Hiroshi Ōsaka

Hiroshi Ōsaka (逢坂 浩司, Ōsaka Hiroshi, 20 June 1963 – 24 September 2007) was a Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator, born in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture. He was a graduate of the Kyoto Saga University of Arts. He was the co-founder of Bones Animation Studio.

Profile

Ōsaka, while studying in the Kyoto Saga University of Arts, joined the animation subcontracting studio Anime R in 1983 on a part-time basis under the apprenticeship of the noted animator Moriyasu Taniguchi, working on numerous Sunrise productions during this period in college.

At his time at the studio, Ōsaka worked with numerous noted animators, including Kazuaki Mōri, Masahiro Kase, Tōru Yoshida, Hiroyuki Okiura and Kazuchika Kise, many of whom who went on to found Production I.G, and also supervised Takahiro Kimura. He left Anime R in 1991 to work as a freelance animator, going on to work on several Sunrise shows as well as other productions. Ōsaka, along with fellow animator Toshihiro Kawamoto and producer Masahiko Minami, co-founded the studio Bones in 1998.[1]

In 1999, Ōsaka lectured on an animation workshop at the 4th Animation Kobe event, held in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. An anime fan, he had wanted to be an animator since his high school days, being inspired by Sunrise's iconic 1979 series Mobile Suit Gundam and the works of the manga artist Mitsuru Adachi.

During the spring of 2007, Ōsaka's health had deteriorated and spent his remaining days in his hometown of Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, where he had been staying at his family residence. He had been recuperating in a hospital in the city, where he later died of cancer on September 24, aged 44. His death was reported on several news outlets, including the blogs of his animator colleagues and major national newspapers, with numerous fans paying condolences.

Works

Anime television

OVA
  • Dream Hunter Rem (key animation) 18+
  • Dream Hunter Rem Special Version (key animation)
  • Dream Hunter Rem II (animation director)
  • Kikō Kai Galient: Tetsu no Monshō (key animation)
  • Aoki Ryūsei SPT Layzner: ACT-III Kokuin 2000 (key animation)
  • Black Magic M-66 (key animation)
  • Captain Power: Battle Training Video Type 2, 3 (key animation)
  • Pony Metal U-Gaim (key animation)
  • Dream Hunter Rem III (animation director)
  • Cream Lemon: Special Dark (character design, animation director) 18+
  • New Cream Lemon (key animation) 18+
  • Good Morning Althea (mecha animation director)
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Gaiden (key animation)
  • Record of Lodoss War (key animation)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory (animation director, key animation)
  • Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakai Shin (key animation)
  • The Cockpit (key animation on the Sonic Boom Squadron sequence)
  • Oira Uchū no Tankōfu (key animation)
  • Macross Plus (animation direction assistance, key animation)
  • Yamato Takeru ~After War~ (animation director)
  • Golden Boy: Sasurai no O-Benkyō Yarō (animation director, key animation)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (animation direction coordination, key animation, ED)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection (animation direction coordination)

Films
  • Five Star Monogatari (key animation)
  • City Hunter: Ai to Shukumei no Magnum (key animation)
  • City Hunter: Bay City Wars (key animation)
  • Garaga (key animation)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Zeon no Zankō (animation director, key animation)
  • kidou senshi SD gan damu matsuri SD sengoku den tenka taihei hen ( genga )
  • Macross Plus: Movie Edition (animation direction assistance, key animation)
  • New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (key animation)
  • Spriggan (key animation)
  • Escaflowne (animation director, key animation)
  • Jin-Roh (key animation)
  • Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (animation director)
  • RahXephon Tagen Hensōkyoku (animation director)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (animation director)

Games
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References
  1. "Bones Co-Founder Hiroshi Ōsaka Passes Away". Anime News Network. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
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