Michitaka Kikuchi

Kia Asamiya (麻宮 騎亜, Asamiya Kia, born March 9, 1963) is a Japanese manga artist and animator from Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture. His real name and the name he uses when working in anime is Michitaka Kikuchi (菊池 通隆, Kikuchi Michitaka), while Kia Asamiya is the alias he uses for his manga publications.

Works

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

A. S. (Ad Stella) 122 ― An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. Suletta Mercury, a lone girl from the remote planet Mercury, transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry.

Release Date2022-10-02

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count100

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Universal Century 0087, 7 years have passed since the end of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. The Earth Federation has created an elite task force, known as the Titans, who are responsible for hunting the remaining Zeon forces. However, the power-hungry Titans have spurred the creation of a rebellious faction called the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG).

Release Date1985-03-02

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count48

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199

The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.

Release Date2013-04-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count58

Warriors of the Wind

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

Release Date1984-03-11

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count4121

Ninja Robots

One day, Joe Maya, who lives on Mars, witnesses a battle between aliens. Those from Planet Zaboom are attacking the princess of Planet Radorio, she has escaped from the emperor of Zaboom who is scheming to conquer the universe and has crash landed on mars. Joe stumbles aboard the princesses ship, this starts a chain reaction of events that will alter their lives. Joe and his friends wield three powerful mecha beasts against the emperor of Zaboom and his forces, but the odds are stacked heavily against them. When all hope seems to be lost a mysterious ninja robot named Tobikage appears as if from nowhere to provide assitance, able to combine with the 3 mechanical beasts provides Tobikage with unmatched power, with his aide Joe fights the forces of Zaboom...

Release Date1985-10-06

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Fuuto PI

Sometime after the events of Kamen Rider W, Shotaro Hidari and Philip continue to solve crimes and fight evil as superhero detectives in the windy city of Fuuto.

Release Date2022-08-01

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count46

Corrector Yui

Yui is an average schoolgirl who lives in a future where all computers are supported by a single global network known as COMNET. Yui is a computer-illiterate girl who after a computer-lab accident is approached by IR, a raccoon looking corrector computer program, which tells her she must save COMNET. She must stop the rogue A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) computer program known as Grosser and his hench-programs from taking over the world. Grosser was originally designed to be that manager of all of COMNET. At first she's very reluctant to play the heroine because of her complete lack of knowledge and ability with computers. To save COMNET she must find and gain the trust of the other seven wayward corrector programs. They must also find the creator or COMNET Professor Inukai, to help stop Grosser for good.

Release Date1999-04-09

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Episode Count52

Vote Count12

Martian Successor Nadesico

Only one ship stands between earth and total annihilation! The High Mobile Battleship Nadesico is the most formidable fighting machine ever conceived, but due to a shortage of trained soldiers, the crew is a little unorthodox. The poor Jovians don't stand a chance against the largest contingent of geeks and misfits ever sent into orbit!

Release Date1996-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count26

Vote Count24

Silent Möbius

The year is 2023 and Alien Beings known as "Lucifer Hawks" have begun invading earth from another dimension. All that stands between them and the enslavement of the human race is the Attacked Mystification Police Department - a special division of the Tokyo Police staffed by women with amazing paranormal abilities.

Release Date1998-04-07

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count26

Vote Count6

DRAGON FIST

Born as an aberration different from the expectations of a chief's son, Fei Long has been ostracized by his own people. To prepare for his destined future role as chief of his clan, Fei Long is sent to Japan to complete his schooling and gain experience mingling with humans. In Japan, he discovers not everything is simple.

Release Date1991-03-20

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count1

Steam Detectives

The Streets here are continually enshrouded in white mist. Steam rises from everywhere, obscuring the streets and buildings. Because coal was the only fuel available, this city developed an incredibly advanced steam technology. Unfortunately, evil-doers take advantage of this white fog to commit countless crimes and continually baffle the police. At night, the white mist shrouds the darkness, intimidating everyone. People Call this city enveloped in mist, STEAM CITY.

Release Date1998-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

The Legend of Stars

Schoolgirl Hikari has two loves: rhythmic gymnastics and Ohishi, a schoolmate who is one of the best gymnasts in his league. Natsukawa, Hikari's childhood friend, plays in a band called Mr.D. Over the years, he has come to love Hikari very deeply. Will Hikari gain Ohishi's love? Or will Natsukawa win her over?

Release Date1986-05-03

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count19

Vote Count7

Hades Project: Zeorymer Extinction

Parts 3 & 4. When high school student Masato discovers that his parents aren't really his parents and that he's been selected to pilot the giant robot Zeorymer, he decides he must fight the evil corporation that built it. Unfortunately, the bad guys have already launched the mysterious Hades Project, and their giant robots outnumber Masato 7-to-1 in this Japanese animé series.

Release Date1989-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count2

Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness

Two years have passed since the Great War. Akito and Yurika have vanished. The Jovians and the Earthlings have joined forces and Ruri is now captain of Nadesico B. As the popularity of Boson Jumping grows, a vast transportation network has been developed. Dubbed the Hisago Plan, this network of Chulip portals holds the answers to the mysteries behind Bose particles and their power. If those secrets should fall into the wrong hands, it could mean big trouble. And big trouble there is. A Martian splinter group has launched an offensive, leaving the United Forces befuddled and desperate. So much so, in fact, that the former crew of the Nadesico is called back to active duty for a special unsanctioned mission-to save us all. Does this menagerie of misfits have what it takes? Who will win the race for the Boson technology? And what the heck happened to Akito and Yurika?

Release Date1998-08-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count16

Magical Emi, the Magic Star

Kazuki Mai, an elementary schoolgirl, wanted to be a magician but her skills weren't good enough for her to join her grandparents' Magiccarat troupe. One day she sees a light enter a strange heart-shaped mirror. The light is actually a mirror fairy named Topo, who takes over her favourite stuffed toy, a flying squirrel and gives her a bracelet with the 4 card suits. The bracelet can turn into a bubble wand which transforms Mai into the 18 year old magician Magical Emi, who uses her magic to help people and participate in her grandparents' shows.

Release Date1985-06-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Hades Project Zeorymer

A young man named Akitsu Masato is captured by a secret govt. project known as "Last Guardian". He is told that his life as a normal student was all a lie, and that his real destiny is to be the pilot of a great robot called "Zeorymer of the Heavens". The truth of this is hammered in when Masato sees his parents accept payment for raising him. The Last Guardian is preparing for the resurrection of "Hau Dragon", an organization bent on world conquest. 15 years ago, Hau Dragon built 8 great robots. Each of the mecha represents a force of nature. However, before any of the robots could be used, their creater Kihara Masaki destroyed the robots except for the leader: Zeorymer. He took Zeorymer and an embryo to the government. The embryo became the boy Masato. Now, Hau Dragon has rebuilt the other 7 mecha and wants the 8th. It will be up to Masato and Himuro to pilot Zeorymer and fight against the Hau Dragon, but neither Masato or Himuro are all that they seem.

Release Date1988-11-26

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM

In C.E.75, the fighting still continues. There are independence movements, and aggression by Blue Cosmos... In order to calm the situation, a global peace monitoring agency called COMPASS is established, with Lacus as its first president. As members of COMPASS, Kira and his comrades intervene into various regional battles. Then a newly established nation called Foundation proposes a joint operation against a Blue Cosmos stronghold.

Release Date2024-01-26

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count81

Twilight Q

A Knot in Time — Reflection — Mayu found a camera floating in the ocean while she was on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. But that is not all. The unusual part is that this camera has not been made yet... and will not be made for another two years. And soon, Mayu finds herself swinging uncontrollably back and forth through time like a pendulum... Mystery Case — File 538 — A down-on-his-luck detective accepts the first case to come his way: surveillance of a man and a little girl. But who are they? And why do aeroplanes that fly over them turn into giant imperial carp? An investigator's normal methods do not apply when reality itself no longer applies...

Release Date1987-02-28

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max

Movie War Mega Max featured the first seven Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary. Trailers for the film shown during airings of Fourze also showed the return of Kamen Rider Double as well as a new form for Kamen Rider OOO. Unlike previous Movie War films, where they were divided into 3 segments, Movie War Mega Max is divided into 5 parts. Like previous Movie War films the secondary Kamen Rider of Kamen Rider Fourze, Kamen Rider Meteor, made his debut in the film.

Release Date2011-12-10

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCreature Design

Vote Count14

Baoh: The Visitor

Doress, a Japanese "black projects" organization, has been gathering psionics and creating biological weapons to "make Japan superior". When one of the biological experiments, BAOH, a parasite living inside 17-year-old Ikuro, escapes with a psychic young girl named Sumire, Doress will do anything to get the boy and girl back. The only problem for them is that BAOH has the ability to alter its host into a living death machine in order to keep it alive. BAOH "awakens" to its "Armed Defense Phenomenons", giving Ikuro acid-tipped claws, bio-regeneration, and super-strength. But Doress takes the girl, and BAOH, alongside its host, must fight an army of commandos and psionics to get her back.

Release Date1989-11-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count44

Compiler

When a world of 2-D beings discovers the existence of our universe, they send a team of beautiful Domni-Matrixes into our world to prepare it for total integration. However, once liberated from their flat and dreary 2-D existence, Compiler and Assembler quickly discovered that cybersex with a couple of 3-D guys is a lot more fun than world conquest.

Release Date1994-03-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count6

Silent Möbius

In a futuristic Tokyo, a secret war is being waged against horrific demonic invaders dubbed the "Lucifer Hawk" by a small band of policewomen with unusual powers, the AMP. During a routine battle against one of these creatures, Katsumi Liqueur, finds herself under attack and flashes back to several years earlier when she first joined the AMP. Soon she will have to make some difficult choices concerning her destiny and her role in the AMP.

Release Date1991-01-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count16

Genji

Genji

Katsumi Ebata, a high school student, desperately pursues the whereabouts of Sakura Hasegawa, a two-year-old lover who suddenly disappeared. However, her memory of cherry blossoms had disappeared unnaturally from the people around her. In fact, Sakura was the princess of Nagoya Castle, Sakurahime, who lives in a different world "Japan" that is parallel to the real world. Sakura responded to her return according to her long-held promise, but she left a clue to guide her beloved Katsumi to Japan. She relies on it and she goes to another world...

Release Date1992-05-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count2

Creamy Mami: Forever Once More

The Space Kittens Pozi and Nega gave little Yu a magic baton and for a year she possessed the power to transform into grown up idol singer Creamy Mami and use her magic for good. Sometimes her powers caused more problems than they solved, and though everything worked out well she finally returned the baton. Ever since, Mami has been absent from the music scene, but suddenly her return is announced in a blaze of publicity. Yu and her friends uncover a campaign by bad boy Shingo to deceive the singer's many fans.

Release Date1984-10-28

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count7

Kamen Rider Fourze The Movie: It’s Space Time, Everybody!

The Earth is threatened by the mysterious Space Ironmen brothers, and the Kamen Rider Club goes to the space to avoid them to be awakened. However, an agent of the Alicia Federation, Inga Blink, tries to stop them. Kamen Rider Forze and Meteor fight for the destiny of the Earth and for the friendship of all beings.

Release Date2012-08-04

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCreature Design

Vote Count12

Project A-Ko

Earth. The not too distant future. A city is miraculously reborn just sixteen years after being completely destroyed by a giant meteor. At the prestigious Graviton High School for Girls, two new students are introduced. A-ko and her ditzy sidekick, C-ko.

Release Date1986-06-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count46

Silent Möbius 2

After the death of her mother Katsumi wants nothing more to do with this horrible place known as Tokyo. Forced into staying an infuriated Katsumi returns to AMP HQ where chief Rally Cheyenne pleads with her to stay and join the team. However, her pleading falls on deaf ears as Katsumi exclaims that she wants nothing more to do with them, leaving to find another way home. Meanwhile the Demons taking over Tokyo begin their final move against humanity and the AMP. They realize that the key to opening their demon world lies within Katsumi. Her unwanted abilities mean everything to them and without her their plan would fail. The stage is set once again on the destroyed Tokyo Bay Bridge. Will Katsumi choose her destiny and defend her new found friend or will she fall to the weakness and despair within her?

Release Date1992-07-18

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count6

Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye

Shingo is planning the film "A Story of Two Worlds" starring Megumi. Yuu's transformation into Creamy Mami is happening without her wanting it. She is asked to star in the film too. But the magic doesn't last...

Release Date1985-06-15

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count7

Hades Project: Zeorymer Separation

Parts 1 & 2. When high school student Masato discovers that his parents aren't really his parents and that he's been selected to pilot the giant robot Zeorymer, he decides he must fight the evil corporation that built it. Unfortunately, the bad guys have already launched the mysterious Hades Project, and their giant robots outnumber Masato 7-to-1 in this Japanese animé series.

Release Date1988-11-26

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count11

Lightning Trap: Leina & Laika

In present day Tokyo, traveling has never been more comfortable than aboard the Lightning L808, Japan's new luxury passenger plane. One day, on what seemed to be a routine flight, Haruka Leina and the plane's passengers were unaware of the mysterious and top secret cargo brought aboard, which attracted the attention of international terrorists set on obtaining it. Now, with a dangerous hostage situation at hand, only special agent Laika Strange and brave Leina may be able to save the passengers, and keep the deadly cargo from falling into the wrong hands...

Release Date1990-05-23

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count2

Compiler: Music Clips in Trackdown

Release Date1992-09-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain

Picking up several years after the dissolution of the original Borgman team, this volume reunites the three remaining members--rocket scientist Ryo, his girlfriend Anise, and police officer Chuck Sweager--for the emotionally-driven episode "Lover`s Rain," which finds the trio facing an army of the undead bent on a rampage of murder and destruction.

Release Date1990-12-27

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count8

Good Morning Althea

The story revolves around Nikolai, apparently a part-cyborg; Galory, a young boy who apparently is part human/part Crest person, and Althea, who is entirely a Crest person. Seems the Earth and the Crest people were at war for 300 years so there's still a lot of bad feelings present. The ship Galory, Nikolai and others are on is ambushed and almost everyone killed by some kind of automated attack ships from a huge Crest ship that has been taken over by an automaton. Galory, Nikolai and Althea go to the ship to try and see if there are any survivors of an advanced party from Galory's ship that can be saved, and to see if they can destroy the Type 38 automaton in the ship's core.

Release Date1987-12-16

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count4

Charming Figures of the Magical Girl Trio

Its New Year and Yu, Mai and Pelsha get together to celebrate and reminisce over the magical adventures in their respective TV series. "Their three other selves", the alter egos Creamy Mami, Magical Emi and Fairy Pelsha, join them for a sparkling musical final.

Release Date1986-03-28

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count2

Genji

One day, Katsumi's girlfriend Sakura suddenly disappears, and all his friends do not remember anything about her. In pursuit of his love, Katsumi finds himself in a parallel world of Japan in the midst of a civil war between two clans Taira and Genji.

Release Date1992-05-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Silent Mobius Gaiden: The End of the Edo Period

Set in the final years of Japan's shogunate, all characters from the main series, Silent Mobius, appear with the same name. According to the setting, they are said to be the previous lives of the characters in the main story...

Release Date1993-03-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1

Sei Michaela Gakuen Hyouryuuki

Sei Michaela Gakuen Hyouryuuki

During the ill-fated Children's Crusade of A.D. 1212, Pope Innocent III double-crosses the loyal Christian soldiers and sells them to African slaves. Distraught at his betrayal by the very church he is sworn to serve, the children's leader, Hans, throws himself into the sea. Centuries later, he is reincarnated as a hermaphrodite in a convent school, where he seduces the girls and leads them in a bloody revolt against the oppressive nuns. Seizing control of the nun's time tunnel, Hans (now called Aiko) and his/her chums travel back to Japan's Amakusa Rebellion, where they fight the evil Christians. Eventually, all religions are wiped out in a worldwide atheist jihad, and the battle-hardened schoolgirls decide to go back in time again to save the original Hans.

Release Date1990-06-22

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count2