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)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack 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
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory OVA series (1991–1992) - Unit Director
 * Dirty Pair Flash: Mission III 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
 * Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea 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