22, 2000.
Television TV series + Year Title Notes 1963 Astro Boy 1963 Galaxy Boy Troop 1964 Big X Produced by Tokyo Movie. 1965 1965 Jungle Emperor 1966 New Jungle Emperor, Go Ahead Leo! 1967 Goku's Great Adventures 1967 Princess Knight 1969 Dororo 1969 The Vampires Contains both live-action and animation. 1971 Marvelous Melmo 1972 Triton of the Sea 1973 Microid S 1973 Wansa-kun 1977 Jetter Mars 1980 Astro Boy 1982 Don Dracula 1989 Blue Blink 1989 Jungle Emperor 1990 First project from Tezuka Productions approved after Tezuka's death 1997 In the Beginning: The Bible Stories Produced from 1984 to 1992; co-production with Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italy) 2000 2003 Astro Boy 2003 Black Jack: The 4 Miracles of Life Miniseries 2004 Black Jack 2004 Phoenix 2006 Black Jack 21 2015 Young Black Jack 2017 Atom: The Beginning 2019 Dororo
TV special Year Title Notes 1965 New Treasure Island Based on the manga of the same name;First one-hour animated TV special produced in Japan 1969 Astro Boy vs. the Giants 1969 Till a City Beneath the Sea Is Built 1972 Space Journey: The First Dream of Wonder-Kun
Produced for Nippon TV's 24 hour TV Love Saves the Earth charity program Year Title Notes 1978 One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book First two-hour animated TV special produced in Japan 1979 Undersea Super Train: Marine Express 1980 Fumoon Based on the manga Nextworld 1981 Bremen 4: Angels in Hell Based on the fairy tale "Town Musicians of Bremen" by the Brothers Grimm 1983 Originally conceived and planned first before the manga it was based on was published 1984 Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature 1985 Produced by Toei Animation instead of Tezuka Pro 1986 Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet 1989 Tezuka died during production
See also List of Osamu Tezuka manga
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