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Akio Sakai酒井明雄

Animation Director and Director on Grave of the Fireflies, Spice and Wolf and Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!.
anime credits
14
anime credits
most credited as
Animation Director
most credited as
busiest year (3)
1988
busiest year (3)
Akio Sakai

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Akio Sakai worked on, by premiere year

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830 in 1983
840 in 1984
850 in 1985
860 in 1986
871 in 1987
883 in 1988
891 in 1989
901 in 1990
910 in 1991
920 in 1992
930 in 1993
940 in 1994
950 in 1995
960 in 1996
970 in 1997
981 in 1998
990 in 1999
002 in 2000
010 in 2001
020 in 2002
030 in 2003
040 in 2004
050 in 2005
060 in 2006
070 in 2007
081 in 2008
091 in 2009
100 in 2010
110 in 2011
121 in 2012

All credits

  1. 2012Tight-rope posterTight-ropePlanning
  2. 2009Hey, Class President! posterHey, Class President!Planning
  3. 2008Spice and Wolf posterSpice and WolfPlanning
  4. 2000Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! posterHajime no Ippo: The Fighting!Storyboard
  5. 2000Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman posterAmon: The Apocalypse of DevilmanAnimation Producer
  6. 1998Cardcaptor Sakura posterCardcaptor SakuraEpisode Director, Storyboard
  7. 1990Record of Lodoss War posterRecord of Lodoss WarStoryboard, Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
  8. 1989YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl! posterYAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!Animation Director, Storyboard, Episode Director, Key Animation
  9. 1988Grave of the Fireflies posterGrave of the FirefliesKey Animation
  10. 1988Legend of the Galactic Heroes posterLegend of the Galactic HeroesStoryboard, Episode Director, Animation Director
  11. 1988Demon City Shinjuku posterDemon City ShinjukuKey Animation
  12. 1987Wicked City posterWicked CityKey Animation
  13. 1974Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar posterStar Blazers: The Quest for IscandarAnimation
  14. 1973Aim for the Ace! posterAim for the Ace!Key Animation

Frequently asked questions

What anime has Akio Sakai worked on?

Akio Sakai's best-known work includes Grave of the Fireflies (Key Animation), Spice and Wolf (Planning), Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (Storyboard), Cardcaptor Sakura (Episode Director), Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Storyboard), Record of Lodoss War (Storyboard).

What does Akio Sakai do?

Akio Sakai is credited most often as animation director, director, key animation on anime.