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

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- 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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• Name — Kazuki Akane • Born — 24 March 1962 • Birthplace — Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Japanese anime director • Years Active — 1986-present
List of works
List of works
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ series (1986–1987) - Production Runner (numerous episodes) • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack movie (1988) - Production Runner • Jushin Liger series (1989–1990) - Episode Director • Dragon Quest 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 series (2008), Director • Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (2012–2016) - Director, Script • Stars Align (2019), Director
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Institutional cataloguing adds that kazuki Akane is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation animator. It is also recorded that kazuki Akane is recorded as a citizen of Japan. Institutional cataloguing adds that kazuki Akane is recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that kazuki Akane was born on 24 March 1962.
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Autograph session with Kazuki Akane at Japan Expo Sud 2010 (Marseille, France).
Georges Seguin (Okki)
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