Akitaro Daichi

Akitaro Daichi
大地 丙太郎
Born	(1956-01-13) January 13, 1956
Occupation(s)	Anime director, producer, photography director
Website	Daichi's homepage

Akitaro Daichi (大地 丙太郎, Daichi Akitarō, born January 13, 1956) is an anime director, producer, and photography director.

Biography

Akitaro Daichi is a native of Gunma Prefecture and a graduate of Tokyo Polytechnic University. He originally aspired to be a stage photographer, but entered the employ of Tokyo Animation Film, an anime photography company.

His first work in the industry was as photography director for the Doraemon movie History of Nobita's Outer Space Trailblazing (ドラえもん のび太の宇宙開拓史).

After five years, Daichi changed jobs and worked for a video production company making karaoke videos among other things, but he later returned to the anime industry and focused on direction.

In 1994, he attracted attention for his directorial work on Akazukin Chacha, and in 1995 he made his debut as a series director on Nurse Angel Ririka SOS.

Filmography

• Akazukin Chacha (1994)
• Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (1995)
• Elf Princess Rane (1995)
• Magic School Lunar: Secret of the Blue Dragon (1996)
• Kodomo no Omocha (Kodocha: Sana's Stage) (1996–1998)
• Ojarumaru (1998)
• Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo! Masaru-san (1998)
• Jubei-chan (1999)
• Now and Then, Here and There (1999)
• Tsukikage Ran (2000)
• Fruits Basket (2001)
• Animation Runner Kuromi (2001)
• ATASHIn'CHI (2002)
• Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (2004)
• Makasete Iruka! (Grrl Power!) (2004)
• Jubei-chan 2 (2004)
• Legendz (2004)
• Gyagu Manga Biyori (2005)
• Bokura ga Ita (2006)
• Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki (2012)
• Kamisama Hajimemashita (2012-2015)
• DD Fist of the North Star (2013)
• Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō (2016)
• Nobunaga no Shinobi (2017)
• Nobunaga no Shinobi : Anegawa Ishiyama-hen (2018)

External links

• Daichi's homepage (Japanese)
• Akitaro Daichi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Daichi at AnimeNEXT 2005 convention