🎬 animator
Takahiro Sakai酒井孝裕
Animation Director and Character Design on Toradora!, PSYCHO-PASS and Secrets of the Silent Witch.
- anime credits
- 14
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 2025
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
Toradora!Key Animation · 2008
PSYCHO-PASSAnimation Director · 2012
Secrets of the Silent WitchKey Animation · 2025
Spice and Wolf II2nd Key Animation · 2009
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the DungeonCharacter Design · 2023
Seton Academy: Join the Pack!Chief Animation Director · 2020
Shakugan no Shana: Season IIKey Animation · 2007
Yuki Yuna is a HeroCharacter Design · 2014
Shakugan no Shana: Season III2nd Key Animation · 2011
Ace AttorneyAnimation Director · 2016
Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood.Character Design · 2018
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2Character Design · 2025
Credits per year
Anime Takahiro Sakai worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 2025
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 07 | 1 in 2007 |
| 08 | 1 in 2008 |
| 09 | 1 in 2009 |
| 10 | 0 in 2010 |
| 11 | 1 in 2011 |
| 12 | 1 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 1 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 1 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 1 in 2020 |
| 21 | 0 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 2 in 2023 |
| 24 | 0 in 2024 |
| 25 | 2 in 2025 |
| 26 | 1 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 3Character Design - 2025
Secrets of the Silent WitchKey Animation, Chief Animation Director - 2025
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2Character Design - 2023
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the DungeonCharacter Design - 2023
Stardust TelepathChief Animation Director, Character Design, Animation Director, Eyecatch - 2020
Seton Academy: Join the Pack!Chief Animation Director, Animation Director - 2018
Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood.Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director - 2016
Ace AttorneyAnimation Director - 2014
Yuki Yuna is a HeroCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director - 2012
PSYCHO-PASSAnimation Director - 2011
Shakugan no Shana: Season III2nd Key Animation - 2009
Spice and Wolf II2nd Key Animation, Key Animation - 2008
Toradora!Key Animation - 2007
Shakugan no Shana: Season IIKey Animation, In-Betweens Check
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Takahiro Sakai worked on?
Takahiro Sakai's best-known work includes Toradora! (Key Animation), PSYCHO-PASS (Animation Director), Secrets of the Silent Witch (Key Animation), Spice and Wolf II (2nd Key Animation), Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (Character Design), Seton Academy: Join the Pack! (Chief Animation Director).
What does Takahiro Sakai do?
Takahiro Sakai is credited most often as animation director, character design, chief animation director on anime.