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Chikara Sakurai

Chikara Sakurai

DIRECTING

Best known for:

Naruto Shippūden

Naruto

One-Punch Man

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower

Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Darker than Black

Wolf's Rain

The Sky Crawlers

Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!

Welcome to the N.H.K.

Tokyo Mew Mew

Taboo Tattoo

Gungrave

The Qwaser of Stigmata

The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Welcome to the Space Show

Hikaru no Go

Psychic School Wars

Magimoji Rurumo

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Filmography:

Saint Tail (1995)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Midori no Makibaō (1996)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture (1999)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Noir (2001)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Hikaru no Go (2001)
6.5
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Kokoro Library (2001)
WORK AS:
Animation Director
Kaze no Yojimbo (2001)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Saiyuki: Requiem (2001)
WORK AS:
Key Animation

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
7
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Witch Hunter Robin (2002)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)
6.4
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Tokyo Underground (2002)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
.hack//Liminality (2002)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Heat Guy J (2002)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Naruto (2002)
8.2
WORK AS:
Animation Director, Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
Tokyo Mew Mew (2002)
6.4
WORK AS:
Key Animation

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Gungrave (2003)
6.1
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Wolf's Rain (2003)
6.6
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003)
6
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama (2004)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Le Portrait de Petite Cossette (2004)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Kamichu! (2005)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Honey and Clover (2005)
WORK AS:
Animation Director, Key Animation
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
5.8
WORK AS:
Animation Director, Key Animation
Innocent Venus (2006)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006)
7.2
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Chocotto Sister (2006)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Darker than Black (2007)
6.4
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Naruto Shippūden (2007)
8.3
WORK AS:
Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
The Sky Crawlers (2008)
5.4
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
6.1
WORK AS:
Supervising Animation Director
The Qwaser of Stigmata (2010)
6.7
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010)
5.9
WORK AS:
Supervising Animation Director
Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
5.2
WORK AS:
Key Animation, Concept Artist
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
6
WORK AS:
Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director
Little Busters! (2012)
WORK AS:
Director
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
6.3
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist, Animation Director
Psychic School Wars (2012)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Magimoji Rurumo (2014)
WORK AS:
Director, Series Director
One-Punch Man (2015)
7.7
WORK AS:
Series Director, Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard Artist
Taboo Tattoo (2016)
6.2
WORK AS:
Director, Storyboard Artist, Layout Supervisor
Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings (2016)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor (2017)
7.3
WORK AS:
Director, Storyboard Artist
The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED (2020)
5.6
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Shenmue the Animation (2022)
WORK AS:
Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
LUPIN ZERO (2022)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Blue Thermal (2022)
WORK AS:
Animation
YOHANE THE PARHELION -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR (2023)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist, Director
Astro Note (2024)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist