Junichi Sato
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is an anime
director.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
director.
TV anime
- Queen MillenniaQueen Millenniais a manga series by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980through 11 May 1983 in both the Sankei Shimbun and Nishinippon Sports newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime TV series by Toei Dōga and broadcast on the Fuji TV network from 16 April 1981 through...
(1981) (Production Manager) - Patalliro!Patalliro!is a long-running manga series written and illustrated by Mineo Maya, one of the few known male manga artist for shōnen-ai manga. Patalliro! is the first anime series to present shōnen-ai themes on television.- Plot :...
(1982) (Production Manager) - Bemubemu Hunter Kotengu Tenmaru (1983) (Storyboard, Episode Director)
- Tongari Bōshi no Memoru ("Wee Wendy" in the U.S.) (1984) (Storyboard, Episode Director)
- Mobile Suit Zeta GundamMobile Suit Zeta Gundamis a television anime, part of the Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs is split amongst Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita...
(1985) (Storyboard) - Hai Step Jun (1985) (Assistant Series Director, Storyboard, Episode Director)
- Maple Town Monogatari (1986) (Series Director)
- Akuma-kunAkuma-kunis a manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Several versions of the manga exist, one of which was adapted into a live-action TV show, and another into a TV anime.All media pretaining to the series was never released outside of Japan....
(1989) (Series Director) - Kimama ni Idol (1990) (Director)
- Mooretsu Atarō (1990) (Series Director)
- Goldfish Warning!Goldfish Warning!is a shōjo manga by which ran in Nakayoshi. A 54-episode anime series produced by Toei Animation aired on TV Asahi from January 12, 1991 through February 29, 1992. Each episode of the anime contained 2 11-minute stories, often unconnected with each other...
(1991) (Series Director) - Sailor MoonSailor MoonSailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
(1992) (Series Director) - Sailor Moon R (1993) (Series Director) (Ail & En story arc [also known as the "Doom Tree" arc])
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) (Storyboard) (as "Kiichi Hadame")
- Yume no Crayon OukokuYume no Crayon Oukokuis a Japanese children's literature by Reizo Fukunaga and serialized in Nakayoshi from January 1998 to December 1998. It was adapted into a seventy-episode anime television series by Toei Animation in 1997. It has been dubbed into French and Italian...
(1997–1999) (Series Director) - Ojamajo Doremi (1999) (Series Director) (with Takuya IgarashiTakuya Igarashiis a Japanese freelance anime director who originally worked for Toei Animation. He has also sometimes used the alias .-Anime involved in:*Ashita no Nadja*Futari wa Pretty Cure*Kingyo Chuuihou!*Konjiki no Gash Bell!!*Mushishi*Ojamajo Doremi...
) - Magic User's ClubMagic User's Clubis a magical girl/boy anime, released as a six part OVA in 1996 and then a 13-episode TV series in 1999, which was broadcast by WOWOW, and then by the anime television network, Animax, across its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions...
(1999) (Original Plan, Director) - Strange DawnStrange Dawnis a 13-episode anime TV series created by Hal Film Maker for Pioneer LDC in 2000. The series follows the adventures of Eri and Yuko after they are transported to a strange world where all the people are very short....
(2000) (Chief Director) - Gate KeepersGate Keepersis primarily a role-playing game for the PlayStation. The game was then adapted into a manga series written by and drawn by Keiji Gotoh and an anime series produced by Gonzo, and first aired on April 3, 2000.....
(2000) (Chief Director) - PrétearPrétear, also called Prétear - The New Legend of Snow White, is a manga series written by Junichi Sato and illustrated by Kaori Naruse. Spanning four volumes, the manga series was originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten from May 2000 through July 2001...
(2001) (Original Creator, Chief Director) - Princess TutuPrincess Tutuis a magical girl anime series created by Ikuko Itoh in 2002 for animation studio Hal Film Maker. It was adapted as a 2-volume manga illustrated by Mizuo Shinonome...
(2002) (Chief Director) - Kaleido StarKaleido Staris an anime series produced by Japanese studio Gonzo Digimation Holding. The series was created by Junichi Sato, who also directed the first season, and written by Reiko Yoshida...
(2003) (Original Plan, Director) - Sgt. FrogSgt. FrogSgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
(2004) (Chief Director) - Fushigiboshi no FutagohimeFushigiboshi no Futagohimeis a 2005 Japanese animated television show produced by Junichi Sato with character designs by Birthday. Following Birthday's original concept in 2003, it was taken by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo and was reproduced into a full-length series in 2005...
(2005) (Chief Director) - ARIA The ANIMATIONARIA (manga)is a utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled when it was published by Enix in the magazine Monthly Stencil, being retitled when it moved to Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade. Aqua was serialized in Stencil from 2001 to 2002 and collected in two tankōbon volumes...
(2005) (Director, Series Composition) - Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! (2006) (Chief Director)
- ARIA The NATURALARIA (manga)is a utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled when it was published by Enix in the magazine Monthly Stencil, being retitled when it moved to Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade. Aqua was serialized in Stencil from 2001 to 2002 and collected in two tankōbon volumes...
(2006) (Director, Series Composition) - Romeo × Juliet (2007) (Sound Supervisor)
- Sketchbook ~full color'S~Sketchbook (manga)is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Totan Kobako. First serialized in the April 2002 issue of Comic Blade, the individual chapters are collected and published by Mag Garden. Chapters have also appeared in Comic Blade Masamune. An anime adaptation, under the title Sketchbook ~full...
(2007) (Supervisor) - ARIA The ORIGINATIONARIA (manga)is a utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled when it was published by Enix in the magazine Monthly Stencil, being retitled when it moved to Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade. Aqua was serialized in Stencil from 2001 to 2002 and collected in two tankōbon volumes...
(2008) (Director, Series Composition) - MarinMarin-Places:*Marin, Haute-Savoie, a commune in France*Le Marin, a commune in the French overseas department of Martinique*Marín, Nuevo León, a town and municipality in Mexico*Marín, Pontevedra, a municipality in Galicia, Spain*Marin County, California...
's Great Sea Story (Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~)(2009) (Director) http://www.sea-story.tv/ - Tamayura: HitotoseTamayurais a Japanese four-episode original video animation series produced by Hal Film Maker and directed by Junichi Sato. The episodes were released over two Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes in November and December 2010. An anime TV series, titled Tamayura: Hitotose, began airing in Japan from October 3,...
(2011) (Director)
Anime movie
- Akuma-kunAkuma-kunis a manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Several versions of the manga exist, one of which was adapted into a live-action TV show, and another into a TV anime.All media pretaining to the series was never released outside of Japan....
(1989) (Director) - Goldfish Warning!Goldfish Warning!is a shōjo manga by which ran in Nakayoshi. A 54-episode anime series produced by Toei Animation aired on TV Asahi from January 12, 1991 through February 29, 1992. Each episode of the anime contained 2 11-minute stories, often unconnected with each other...
(1992) (Director) - Junkers Come HereJunkers Come Hereis an anime movie about a girl, Hiromi Nozawa, and her miniature Schnauzer, Junkers .Hiromi appears on the outside to be a mature, resilient girl, but on the inside she feels like she's falling apart. She hardly sees her parents at all, as they are always busy with work...
(1995) (Director) - The End of EvangelionThe End of Evangelionis a 1997 Japanese animated science fiction film written and directed by Hideaki Anno along with Kazuya Tsurumaki; it ended the anime releases in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise until the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy remakes were announced in 2006....
(1997) (Storyboard) - Slayers PremiumSlayers Premiumis an anime short film written and directed by Junichi Satō. Premium, the fifth and latest Slayers film, was first released in Japan on December 22, 2001, along with Sakura Wars: The Movie, DiGi Charat and Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie....
(2001) (Screenplay, Director) - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie (2006) (Chief Director)
- Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea PrincessKeroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princessis a comedy, adventure film based on the anime and manga series Sgt. Frog.-Summary:During a stormy night a fleet is attacked by another Kiruru, that is easily destroyed by two unnamed entities. The next morning, Natsumi returns home while noticing a girl losing her balloon as the fleet is...
(2007) (Chief Director) - Evangelion: 2.0 (2008) (Storyboard)
- Keroro GunsoSgt. FrogSgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
the Super Movie 3: Keroro Vs. Keroro: Great Duel in the Sky (2008) (Chief Director)
OVA
- Magic User's ClubMagic User's Clubis a magical girl/boy anime, released as a six part OVA in 1996 and then a 13-episode TV series in 1999, which was broadcast by WOWOW, and then by the anime television network, Animax, across its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions...
(1996) (Original Plan, Director) - Kaleido Star: New Wings -Extra Stage-Kaleido Staris an anime series produced by Japanese studio Gonzo Digimation Holding. The series was created by Junichi Sato, who also directed the first season, and written by Reiko Yoshida...
(2004) (Director) (with Yoshimasa HiraikeYoshimasa Hiraike-Anime involved in:*Aria The Natural: Screenplay, Storyboard , Episode Director *Excel Saga: Episode Director *Kaleido Star: Director , Assistant director*Pretear: Episode Director...
) - Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho (2004) (Director)
- Kaleido Star: Legend of phoenix 〜Layla Hamilton Monogatari〜Kaleido Star Legend of the Phoenixis a Japanese comedy and drama animated movie continuing the Kaleido Star series. It is also the sequel to the original video animation Kaleido Star: New Wings Extra Stage...
(2005) (Original Plan, Director, Sound Director) - ARIA The OVA 〜ARIETTA〜ARIA (manga)is a utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled when it was published by Enix in the magazine Monthly Stencil, being retitled when it moved to Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade. Aqua was serialized in Stencil from 2001 to 2002 and collected in two tankōbon volumes...
(2007) (Director, Screenplay, Storyboard) - TamayuraTamayurais a Japanese four-episode original video animation series produced by Hal Film Maker and directed by Junichi Sato. The episodes were released over two Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes in November and December 2010. An anime TV series, titled Tamayura: Hitotose, began airing in Japan from October 3,...
(2010) (Director)