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Kazuki Akane

Name in Native Language: "赤根和樹" (Japanese/JA)
Screenwriter / Film Director / Animator | * 03/24/1962 (62) | Osaka (Japan)
Kazuki Akane (赤根 和樹, Akane Kazuki, 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. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Science-Fiction & Fantasy | Action & Adventure

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The side story takes place in 2017 a.t.b., between the rise of the “Black Knights” organization and the return of the supposedly "dead" Zero. The setting is in Europe, where the European Union (E. ...

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives

Certification unknown

2012 | 3.0/5 | 51min
Action, Science Fiction, Animation
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Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embar ...

Escaflowne: The Movie

PG-13

2000 | 3.5/5 | 1h 38min
Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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When summer break begins, Haruka is only thinking of hanging out with her friends—until one fateful night she learns that she’s the keystone in an interdimensional battle for not only the Earth’ ...

Noein: To Your Other Self

TV-14

2005 | 3.8/5 | 25min per episode
Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Constantly outperformed by the girls' club, the boys' soft tennis club faces disbandment due to their poor skills and lack of positive results. In desperate need of capable players, Toma Shinjou is lo ...

Stars Align

TV-14

2019 | 4.3/5 | 24min per episode
Animation, Drama
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Movies with Kazuki Akane as Crew(11)

Directing/Director2016 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones
Directing/Director2015 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4: Memories of Hatred
Writing/Screenplay2015 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4: Memories of Hatred
Directing/Director2015 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3: The Brightness Falls
Writing/Screenplay2015 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3: The Brightness Falls
Directing/Director2013 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided
Writing/Screenplay2013 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided
Directing/Director2012 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives
Directing/Director2009 Birdy the Mighty Decode: The Cipher
Directing/Director2000 Escaflowne: The Movie
Writing/Screenplay2000 Escaflowne: The Movie

TV Shows/Series with Kazuki Akane as Crew(19)

Directing/Series Director2019 Stars Align
Art/Storyboard Artist2013 Attack on Titan
Art/Storyboard Artist2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
Directing/Director2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
Directing/Series Director2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
Art/Storyboard Artist2006 Ergo Proxy
Writing/Storyboard2005 Aquarion
Directing/Director2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
Writing/Writer2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
Art/Storyboard Artist2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
Writing/Original Story2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
Art/Storyboard Artist2004 Samurai Champloo
Directing/Series Director2002 Heat Guy J
Art/Storyboard Artist1998 Cowboy Bebop
Directing/Director1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
Writing/Writer1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
Directing/Director1994 Dirty Pair Flash
Art/Storyboard Artist1994 Dirty Pair Flash
Directing/Director1989 Ronin Warriors: Gaiden

Additional Information

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Full Name: Kazuki Akane
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Saturday, 03/24 1962 (March) in Osaka (Japan) (current age: 62 years + 26 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Chiba Institute of Technology
Other names for Kazuki Akane (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"赤根和樹"
"赤根和树"
"あかね かずき" (Kana/Japanese)
Kazuki Akane frequently works together with these people:
Shinichiro Watanabe (14x, Crew)
Shouji Kawamori (11x, Crew)
Shigeyuki Susaki (10x, Actor)
Ryota Iwasaki (9x, Actor)
Takahiro Kimura (8x, Crew)
Daichi Endo (8x, Actor)
Shuko Murase (8x, Crew)
Yasuhito Kikuchi (7x, Crew)
Kazuhiro Fusegawa (7x, Actor)
Kazuto Nakazawa (7x, Crew)
Takahiro Sumi (7x, Actor)
Kohsuke Tanabe (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:678539, Added: 10/29/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024