Ken'ichi Kasai

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Ken'ichi Kasai (カサヰケンイチ, Kasai Ken'ichi^?, birth name: 笠井賢一 Kasai Ken'ichi) is a Japanese anime director, born on 1970-04-12 in Gifu Prefecture.

He is amongst J.C.Staff's most noted directors, having directed the highly-rated Honey and Clover series. Beginning his career as a production manager, using his birth name, he moved onto direction with J.C. Staff. With 2002's Wagamama: Fairy Mirumo De Pon!, he began using his name in katakana.

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Cooking Papa (production manager)
Moeru! Top Striker (production manager)
Ultraman Kids Haha wo Tazunete 3000 Man Kōnen (production manager)
Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (assistant director)
Cutie Honey F (assistant director)
Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus (assistant director and episode director)
Jibaku-kun (opening and ending theme director)
Soreyuke! Uchū Senkan Yamamoto Yōko (episode director)
Ah! My Goddess: Being Small is Convenient (episode director)
Anime Ganbare Goemon (storyboards and episode director)
Gokudō-kun Manyū-ki (storyboards and episode director)
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (storyboards and episode director)
Neo Ranga (storyboards and episode director)
Majutsushi Orphen Revenge (storyboards and episode director)
Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13 (episode director)
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō (storyboards and episode director)
Daa! Daa! Daa! (storyboards and episode director)
Kuru Kuru Amī (director)
Wagamama: Fairy Mirumo De Pon! (director,eps 1-102)
Major first season (director)
Honey and Clover (director)
Major second season (director)
Honey and Clover II (supervision, ending theme storyboards, episode director)
Puri Gorota Uchū no Yūjō Dai Bōken (director, script and storyboards of Nodame Cantabile's live action drama episode 4's anime portion)
Major third season (director)
Nodame Cantabille (director)
Kimikiss: pure rouge (director)