Keiichi Sato

Keiichi Sato (さとうけいいち) is a mecha and character designer born in the Kagawa Prefecture of Japan in 1965.

In 1996, Sato met with Kazuyoshi Katayama to begin work on The Big O. Until then, Sato's work consisted mainly of designing characters and supervising animation for anime series. The Big O is the first based on a concept of his creation and he considers it his magnum opus. Sato's style is influenced by his "love of all things nostalgic."

Credits

 * Giant Robo (Animation supervisor)
 * City Hunter: Goodbye my Sweetheart (Character design, Chief animation supervisor)
 * City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (Character design)
 * Sentimental Journey (Visual director)
 * The Big O (Character design, Mecha design, Original creator)
 * The SoulTaker (Creature design, OP director)
 * Mazinkaiser (Mecha design)
 * Mazinkaiser: Shitou! Ankoku Daishogun (Mecha design)
 * Wolf's Rain (Animation director)
 * Karas (Original creator)