🎬 animation director
Akio Hirakawa平川亜喜雄
Animation Director and Character Design on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, A Certain Scientific Railgun and Sankarea: Undying Love.
- anime credits
- 12
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (3)
- 2009
- busiest year (3)

Best-known work
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood2nd Key Animation · 2009
A Certain Scientific RailgunAnimation Director · 2009
Sankarea: Undying LoveAnimation Director · 2012
Digimon: Digital MonstersKey Animation · 1999
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!Key Animation · 1998
Sankarea: I, Too, Am... A Zombie...Animation Director · 2012
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! (Movie)In-Between Animation · 1999
Big Windup! 2Key Animation · 2010
Taisho Baseball GirlsAnimation Director · 2009
Gambler Densetsu TetsuyaKey Animation · 2000
Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no SerenadeCharacter Design · 2015
Meiji Tokyo Renka: Hanakagami no FantasiaCharacter Design · 2016
Credits per year
Anime Akio Hirakawa worked on, by premiere year
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3 in 2009
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 98 | 1 in 1998 |
| 99 | 2 in 1999 |
| 00 | 1 in 2000 |
| 01 | 0 in 2001 |
| 02 | 0 in 2002 |
| 03 | 0 in 2003 |
| 04 | 0 in 2004 |
| 05 | 0 in 2005 |
| 06 | 0 in 2006 |
| 07 | 0 in 2007 |
| 08 | 0 in 2008 |
| 09 | 3 in 2009 |
| 10 | 1 in 2010 |
| 11 | 0 in 2011 |
| 12 | 2 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 0 in 2014 |
| 15 | 1 in 2015 |
| 16 | 1 in 2016 |
All credits
- 2016
Meiji Tokyo Renka: Hanakagami no FantasiaCharacter Design - 2015
Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no SerenadeCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director - 2012
Sankarea: Undying LoveAnimation Director - 2012
Sankarea: I, Too, Am... A Zombie...Animation Director - 2010
Big Windup! 2Key Animation - 2009
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood2nd Key Animation - 2009
A Certain Scientific RailgunAnimation Director, Key Animation - 2009
Taisho Baseball GirlsAnimation Director, Key Animation - 2000
Gambler Densetsu TetsuyaKey Animation - 1999
Digimon: Digital MonstersKey Animation - 1999
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! (Movie)In-Between Animation - 1998
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!Key Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Akio Hirakawa worked on?
Akio Hirakawa's best-known work includes Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2nd Key Animation), A Certain Scientific Railgun (Animation Director), Sankarea: Undying Love (Animation Director), Digimon: Digital Monsters (Key Animation), Yu☆Gi☆Oh! (Key Animation), Sankarea: I, Too, Am... A Zombie... (Animation Director).
What does Akio Hirakawa do?
Akio Hirakawa is credited most often as animation director, character design, key animation on anime.