🎬 animator
Sunao Chikaoka近岡直
Animation Director and Key Animation on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and Gurren Lagann.
- anime credits
- 21
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (4)
- 2011
- busiest year (4)

Best-known work
Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodKey Animation · 2009
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day2nd Key Animation · 2011
Gurren LagannAnimation Director · 2007
Puella Magi Madoka MagicaKey Animation · 2011
Fullmetal AlchemistKey Animation · 2003
Magi: The Labyrinth of MagicAnimation Director · 2012
To Love RuKey Animation · 2008
OreshuraKey Animation · 2013
BeelzebubKey Animation · 2011
Black Butler IIKey Animation · 2010
Bunny DropKey Animation · 2011
Wagnaria!!Key Animation · 2010
Credits per year
Anime Sunao Chikaoka worked on, by premiere year
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 02 | 1 in 2002 |
| 03 | 1 in 2003 |
| 04 | 0 in 2004 |
| 05 | 1 in 2005 |
| 06 | 0 in 2006 |
| 07 | 1 in 2007 |
| 08 | 2 in 2008 |
| 09 | 1 in 2009 |
| 10 | 4 in 2010 |
| 11 | 4 in 2011 |
| 12 | 1 in 2012 |
| 13 | 2 in 2013 |
| 14 | 0 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 1 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 0 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 0 in 2021 |
| 22 | 1 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 0 in 2024 |
| 25 | 0 in 2025 |
| 26 | 1 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!Animation Director, Key Animation - 2022
Urusei Yatsura (2022) Seasons 1 & 2Animation Director - 2016
Occultic;NineKey Animation - 2013
OreshuraKey Animation - 2013
Patema InvertedKey Animation - 2012
Magi: The Labyrinth of MagicAnimation Director - 2011
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day2nd Key Animation - 2011
Puella Magi Madoka MagicaKey Animation - 2011
BeelzebubKey Animation - 2011
Bunny DropKey Animation - 2010
Black Butler IIKey Animation - 2010
Wagnaria!!Key Animation, Animation Director - 2010
Ladies Versus ButlersKey Animation - 2010
Sound of the SkyKey Animation - 2009
Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodKey Animation - 2008
To Love RuKey Animation - 2008
Michiko & HatchinAnimation Director, Key Animation - 2007
Gurren LagannAnimation Director, Eyecatch - 2005
SHUFFLE!Key Animation - 2003
Fullmetal AlchemistKey Animation - 2002
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexIn-Between Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Sunao Chikaoka worked on?
Sunao Chikaoka's best-known work includes Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Key Animation), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2nd Key Animation), Gurren Lagann (Animation Director), Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Key Animation), Fullmetal Alchemist (Key Animation), Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (Animation Director).
What does Sunao Chikaoka do?
Sunao Chikaoka is credited most often as animation director, key animation, 2nd key animation on anime.
When was Sunao Chikaoka born?
Sunao Chikaoka was born on September 18, 1979.