Kenichi Kasai

Kenichi Kasai (カサヰ ケンイチ, formerly 笠井 賢一, Kasai Ken'ichi, April 12, 1970) is a Japanese anime director and filmmaker from the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture. His representative works include Wagamama ☆ Fairy Mirumo de Pon!, Major, Hachimitsu to Clover and Nodame Cantabile.

To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)

Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Kasai
CAST:  Aju Makita  •  Hio Miyazawa  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Maki Mizuno

Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Kasai
CAST:  Aju Makita  •  Hio Miyazawa  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Maki Mizuno

Puri Gorota: The Movie (2008)

First appeared in Nodame Cantabile manga as a fictional anime series. Later, in episode 4 of the live-action TV drama it appeared as a theatrical movie. Finally, the "movie" was completed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Kasai
CAST:  Haruka Kudou  •  Tomoko Kawakami  •  Takanori Ooyama  •  Rie Kugimiya

First appeared in Nodame Cantabile manga as a fictional anime series. Later, in episode 4 of the live-action TV drama it appeared as a theatrical movie. Finally, the "movie" was completed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Kasai
CAST:  Haruka Kudou  •  Tomoko Kawakami  •  Takanori Ooyama  •  Rie Kugimiya