🎬 animator
Takuya Saitou齋藤卓也
Animation Director and Character Design on HAIKYU!!, Kaiju No. 8 and Serial Experiments Lain.
- anime credits
- 20
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 1998
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
HAIKYU!!Key Animation · 2014
Kaiju No. 8Animation Director · 2024
Serial Experiments LainKey Animation · 1998
Kabaneri of the Iron FortressAnimation Director · 2016
HellsingKey Animation · 2001
Bunny DropAssistant Animation Director · 2011
Run with the WindKey Animation · 2018
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexKey Animation · 2002
Ranma ½Key Animation · 1989
Colorful ~ The Motion PictureAssistant Animation Director · 2010
JoJo's Bizarre AdventureKey Animation · 1993
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGKey Animation · 2004
Credits per year
Anime Takuya Saitou worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 1998
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 95 | 1 in 1995 |
| 96 | 1 in 1996 |
| 97 | 0 in 1997 |
| 98 | 2 in 1998 |
| 99 | 0 in 1999 |
| 00 | 0 in 2000 |
| 01 | 1 in 2001 |
| 02 | 2 in 2002 |
| 03 | 0 in 2003 |
| 04 | 1 in 2004 |
| 05 | 0 in 2005 |
| 06 | 0 in 2006 |
| 07 | 1 in 2007 |
| 08 | 0 in 2008 |
| 09 | 0 in 2009 |
| 10 | 2 in 2010 |
| 11 | 1 in 2011 |
| 12 | 0 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 1 in 2015 |
| 16 | 1 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 1 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 1 in 2024 |
All credits
- 2024
Kaiju No. 8Animation Director - 2021
Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot - Paladin; AgateramAnimation Director, Key Animation - 2018
Run with the WindKey Animation - 2016
Kabaneri of the Iron FortressAnimation Director - 2015
Mobile Suit Gundam: The OriginKey Animation - 2014
HAIKYU!!Key Animation - 2011
Bunny DropAssistant Animation Director, Key Animation - 2010
Colorful ~ The Motion PictureAssistant Animation Director, Key Animation - 2010
Mobile Suit Gundam UCKey Animation - 2007
Ghost HoundKey Animation - 2004
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGKey Animation - 2002
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexKey Animation - 2002
RahXephonKey Animation - 2001
HellsingKey Animation - 1998
Serial Experiments LainKey Animation - 1998
Outlaw StarCharacter Design, Animation Director, Key Animation - 1996
Vision of EscaflowneKey Animation - 1995
Gunsmith CatsKey Animation - 1993
JoJo's Bizarre AdventureKey Animation - 1989
Ranma ½Key Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Takuya Saitou worked on?
Takuya Saitou's best-known work includes HAIKYU!! (Key Animation), Kaiju No. 8 (Animation Director), Serial Experiments Lain (Key Animation), Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Animation Director), Hellsing (Key Animation), Bunny Drop (Assistant Animation Director).
What does Takuya Saitou do?
Takuya Saitou is credited most often as animation director, character design, key animation on anime.