is an

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director, producer, and

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. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan North High School, he attended

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. His younger brother was the late anime director

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Brief history

Dezaki was born in

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, Japan. After graduating from high school, he took a position at

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while studying in the department of literature at Hosei University. While doing both of these, he continued to work on his dream job of working on movie production. He acted as the coach for the nine-member

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team at Toshiba. Dezaki also began pulling together an anime production team. Dezaki resigned after working for seven years at Toshiba, leaving Hosei University in the middle of a term as well. He began working for

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's company Art Fresh, working alongside his younger brother Osamu. His first works included writing the script for ''

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'' and

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ing ''

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''. In 1969, Dezaki became a

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r, directing and writing screenplays for series and films produced by

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, and

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. In 1977, he founded Magic Bus and produced and animated ''

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''.

Works

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'' (Director, Screenplay, Producer) *''

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'' (producer) *'' Boyfriend (manga)'' (Director) *''

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'' (director) *''

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'' (director) *'' Grey: Digital Target'' (director, continuity) *'' Inochi No Chikyuu: Dioxin No Natsu'' (Director) *''

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'' (storyboards) *''

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'' (assistant director, episode director and storyboards) *''

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'' (director) *'' Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū'' (director) *'' Mighty Orbots'' (storyboards) *'' Play Ball'' (chief director) *'' Pro Yakyuū o 10 Oku Tanoshiku Miru Hōhō Part 2'' (Chief Animation Director) *'' Riki-Oh: Tōkatsu Jigoku'' (Director) *''Riki-Oh 2: Horobi no Ko'' (Director) *'' The Rose of Versailles'' (director (eps.6, 8)) *'' Saitama Bōsō Saizensen Flag! Shinimonogurui no Seishun!!'' (director) *''

'' (producer, animator) *'' Shirahata no Shōjo Ryūko'' (Director, Screenplay) *''

1982 movie'' (Director) *'' Sword for Truth'' (producer) *'' New Tetsujin-28'' (episode director) *''

They Were Eleven is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. It was serialized in three issues of Shogakukan's '' Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' magazine in 1975. The following year, it won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award i ...

'' (director, storyboards) *'' Tobira o Akete'' (screenplay) *'' Undersea Super Train: Marine Express'' (Chief Director, Rendition) *'' Urusei Yatsura Kanketsuhen'' (director) *'' Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker'' (director) *''

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'' (Director (eps. 2-4)) *''

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'' (Director (eps. 1-15), Storyboard (ep. 1), Episode Director)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dezaki Satoshi 1940 births Anime directors Japanese animators Japanese film producers Japanese animated film directors Japanese animated film producers Living people People from Tokyo