Kazuki Akane

Kazuki Akane (赤根和樹 Akane Kazuki) is a well-known 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.

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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 - to your other self 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)