Akio Sugino

March Comes In Like a Lion

This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...

Release Date2016-10-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count5

Vote Count141

Tomorrow's Joe

A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens to be watching—Danpei Tange, a failed boxer and former coach who sees something special in the boy. He pleads with Joe to train with him off, but the cocky young fighter brushes him. Later, though, when Joe is arrested and put in a juvenile detention facility, he realizes that he’s going to need to hone his raw fighting skills if he wants to survive. Thus is born a partnership that might just take Joe all the way to the top…

Release Date1970-04-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count126

Vote Count39

Manga Fairy Tales of the World

Each episode of this series tells the story of a famous fairy tale from all around the world. Some of them are adapted from famous books such as "The Iliad".

Release Date1976-10-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count245

Vote Count5

Black Jack

Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases not very well known, which can be strange, dangerous, or not known at all. But he is a genius, and can save almost any of his patients' life (as long as they have the money for it, that is), and is known to many around the world, especially to those of medicine and science. He's a man of science himself, and does not believe much until he has seen it, yet it is many times he is surprised by love and nature often overpowering the science he bases his life in.

Release Date2004-10-11

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Dororo

During the Warring States period, the young thief Dororo encounters Hyakkimaru, a strange, sightless boy who wields fearsome prosthetics in place of his missing limbs. Parts of Hyakkimaru’s body were traded to a group of 12 demons by his father in exchange for power, but thanks to a kindly medicine man, Hyakkimaru survived his horrifying ordeal. Now he roams the land in search of his missing body, and together he and Dororo will fight to survive in an unforgiving, demon-plagued world.

Release Date2019-01-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count4

Vote Count1330

The Fable

A legendary hitman trained to become the world's best assassin is asked to lay low for a year by the head of his crime family.

Release Date2024-04-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobSupervising Animation Director

Episode Count8

Vote Count48

Astro Boy

Astro is a robotic boy created by Dr. Tenma to replace his late son. When Tenma destroys his laboratory and shuts down Astro, the Ministry of Science revives him and tries to give him a normal life as a 6th-grade student who occasionally helps keep renegade robots from causing harm.

Release Date2003-04-06

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count20

Nobody's Boy: Remi

Orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times.

Release Date1977-10-02

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count51

Vote Count142

Gintama

In a world where aliens have invaded Edo Period Japan, skyscrapers, trains and motor bikes have replaced the simple life of Earth inhabitants. One man however, still carries the soul of a samurai, Gintoki Sakata, otherwise known as Yorozuya Gin-san. As reckless as he is, Gintoki carries his own resolve and is ready to take on any challenge with his fellow companions.

Release Date2006-04-04

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count249

Black Jack

Kuroo Hazama, also known as "Black Jack," is a legend in the medical world. Famous for being one of the best, as well as not having a license, Hazama and his assistant Pinoko save countless lives that other doctors cannot... for a price; an exorbitant price, in fact, which causes many to view the genius as greedy and heartless. Despite these claims, however, none can deny his skill and the lengths that he will go to treat his patients. This dark medical drama tells the story of the ominous and mysterious world of underground medicine as Black Jack risks his life to cure some of the most bizarre diseases imaginable, even if it means breaking every law in the process.

Release Date1993-12-12

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count11

The Star of the Seine

La Seine no Hoshi is an anime series by Sunrise, which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV from April 4, 1975 and finished its run on December 26, 1975, spanning a total of 39 episodes. The title translates to English as "Star of the Seine" or "The Seine's Stars." It is based on Alain Delon's 1963 movie La Tulipe noire. It was created by Mitsuru Kaneko, and was directed by Masaaki Ōsumi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. It was written by Sōji Yoshikawa, while the character designer was Akio Sugino. The music for the series was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.

Release Date1975-04-04

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count39

Vote Count5

Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu

Gaiking: Legend of Daikuu-Maryuu is a Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation. It was a reimagining of the original series created by Go Nagai, and was aired in TV Asahi from November 12, 2005 to September 24, 2006, lasting a total of 39 episodes. It originally replaced Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in its timeslot.

Release Date2005-11-12

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count4

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

Release Date2018-09-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count1810

Treasure Island

In a seaside town in England, young Jim Hawkins keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn together with his mother. His adventure begins the moment a map to Treasure Island falls into his hands. Setting sail after the treasure with Dr. Livesey and the others, what awaits him is the harsh law of the sea, a band of merry seafaring men like John Silver — and betrayal. Through the struggle against the pirates who had slipped aboard disguised as crewmen, Jim comes to learn how very differently these men live their lives: Silver, Gray, and the rest.

Release Date1978-10-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count26

Vote Count23

Phoenix

Throughout time, mankind has chased after the dream of immortality. The Phoenix, in the form of a bird of fire, is said to hold the key to eternal life. Great wars are fought in a vain attempt to possess it and, as a result, civilizations rise and fall. Phoenix is a collection of five stories from the past, present and future. Many will perish because of their desires, and they are the lucky ones. True pain comes for those who find immortality and experience the burden of living forever.

Release Date2004-04-04

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count4

Vote Count4

Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai

A comedy about a group of kids forming a school baseball team, with the leader being very stubborn and argumentative.

Release Date1971-10-06

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count46

Vote Count1

Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures

Release Date1979-04-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count43

Vote Count4

Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only one eye and Depa. Siddhartha continues traveling. Siddhartha is overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan. Second Buddha movie from Tezuka Productions.

Release Date2014-02-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count50

Ultraviolet: Code 044

044 becomes the strongest female soldier excelling in combat through gene manipulation using a virus. However, in exchange for her abilities, her days become numbered.

Release Date2008-07-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count12

Vote Count5

Neo Faust

Short anime adaption of the Osamu Tezuka manga Neo Faust.

Release Date1999-01-15

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Aim For The Ace! Final Stage

Release Date1989-10-23

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

Frosty the Snowman

A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, the magic snowman and Karen, a young girl whom he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the North Pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!

Release Date1969-12-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count392

Golgo 13: The Professional

Indestructible to his enemies and irresistible to women, the professional assassin codenamed Golgo 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity. If you're on his hit list, you're already dead. Always hired on his reputation alone, Golgo never breaks a contract. Can he survive the combined forces of the FBI, CIA, the Pentagon and the U.S. Army? Has the nameless agent finally met his match against the superhuman powers of the Snake and the twin evils of the psychopathic mercenaries, Gold and Silver?

Release Date1983-05-28

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count84

Space Adventure Cobra

Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious wandering planet.

Release Date1982-07-03

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count73

Ace wo Nerae! 2

Release Date1988-07-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

Nightsong of Splendor

The story takes place in old Tokyo, the Tokyo of August-September 1923. At this moment in time, the city is a mixture of extremes... past and present, rich and poor, good and bad. This is a city where we see both horsecarts and motorcars, swords and pistols, lords and businessmen. A wealthy woman from an upper-class family finds herself attracted to a handsome young man, Taka. He and his younger brother seem to be allied, perhaps not entirely willingly, with some of the city's criminal underground (Yakuza). The lady's lovely young maidservant, Sara, meets him too, and a conflict ensues which can only lead to tragedy, passion, and dishonor. But, as events move on, and the days pass, the viewer sees a terrible date coming closer... that unforgettable day of September 1, 1923, at 11:58, when the Great Kanto Earthquake and tidal wave struck Tokyo, causing the death of almost 100,000 people, one of the greatest disasters in human history.

Release Date1989-03-25

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count4

Vote Count2

Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon

Luka and Lumi Kobayakawa are twin sisters in love with the same man, athletic upperclassman Katsuyuki Touma. Lumi seems supportive of Luka's fledgling romance with Katsuyuki, until the twins are infected with a strange bacterium that transforms Lumi's personality and gifts the twins with terrifying psychic powers. Now Lumi will stop at nothing - or no-one - that gets between her and Katsuyuki, including her own twin sister...

Release Date1989-10-14

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie

It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.

Release Date1981-07-04

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count20

Aim for the Ace! The Movie

High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the new coach, Jin Munakata, wants the inexperienced Hiromi to play in a forthcoming tournament.

Release Date1979-09-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count8

Space Fantasia 2001 Nights

In the year 2058, mankind is about to take its first leap into the distant reaches of space. Using the resources at the tail end of a comet, massive spaceships will be sent to the corners of the universe in an attempt to colonize other worlds, but due to the length of time it will take to arrive at even the closest solar system, the comets must be destroyed in-flight, resulting in super-fast speeds that will kill any life onboard; only frozen sperm and eggs, and machines will survive the journey. Carrying the unborn children of the Robinsons, the first of these ships must now set forth to Ozma; and with its precious cargo is coupled the hopes and fears of all humanity.

Release Date1987-06-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count5

Tomorrow's Joe The Movie

An abridged remake of the first Ashita no Joe TV series, released in 1980 to provide back-story for the second TV series to new fans who were not familiar with the first TV series or the manga.

Release Date1980-03-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count14

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3

The third of three pilot shorts that eventually became the 1989 movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.

Release Date1987-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count1

Burning Blood

One night after leaving a club where he was playing trumpet, Ryou Takagi is jumped by a motorcycle gang. The scuffle spills out into the streets and causes a traffic accident. Because of this, Ryou is arrested and forced to do time. Upon his release, he has developed into a skilled boxer but trouble continues to find him.

Release Date1990-04-25

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count3

Vote Count1

Nayuta

Nayuta is a normal school girl, until she meets a young boy named Kiro trying to help his sick mother. Nayuta takes them to the hospital, but inside Kiro's mother vanishes without explanation and Kiro runs away. Later that night Kiro shows up at Nayuta's house and shows her his psychic powers, enabled by a mysterious tiara he wears.

Release Date1986-07-31

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count4

Kumi and Tulip

Kumi is a little girl who lives in a world with sparkling metal skyscrapers, and where robots support everything. Kumi's playground is a garden by one of those skyscrapers with a man-made water fountain, artificial vegetation, and digital water and butterflies. Kumi meets an old man who visits the park every day to paint the artificial flowers. The old man tells Kumi of when he discovered a "breathing" tulip sprouting amidst the artificial flowers, and the two decide to watch over the tulip together as it grows. (From ANN)

Release Date2015-03-22

DepartmentArt

JobOther

Vote Count2

Clan of Pihyoro

Based on Kaori Kimeki's fantasy manga in "Princess" magazine.

Release Date1988-07-09

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Tokai no Butchy

Short anime made by Tezuka Productions.

Release Date1995-06-29

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

My Son Goku

Son-Goku is a monkey who was born from a stone and is endowed with magical powers. He gets carried away and goes on a rampage until at last Buddha confines him within Mt. Gogyo. Saved by Sanzohoshi, Son-Goku accompanies him on a journey to India. But on their way, monsters lie in wait for them.

Release Date2003-07-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Botchan

Botchan, a recent graduate, sets out for his first teaching assignment - never anticipating what awaits him. He must contend with students who spy on him and pull nasty stunts and with a landlord who constantly tries to sell him worthless antiques. While on a fishing trip to boost his spirits, Botchan suspects Hotta, his one friend in the village, as the cause of all of his misery. But this is just beginning of his problems - During a meeting to discuss the students' disrespectful behavior towards Botchan, the proposed punishment is surprisingly mild despite the severity of the acts. Yet, Botchan's suspected adversary defends him. Were the other faculty members lying about Hotta? Botchan may soon discover the truth, for when evidence of the dean's activities surface, Botchan and Hotta must team up to corner the dean in his own scandalous game. Based on Natsume Soseki's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books.

Release Date1980-06-13

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count4

Sweet Sea

Sweet Sea, an adorable mermaid princess and her friends Mud-Puppy, Purrsia, Sea Star and Goldie stand up to Sheba the Sea Serpent and her squirmy sidekick to retrieve Sweet Sea's stolen magical shell necklace.

Release Date1985-09-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Treasure Island Memorial

A short story during Jim's adventure at sea. He encounters a man at a bar who told a tail about a one-legged man. Thinking it's Silver who the man is referring too, Jim later asked him for details. The man told Jim that, near the coast Maratoran, Silver left the ship they were on went to the island on a small boat. Jim, who couldn't go at the time, left for Maratoran six years later. He met Silver's wife and son there.

Release Date1992-12-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count1

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko's Forest Adventure

Dr. Black Jack forgot his doctor's bag, and his assistant (plus self-claimed "wife") Pinoko rushed to deliver the bag but found herself lost in the forest. Guided by a butterfly, she found that many animals in the forest are sick or injured, and Pinoko used her knowledge to help those animals.

Release Date2005-12-17

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

The First Tram Runs to Hiroshima

Working as a tram supervisor always filled a hard-working young girl in Hiroshima with joy during the Second World War … but times are changing. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima devastated the city, and nothing is as it once was. How will their lives change after this catastrophe?

Release Date1993-08-06

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Legend of the Forest: 2nd Movement

Sequel of Mori no Densetsu (Legend of the Forest - 1st Movement & 4th Movement)

Release Date2014-08-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer