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Kazuki Akane

Born March 24, 1962, in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture is a Japanese animation director. 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 the Birdy the Mighty TV series, among other projects.

Kazuki Akane

Autograph session with Kazuki Akane at Japan Expo Sud 2010 (Marseille, France).

Georges Seguin (Okki) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Name
Kazuki Akane
Born
24 March 1962
Birthplace
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation
Japanese anime director
Nationality
Japan.
Education
Chiba Institute of Technology.
Languages
Japanese.

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Born March 24, 1962, in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture is a Japanese animation director. 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 the Birdy the Mighty TV series, among other projects.

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Kazuki Akane (born 1962) is an animator, film director and screenwriter, of Japanese nationality. The animator was born in Osaka. Kazuki Akane was educated at Chiba Institute of Technology. Languages used include Japanese.

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