List of Osamu Tezuka anime
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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,[1] 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.[1]
Pilot film
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Journey to the West | |
| 1962 | Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad | |
| 1963 | Doggie March | Wrote the original story[2] |
| 1964 | Astro Boy: The Brave in Space | |
| 1966 | Kimba the White Lion | |
| 1969 | A Thousand and One Nights | First film in the Animerama series. |
| 1970 | Cleopatra | Second film in the Animerama series. |
| 1970 | The Kindly Lion | |
| 1973 | Belladonna of Sadness | Third 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 | |
| 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. |