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]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Astro Boy | |
| 1963 | Galaxy Boy Troop | |
| 1964 | Big X | Produced by Tokyo Movie. |
| 1965 | The Amazing 3 | |
| 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 | The Three-Eyed One | 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 | Tree in the Sun | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose | Originally conceived and planned first before the manga it was based on was published |
| 1984 | Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature | |
| 1985 | The Prince of Devil Island: The Three-Eyed One | Produced by Toei Animation instead of Tezuka Pro |
| 1986 | Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet | |
| 1989 | The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son-goku | Tezuka died at the time of the planning |