Osamu Kobayashi

Birth : 1945-01-09, Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan

History

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 having transferred to an A production (an existing Shin-ei-animation). He established Ajia-do Animation Works with Shibayama Tsutomu in 1978. (Wikipedia)

Movies

The Life of Budori Gusuko
Storyboard Artist
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.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Storyboard Artist
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.
My Steady Is a Witch
Director
Hisashi Seki lives alone in an old apartment building built in a dimensional warp . He's unaware of this until he wakes up to find a gorgeous nude girl, Asami, in his room. They fall in love on sight and decide to stay together in Hisashi's world, however the girl's appearance leads to all sorts of increasingly strange phenomenon. Then an accident shoots Hisashi into another dimension!
Creamy Mami: Forever Once More
Director
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.
Tsushima Maru: Goodbye, Okinawa
Director
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.
The Gutsy Frog: The Movie
Animation Director
A film version of New Gutsy Frog directed by Tsutomu Shibayama in 1982.
21 Emon Welcome to the Space
Storyboard Artist
The story tells the adventures of the boy, 21 emon, engaged in the management of a hotel belonging to his family for years. In his problems, 21 emons is helped by the robot Gonsuke and the little alien Monga.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Ā Tsuppari Jinsei
Animation Director
The third and final anime film based on the Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! manga series.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Ā Tsuppari Jinsei
Storyboard
The third and final anime film based on the Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! manga series.
Makoto-chan
Animation Director
The series follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Gekitō Pennant Race
Animation Director
The second of three anime films based on the Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! manga series.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Gekitō Pennant Race
Storyboard
The second of three anime films based on the Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! manga series.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!
Animation Director
The first of three anime films based on the Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! manga series. The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!
Storyboard
The first of three anime films based on the Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! manga series. The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation.
Lupin the Third: Pilot Film
Screenplay
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.