Kazuki Akane

 ( 1962 Births ) 

born March 24, 1962, in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture is a Anime director. Until the early 2000s, he was a staff member of the anime studio Sunrise, where he collaborated with Shoji Kawamori to direct his most famous work, The Vision of Escaflowne. Since that time, he worked extensively with Satelight (and occasionally again with Kawamori, who is the studio's executive director) before going freelance once more to direct the Birdy the Mighty TV series, among other projects.

• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ series (1986–1987) - Production Runner (numerous episodes)
• movie (1988) - Production Runner
• Jushin Liger series (1989–1990) - Episode Director
• Dragon Quest series (1989–1991) - Storyboard Artist (episode 17)
• Future GPX Cyber Formula series (1991) - Storyboard Artist, Unit Director
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 movie (1991) - Assistant Director
• OVA series (1991–1992) - Unit Director
• OVA series (1995–1996) - Storyboard Artist (episode 2)
• The Vision of Escaflowne series (1996) - Director, Storyboard Artist (numerous episodes), Unit Director (episode 24)
• Cowboy Bebop series (1998–1999) - Storyboard Artist (episode 3)
• Turn A Gundam series (1999–2000) - Storyboard Artist
• movie (2000) - Director, Script (with Ryota Yamaguchi)
• Geneshaft series (2001) - Director, Storyboard Artist, Planner
• Heat Guy J series (2002–2003) - Original Creator, Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Planner
• Samurai Champloo series (2004–2005) - Storyboard Artist
• Genesis of Aquarion series (2005) - Storyboard Artist (episode 2)
• Noein series (2005) - Original Creator, Director, Series Composition, Script (episodes 1, 2, 16), Episode Director (episode 24), Storyboard Artist (opening credits, 1, 2, 16, 24)
• Ergo Proxy series (2006) - Storyboard Artist (episode 20)
• Birdy the Mighty Decode series (2008), Director
• (2012–2016) - Director, Script
• Stars Align (2019), Director