Kazuki Akane

Kazuki Akane (赤根和樹 "Akane Kazuki") is a Japanese director of Japanese animation. He was born on March 24, 1962 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Until the early 2000s, he was a staff member of the anime studio Sunrise, where he collaborated with Shoji Kawamori to direct his most famous work, "The Vision of Escaflowne". Since that time, he worked extensively with Satelight (and occasionally again with Kawamori, who is the studio's executive director) before going freelance once more to direct his latest series, "Birdy the Mighty".

List of Works

*"Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ" series (1986 - 1987) - Production Runner (numerous episodes)
*"" movie (1988) - Production Runner
*"Bio Armor Ryger" series (1989 - 1990) - Episode Director
*"Dragon Warrior" series (1989 - 1991) - Storyboard Artist (episode 17)
*"Future GPX Cyber Formula" series (1991) - Storyboard Artist, Unit Director
*"Mobile Suit Gundam F91" movie (1991) - Assistant Director
*"" OVA series (1991 - 1992) - Unit Director
*"" OVA series (1995 - 1996) - Storyboard Artist (episode 2)
*"The Vision of Escaflowne" series (1996) - Director, Storyboard Artist (numerous episodes), Unit Director (episode 24)
*"Cowboy Bebop" series (1998 - 1999) - Storyboard Artist (episode 3)
*"Turn A Gundam" series (1999 - 2000) - Storyboard Artist
*"" movie (2000) - Director, Script (with Ryota Yamaguchi)
*"Geneshaft" series (2001) - Director, Storyboard Artist, Planner
*"Heat Guy J" series (2002 - 2003) - Original Creator, Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Planner
*"Samurai Champloo" series (2004 - 2005) - Storyboard Artist
*"Genesis of Aquarion" series (2005) - Storyboard Artist (episode 2)
*"Noein" series (2005) - Original Creator, Director, Series Composition, Script (episodes 1, 2, 16), Episode Director (episode 24), Storyboard Artist (opening credits, 1, 2, 16, 24)
*"Ergo Proxy" series (2006) - Storyboard Artist (episode 20)
*"Birdy the Mighty Decode" TV series (2008), Director

External links

* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=732 Kazuki Akane at the Anime News Network Encyclopedia]
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