Ken'ichi Kasai

is a Japanese anime director, born on 1970-04-12 in Gifu Prefecture.

He is amongst J.C.Staff's most noted directors, having directed the highly-rated "Honey and Clover" series. Beginning his career as a production manager, using his birth name, he moved onto direction with J.C. Staff. With 2002's "", he began using his name in katakana.

Works

TV anime

*"Cooking Papa" (production manager)
*"Moeru! Top Striker" (production manager)
*"Ultraman Kids Haha wo Tazunete 3000 Man Kōnen" (production manager)
*"Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars" (assistant director)
*"Cutie Honey F" (assistant director)
*"Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus" (assistant director and episode director)
*"Jibaku-kun" (opening and ending theme director)
*"Soreyuke! Uchū Senkan Yamamoto Yōko" (episode director)
*"" (episode director)
*"Anime Ganbare Goemon" (storyboards and episode director)
*"Gokudō-kun Manyū-ki" (storyboards and episode director)
*"Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!" (storyboards and episode director)
*"Neo Ranga" (storyboards and episode director)
*"Majutsushi Orphen Revenge" (storyboards and episode director)
*"Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13" (episode director)
*"Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō" (storyboards and episode director)
*"Daa! Daa! Daa!" (storyboards and episode director)
*"Kuru Kuru Amī" (director)
*"" (director,eps 1-102)
*"Major first season" (director)
*"Honey and Clover" (director)
*"Major second season" (director)
*"Honey and Clover II" (supervision, ending theme storyboards, episode director)
*"Puri Gorota Uchū no Yūjō Dai Bōken" (director, script and storyboards of "Nodame Cantabile's live action drama episode 4's anime portion)
*"Major third season" (director)
*"Nodame Cantabille" (director)
*"" (director)

Sources:ja icon cite web|url=http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/%A5%AB%A5%B5%A5%F0%A5%B1%A5%F3%A5%A4%A5%C1|title=カサヰケンイチとは - はてなダイアリー|accessdate=2007-06-10] en icon cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=12534|title=Kenichi KASAI|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2007-06-10] en icon cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2032547/|title=Kenichi KASAI|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=2007-06-10]

Notes and references