Satoshi Dezaki

Satoshi Dezaki
Total Credits at Criticker: 18 (Director), 1 (Writer)
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They Were 11
A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship. But when they arrive, they discover that instead of ten students, there are eleven. One of them doesn't belong there. (imdb)
Mad Bull 34
Mad Bull 34 (1991) - Direct-to-Video
Rookie Police Officer Daizaburo "Eddie" Ban joins New York's 34th precinct where he is partnered up with John Estes, also known as Sleepy to his friends and Mad Bull to everyone else...Despite Mad Bull's questionable methods for solving crime he always has a good reason for what he did and together him and Daizaburo try to make New York a safer place for everyone. (Anime News Network)
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
The fifth film is an animated adaptation of the final story of the manga and is also the official ending of the anime series, in which Lum and Ataru must repeat the game of tag played out in the first episode of the television series, or the Earth will be infested with mushrooms larger than buildings. Further, should Ataru lose, Lum will leave forever and everyone's memories will be changed so that they don't remember she, or her friends, were ever there... (Wikipedia)
Urusei Yatsura \
It is summertime, and Shinobu laments not having a boyfriend. She then happens upon a young man weak from hunger, and wearing a rabbit costume. She gives him a carrot, he expresses his gratitude by hitting on her... and she hits back. The young man leaves behind a key to another dimension where everybody's possible futures exist. Lum and Ataru join Shinobu to find the bunny boy, and happy futures for themselves. (imdb)
Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell
In the late 1990s, society is descending into ecological collapse and totalitarianism. Saiga Riki-Oh, a mysterious man with a six-pointed star on his fist, finds himself at the privately-owned Tokyo State Prison. Serving a term of three years due to assault, his first offense, Riki-Oh openly antagonizes The Four Emperors, four powerful prisoners that control the prison and keep the rest of the inmates in line... (animenewsnetwork.com)
Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction
Horobi no Ko starts with a flash back to Riki's childhood displaying the terrible fate of his mother and how he himself was taken away from his twin brother Nachi during a game of hide-and-seek, with Nachi's plaintive cry haunting him through the years. Riki has a six-pointed star emblazoned on his hand, while Nachi has a swastika on his, the significance of which go unexplained. Riki finds himself in the town of Misaki, dotted with illegal nuclear power plants and run by a religious fanatic... (animenewsnetwork.com)
Grey: Digital Target
In a barren, war torn future Earth, a soldier and his female comrade look for a lost friend in a quest that would shake their reality. (imdb)
Ohayô! Supanku
Spank is a dog whose owner went missing on the high seas. While awaiting his return he meets Aiko Morimura, a student, whose father went also missing and who lives with her uncle, Mr Fujinami. In the course of the anime Spank begins to lighten up her gloomy mood as he is a clumsy and merry dog with lots of heart. (en.wikipedia.org)
Happy Birthday
After being abused by her mother physically and mentally Asuka gets taken in by her grandparents. Slowly she learns her own worth as a human being and overcomes many obstacles. (Letterboxd)
The Chohjotai
The Chohjotai (1991) - Direct-to-Video
Three girls, who have psychic powers, found a justice supporting group called the "Gakuen Choujotai" (Academy Super Girl Team). Psychokinesist Yumi, telepathist O-Kei, and Mai, who has superhuman strength. However, they are still inexperienced in using these powers. Meanwhile, a suspicious organization, the "Psychic Power Research Society" secretly works on a method to control the students' minds. The time has come for the Academy Super Girl Team. (imdb)
Legend of the Phantom Heroes
Yazawa, a Japanese pilot, suffers a crash in his Phantom jet fighter. After a six month recovery, his old friend from an airplane magazine wants him to investigate the appearance of a Phantom in an armed conflict in El Salvador. Yazawa's investigations makes him wind up in an international arms conspiracy. (imdb)
Undersea Super Train: Marine Express
A story about a detective who rides a new underwater train system and discovers a criminal plot while with many people as part of a big adventure.
A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose
A devil sends two cities; Kujukuri City in Chiba Prefecture and Dallas in the U.S., to ten thousand years ahead in the future, makes them fight each other, and enjoys watching over the fight. The devil's name is Bazusu. So Tanbara Gai, a member of Time Patrol, fights this devil to stop the atrocity. (myanimelist)
Carol
Carol (1990) - Direct-to-Video
Carol is the tale of a teenage girl whose life seems normal enough until she notices music disappearing from all around her, such as the sound of Big Ben, her father's cello-playing, and the concert of her favorite band, Gaball Screen. After hearing some mysterious voices, Carol is transported to a fantastic world where she must fight against the evil monsters who are stealing the music from Earth. She meets and is assisted by three dashing heroes: Clark, Tico, and Flash.
Boyfriend
Boyfriend (1992) - Direct-to-Video
Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together…
Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu - Hiryuu no Shou
An OVA released in 1991. Unlike the previous OVA series, this episode was produced separately by Toshiba.
Christmas in January
Christmas in January (1991) - Direct-to-Video
Based on one of Iwadate Mariko’s short stories appearing in the shoujo manga monthly magazine Margaret. This is a character study of a rather traumatized young woman who develops a crush on a man who lives next door to her. Nobumasa is a boy who works part-time in a shoe store, where he meets Mizuki, a girl whose abusive family life has left her unable to trust other people. Meanwhile, Nobumasa is unaware that another girl, Seiko, has a crush on him but is unable to express her feelings.