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Osamu Kobayashi

Born January 9, 1945 · Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan (age 81)

Osamu Kobayashi (小林 治 Kobayashi Osamu, born January 9, 1945) is an animator and animation director perhaps best known for Magical Angel Creamy Mami. He was born in Fuchuu-shi, Tokyo. He belongs to Ajia-do Animation Works. In 1963, he entered Toei animation (existing TOEI ANIMATION) at the same period as Tsutomu Shibayama and Hayao Miyazaki. He was a chief animator working with Shibayama after havi…

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Street Fighter II: The Animated MovieStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie · 1994
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
7.11994
MovieAnimationAction
Bison, the ruthless leader of the international terrorist organization Shadowlaw, has been desperately searching for the greatest fighter on the planet for years. He finds it in Ryu, a young wanderer who never stays in one place long enough for Bison to find him. He does, however, get a fix on Ken Masters, an American martial arts champion who studied with Ryu as a child under the same master. Meanwhile, Major Guile of the United States Army is forced to team up with Chun Li from China in hopes of apprehending Bison and putting a stop his international ring of crime.
Lupin the Third: Pilot FilmLupin the Third: Pilot Film · 1969
Lupin the Third: Pilot Film
6.71969
MovieAdventureComedy
The first animated adaptation of the popular manga series, this pilot introduces the main characters of "Lupin the Third" with montages, presented through a short frame narrative illustrating a typical gang escape.
ProgramProgram · 2003
Program
6.82003
MovieScience FictionAnimation
Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world during a samurai sword fight. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
The Life of Budori GusukoThe Life of Budori Gusuko · 2012
The Life of Budori Gusuko
6.52012
MovieDramaAnimation
The fairy tale follows a young man named Gusukō in the Tōhoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Gusukō is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Gusukō joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Gusukō from his home.
Makoto-chanMakoto-chan · 1980
Makoto-chan
9.01980
MovieComedyAnimation
A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.
Creamy Mami: Forever Once MoreCreamy Mami: Forever Once More · 1984
Creamy Mami: Forever Once More
6.71984
MovieAnimation
The Space Kittens Pozi and Nega gave little Yu a magic baton and for a year she possessed the power to transform into grown up idol singer Creamy Mami and use her magic for good. Sometimes her powers caused more problems than they solved, and though everything worked out well she finally returned the baton. Ever since, Mami has been absent from the music scene, but suddenly her return is announced in a blaze of publicity. Yu and her friends uncover a campaign by bad boy Shingo to deceive the singer's many fans.
Marina the Manga Artist Goes to CamelotMarina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot · 1990
Marina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot
1.01990
MovieAnimationFantasy
Marina meets beautiful boys in an SF Fantasy based in Medieval England.
Tsushima Maru: Goodbye, OkinawaTsushima Maru: Goodbye, Okinawa · 1982
Tsushima Maru: Goodbye, Okinawa
7.01982
MovieAnimationHistory
A documentary anime retelling the shipwreck of the freight boat Tsushima Maru, which was carrying 836 schoolchildren home in July 1944 when it was attacked and sunk by an American submarine. Produced by the surviving family members of the Tsushima Maru.

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Magical Angel Creamy MamiMagical Angel Creamy Mami · 1983
Magical Angel Creamy Mami
6.61983
SeriesAnimationComedy
Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot which aired from 1983 to 1984 on Nippon Television. It went on to have five OVA adaptions and featured in other Studio Pierrot special presentations. A three volume manga was released during the original TV run, with the story written by Kazunori Itō and art by Yuuko Kitagawa. This was the first of five magical girl anime to be produced by Studio Pierrot, and the first of these to feature the designs of Akemi Takada. In 2005, the web-poll for TV Asahi's top-100 anime of all time saw Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel poll 82nd. The series is currently streaming in North America via Yomiuri Group's planned Anime Sols video service, as of spring 2013. Thus far, a limited DVD release of the first thirteen episodes has been successfully crowd-funded at Anime Sols, with the second set of episodes currently in crowd-fund mode.

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Onegai! Samia-donOnegai! Samia-don · 1985
Onegai! Samia-don
6.31985
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Please! Psammea-don is a Japanese anime that was broadcast from 2 April 1985 to 4 February 1986 with a total of 78 episodes produced. This anime is based on the 1902 novel Five Children and It by English author Edith Nesbit. The anime differs from the novel in revolving around four children rather than five. Three of the children are siblings while the fourth is their friend and neighbor. The four children encounter the Psammead who, in the anime, is depicted as being yellow with a blue hat, and more of a grumpy and lazy being than mischievous. In Latin America, the series was known as Samed, el duende mágico and in France and Quebec as Sablotin. In the Arab world, it was known as Moghamarat Samid.

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