Osamu Dezaki

Osamu Dezaki (November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011) also known as Makura Saki (崎枕 Saki Makura), Kan, Matsudo (松戸完 Matsudo Kan), To Yabuki (矢吹徹 Yabuki To or Kuyou Sai (斉九洋 Sai Kuyou), was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. He is acknowledged to be one of the best, and the bridge of the influential Anime directors, and popularized various techniques that are now considered standard, and Japanese animation. Dezaki developed a highly distinctive Signature Style, and is credited with inventing the Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame.