🎬 animator
Akira Kikuchi菊池晃
Animation Director and Key Animation on Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Baccano! and Wistoria: Wand and Sword.
- anime credits
- 20
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (3)
- 2008
- busiest year (3)

Best-known work
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kunKey Animation · 2014
Baccano!Key Animation · 2007
Wistoria: Wand and SwordKey Animation · 2024
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1Key Animation · 2008
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2Monster Design · 2026
Gintama: THE VERY FINALDesign Assistance · 2021
I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!Action Animation Director · 2025
Full Metal Panic? FumoffuKey Animation · 2003
Baccano! Bangai-henKey Animation · 2008
MacrossIn-Between Animation · 1982
The Big OKey Animation · 1999
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-Action Animation Director · 2022
Credits per year
Anime Akira Kikuchi worked on, by premiere year
024
3 in 2008
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 97 | 0 in 1997 |
| 98 | 1 in 1998 |
| 99 | 2 in 1999 |
| 00 | 1 in 2000 |
| 01 | 1 in 2001 |
| 02 | 0 in 2002 |
| 03 | 1 in 2003 |
| 04 | 1 in 2004 |
| 05 | 0 in 2005 |
| 06 | 0 in 2006 |
| 07 | 1 in 2007 |
| 08 | 3 in 2008 |
| 09 | 0 in 2009 |
| 10 | 0 in 2010 |
| 11 | 0 in 2011 |
| 12 | 0 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 0 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 0 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 1 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 1 in 2024 |
| 25 | 1 in 2025 |
| 26 | 1 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2Monster Design, Monster Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation - 2025
I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!Action Animation Director, Monster Design - 2024
Wistoria: Wand and SwordKey Animation, Effects Supervisor - 2022
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-Action Animation Director - 2021
Gintama: THE VERY FINALDesign Assistance - 2014
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kunKey Animation - 2008
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1Key Animation - 2008
Baccano! Bangai-henKey Animation - 2008
KurenaiKey Animation - 2007
Baccano!Key Animation - 2004
Maria Watches Over UsKey Animation - 2003
Full Metal Panic? FumoffuKey Animation - 2001
MazinkaiserKey Animation - 2000
Sakura WarsKey Animation - 1999
The Big OKey Animation - 1999
Crest of the StarsKey Animation - 1998
Twilight of the Dark MasterKey Animation - 1996
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS TeamKey Animation - 1994
Blue SeedKey Animation - 1982
MacrossIn-Between Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Akira Kikuchi worked on?
Akira Kikuchi's best-known work includes Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Key Animation), Baccano! (Key Animation), Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Key Animation), Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1 (Key Animation), Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 (Monster Design), Gintama: THE VERY FINAL (Design Assistance).
What does Akira Kikuchi do?
Akira Kikuchi is credited most often as animation director, key animation, monster design on anime.