Akitarou Daichi

Akitarou Daichi is a Japanese anime director and producer.

Animation Runner Kuromi (2001)

Ever wonder what it would be like to work for an animation studio? Kuromi just landed her dream job at the famous Studio Petit, and boy is she in for a rude awakening! The new head of the ultimate team of slackers, it’s up to her to finish "Time Journeys Episode 2 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Reiko Yasuhara  •  Akemi Okamura  •  Yoshiro Matsumoto  •  Akitarou Daichi

Ever wonder what it would be like to work for an animation studio? Kuromi just landed her dream job at the famous Studio Petit, and boy is she in for a rude awakening! The new head of the ultimate team of slackers, it’s up to her to finish "Time Journeys Episode 2 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Reiko Yasuhara  •  Akemi Okamura  •  Yoshiro Matsumoto  •  Akitarou Daichi

Elf Princess Ren (1995)

Gou has woved to find the legendary treasure of Salamander. Searching for it he meets Ren, a fairy, who is looking for the four treasures of Heart. Gou's childhood friend Mari is frustrated with Gou running after treasures, but befriends with another fairy Rin. Gou ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Miki Takahashi  •  Satomi Korogi  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  Ryo Horikawa

Gou has woved to find the legendary treasure of Salamander. Searching for it he meets Ren, a fairy, who is looking for the four treasures of Heart. Gou's childhood friend Mari is frustrated with Gou running after treasures, but befriends with another fairy Rin. Gou ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Miki Takahashi  •  Satomi Korogi  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  Ryo Horikawa

Grrl Power! (2004)

Three girls, Umi, Sora, and Ao, run a jack-of-all trades buisiness. They, who accept any job at all, come across their hardest job ever. They must convince a boy, Rikku, to return to school when they dont even go to school themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Kaori Nazuka  •  Ayaka Saito  •  Yumi Higashino  •  Kaori Shimizu

Three girls, Umi, Sora, and Ao, run a jack-of-all trades buisiness. They, who accept any job at all, come across their hardest job ever. They must convince a boy, Rikku, to return to school when they dont even go to school themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Kaori Nazuka  •  Ayaka Saito  •  Yumi Higashino  •  Kaori Shimizu

Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (2004)

Following Studio Petit's popularity for Time Journey's, the crew is now faced with 3 anime at the same time. Rushing to fill the quotas, the owner of Studio Petit hires Takashimadaira, a veteran producer to help Kuromi. However, all Takashimadaira cares about is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Kaori Asoh  •  Koji Ishii  •  Reiko Yasuhara  •  Akemi Okamura

Following Studio Petit's popularity for Time Journey's, the crew is now faced with 3 anime at the same time. Rushing to fill the quotas, the owner of Studio Petit hires Takashimadaira, a veteran producer to help Kuromi. However, all Takashimadaira cares about is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Kaori Asoh  •  Koji Ishii  •  Reiko Yasuhara  •  Akemi Okamura

Namakura Gatana: Kunoichi-hen (2017)

Namakura Gatana's (The Dull Sword) 100th anniversary has now been honored with a "Kunoichi Chapter" sequel from noted anime shorts director Akitarou Daichi. Like a lot of his personal pieces, it's a bit crude...  (more)

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Namakura Gatana's (The Dull Sword) 100th anniversary has now been honored with a "Kunoichi Chapter" sequel from noted anime shorts director Akitarou Daichi. Like a lot of his personal pieces, it's a bit crude...  (more)

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Hanako of the Toilet (1996)

A short movie based on the Japanese urban legend.  (more)

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A short movie based on the Japanese urban legend.  (more)

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Magic School Lunar: Secret of the Blue Dragon (1997)

Barua of the Magic Race (Vile Tribe) has kidnapped students of the Magic School. Elie, Rena and Senia, are asked to look for them by the schools master. Along their search they find interesting and crazy things, and get into trouble as usual. Upon finding the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Michiko Neya  •  Hiroko Konishi  •  Yuri Shiratori

Barua of the Magic Race (Vile Tribe) has kidnapped students of the Magic School. Elie, Rena and Senia, are asked to look for them by the schools master. Along their search they find interesting and crazy things, and get into trouble as usual. Upon finding the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Michiko Neya  •  Hiroko Konishi  •  Yuri Shiratori

Prince Mackaroo the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira (2000)

This short film introduces Semira, a strange boy who comes to play with Ojaru and his chums and bears a marked resemblance to a boy of the same name who spent a summer with the village elders when they were boys, long ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Hiroko Konishi  •  Masako Nozawa  •  Yuriko Fuchizaki  •  Rie Iwatsubo

This short film introduces Semira, a strange boy who comes to play with Ojaru and his chums and bears a marked resemblance to a boy of the same name who spent a summer with the village elders when they were boys, long ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Hiroko Konishi  •  Masako Nozawa  •  Yuriko Fuchizaki  •  Rie Iwatsubo

Sexy Commando Side Story: A Story that can be Told in Two Days - Masaru-san: The Road to ... (1998)

Even though this is a recap, there are a few sequences where there is some new text overlaid the pictures, telling something that wasn't explicitly told earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
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Even though this is a recap, there are a few sequences where there is some new text overlaid the pictures, telling something that wasn't explicitly told earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
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DIRECTION:  Akitarou Daichi
CAST:  Kaori Nazuka  •  Kotono Mitsuishi