Kazuo Sakai

Biography

Kazuo Sakai is a Japanese animator and anime director.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

38

Known For

• 

  Girls Band Cry
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  Love Live! Sunshine!!
• 

  Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
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  GIRLS BAND CRY The Movie: Hey, Our Future
• 

  GIRLS BAND CRY The Movie: Youth Rhapsody
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  Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow

Credits

• directing (12 credits)

  • GIRLS BAND CRY The Movie: Hey, Our Future

    director

    directing
    2025
  • GIRLS BAND CRY The Movie: Youth Rhapsody

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Girls Band Cry

    series director

    directing

    - Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Stop (2024) ... series director directing

    - The Sky Darkens Again (2024) ... series director directing

    - The Center of the World (2024) ... series director directing

    - Wandervogel (2024) ... series director directing

    - The Waning Moon Was Out (2024) ... series director directing
    2024
  • Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow

    second unit director

    directing
    2019
  • Love Live! Sunshine!!

    series director

    directing

    - Our Own Radiance (2017) ... series director directing

    - Sea of Light (2017) ... series director directing

    - Uranohoshi Girls' High School (2017) ... series director directing

    - Finding a Way to Shine (2017) ... series director directing

    - Awaken the Power (2017) ... series director directing
    2016
  • Love Live! School Idol Project

    - Our Decision (2014) ... director directing

    - Friends (2013) ... director directing

    - Elichika (2013) ... director directing
    2013
  • Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

    - The Power of AGE (2011) ... assistant director directing

    - Saviour Gundam (2011) ... assistant director directing
    2011
  • Sergeant Keroro The Super Duper Movie 5: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island

    second unit director

    directing
    2010
  • AIKa ZERO

    - E.T.A.I. (2009) ... director directing
    2009
  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

    - When Shen Hu Wins Glory (2008) ... director directing

    - A Bride in the Vermillion Forbidden City (2008) ... director directing
    2006
  • Basilisk

    - Cage of Blood (2005) ... director directing
    2005

• art (10 credits)

  • Girls Band Cry

    - Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Stop (2024) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Center of the World (2024) ... storyboard artist art

    - Wandervogel (2024) ... storyboard artist art

    - If You Were to Cry (2024) ... storyboard artist art

    - I'll Give It a Name (2024) ... storyboard artist art
    2024
  • Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

    storyboard artist

    art
    2022
  • Hula Fulla Dance

    storyboard artist

    art
    2021
  • Great Pretender

    - Case 2_2: Singapore Sky (2020) ... storyboard artist art
    2020
  • Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow

    storyboard artist

    art
    2019
  • Love Live! Sunshine!!

    - Next Step (2017) ... storyboard artist art

    - I Want to Shine!! (2016) ... storyboard artist art
    2016
  • Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold

    - The Gold Legend Revived! (2015) ... storyboard artist art
    2015
  • Love Live! School Idol Project

    - Our Decision (2014) ... storyboard artist art

    - Elichika (2013) ... storyboard artist art
    2013
  • Kinmoza!

    - Aya, Nervous in the Rain (2013) ... storyboard artist art
    2013
  • AIKa ZERO

    - E.T.A.I. (2009) ... storyboard artist art
    2009

• visual effects (16 credits)

  • Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace

    key animation

    visual effects
    2014
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum

    key animation

    visual effects
    2013
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

    key animation

    visual effects
    2011
  • AIKa ZERO

    - Zero (2009) ... animation director visual effects
    2009
  • Macross Frontier

    - Triangler (2008) ... key animation visual effects
    2008
  • Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion

    key animation

    visual effects
    2007
  • Origin: Spirits of the Past

    key animation

    visual effects
    2006
  • Aria

    - To That New Beginning... (2008) ... key animation visual effects

    - That Night of the Meteor Shower... (2006) ... key animation visual effects

    - With That Transparent Young Girl... (2005) ... key animation visual effects
    2005
  • Aquarion

    - Mischief Without Malice (2005) ... key animation visual effects
    2005
  • Monster

    - A Nameless Man (2005) ... key animation visual effects
    2004
  • Gankutsuou

    - Edmond Dantes (2005) ... key animation visual effects
    2004
  • Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

    - Broadcast in the School (2004) ... key animation visual effects
    2004
  • Last Exile

    - Resign (2003) ... key animation visual effects
    2003
  • Planetes

    - The Lost (2004) ... key animation visual effects
    2003
  • Full Metal Panic!

    - A Cat and a Kitten's Rock & Roll (2002) ... animation director visual effects
    2002
  • Hellsing

    - Master of Monster (2001) ... key animation visual effects
    2001