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Kazuki Akane is a Director and Scriptwriter Japonais born on 24 march 1962 at Osaka City (Japon)

Kazuki Akane

Kazuki Akane
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Nationality Japon
Birth 24 march 1962 (62 years) at Osaka City (Japon)

Kazuki Akane (赤根 和樹, Akane Kazuki, born March 24, 1962 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese director of Japanese animation. 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.

Biography

Kazuki Akane nait à Osaka dans la préfecture d'Osaka mais grandit dans la ville voisine de Nara. Après avoir été diplômé de l'Université de technologie de Chiba, Kazuki Akane intègre le studio Sunrise en tant qu'assistant à la production. À partir de la fin des années 1980, Kazuki Akane est propulsé directeur d'épisodes et storyboarder et travaille sur de nombreuses productions de Sunrise. En 1996, il passe à la réalisation sur la série Vision d'Escaflowne qui sera un grand succès. C'est également sur cette série qu'il collabore pour la première fois avec Shōji Kawamori, responsable du scénario.

Il continue de travailler encore quelques années chez Sunrise en réalisant quelques storyboards et un film, Escaflowne - Une fille sur Gaïa, mais finalement Kazuki Akane part rejoindre en 2000 Shōji Kawamori chez Satelight où celui-ci est directeur exécutif. Il y réalise ses trois prochaines séries, Geneshaft (2001), Heat Guy J (2002-2003), Noein'(2005-2006). Mais récemment, il s'est tourné vers le jeune studio A-1 Pictures pour produire sa nouvelle série, Birdy the Mighty.

Usually with

Ward Perry
Ward Perry
(1 films)
Brian Dobson
Brian Dobson
(1 films)
Mayumi Iizuka
Mayumi Iizuka
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kazuki Akane (1 films)

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Director

Escaflowne
Escaflowne (2000)
, 1h38
Directed by Kazuki Akane
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Māya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Kelly Sheridan, Jouji Nakata, Mayumi Iizuka, Minami Takayama
Rating65% 3.29933.29933.29933.29933.2993
Hitomi Kanzaki is plagued by sleepiness and experiences very unusual and strange dreams. She is depressed and wants nothing more than to disappear. After leaving her only friend, she is suddenly transported, while inside the Dragon Armour, to a new and mysterious world, Gaea. Once there she is declared the "Winged Goddess", but is confused and can't understand anything. After a while she discovers there is a battle for the Black Dragons dynasty between Prince Van and his brother Lord Folken. A battle in which she is called to play an important role.

Scriptwriter

Escaflowne
Escaflowne (2000)
, 1h38
Directed by Kazuki Akane
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Māya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Kelly Sheridan, Jouji Nakata, Mayumi Iizuka, Minami Takayama
Rating65% 3.29933.29933.29933.29933.2993
Hitomi Kanzaki is plagued by sleepiness and experiences very unusual and strange dreams. She is depressed and wants nothing more than to disappear. After leaving her only friend, she is suddenly transported, while inside the Dragon Armour, to a new and mysterious world, Gaea. Once there she is declared the "Winged Goddess", but is confused and can't understand anything. After a while she discovers there is a battle for the Black Dragons dynasty between Prince Van and his brother Lord Folken. A battle in which she is called to play an important role.