Keiichi Sato
Japanese animation director, mecha and character designer (born 1965)
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Keiichi Sato (さとう けいいち, Satō Keiichi; born December 18, 1965) is a Japanese animation director, mecha and character designer born in Kagawa Prefecture.[1]
In 1996, Sato met with Kazuyoshi Katayama to begin work on The Big O. Until then, Sato's work consisted mainly of designing characters and supervising animation for anime series. The Big O is the first based on a concept of his creation and he considers it his magnum opus.[2] Sato's style is influenced by his "love of all things nostalgic."
Filmography
Director
- Karas (2005)[3]
- Tiger & Bunny (2011)[3]
- Asura (2012)[4]
- Black Butler (2014)[5]
- Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014)[6]
- Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (2014)[7]
- Gantz: O (2016, chief director)[8]
- Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (2017)[9]
- Inuyashiki (2017, chief director)[10]
- Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (2024)[11]
Other
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Key Animation)
- Genesis Survivor Gaiarth (Animation Director (ep. 3))
- Giant Robo (Animation supervisor)
- Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Animation Director)
- Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (Key Animation)
- Junkers Come Here (Original Character Design)
- The Brave of Gold Goldran (Animation Director (eps. 12, 16, 21))
- Brave Command Dagwon (Opening Animation (op1))
- Ninja Resurrection (Character Design, Chief Animation Director)
- Urotsukidoji (Character Design)
- City Hunter: Goodbye my Sweetheart (Character design, Chief animation supervisor)
- Sentimental Graffiti (Visual director)
- City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (Character design)
- The Big O (Original concept, Character design, Mecha designer)
- The SoulTaker (Storyboard (ep. 5), Creature design, OP director)
- Mazinkaiser (Mecha design)
- Wolf's Rain (Animation director)
- Mazinkaiser: Shitou! Ankoku Daishogun (Mecha design)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (Animation Director (ep. 1))
- C (Conceptual Design)
- Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (Character design)
