Akio Sugino

Akio Sugino is a Japanese character designer who is known for working with Osamu Dezaki and his designs on Golgo 13 and Space Adventure Cobra.

Works

The Fable

A legendary hitman trained to become the world's best assassin is asked to lay low for a year by the head of his crime family.

Release Date: 2024-04-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Supervising Animation Director

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 28

Dororo

A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.

Release Date: 2019-01-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 1193

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

Release Date: 2018-09-01

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Vote Count: 1582

March Comes In Like a Lion

Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.

Release Date: 2016-10-08

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 113

Kumi and Tulip

Kumi is a little girl who lives in a world with sparkling metal skyscrapers, and where robots support everything. Kumi's playground is a garden by one of those skyscrapers with a man-made water fountain, artificial vegetation, and digital water and butterflies. Kumi meets an old man who visits the park every day to paint the artificial flowers. The old man tells Kumi of when he discovered a "breathing" tulip sprouting amidst the artificial flowers, and the two decide to watch over the tulip together as it grows. (From ANN)

Release Date: 2015-03-22

Department: Art

Job: Other

Vote Count: 1

Legend of the Forest: 2nd Movement

Sequel of Mori no Densetsu (Legend of the Forest - 1st Movement & 4th Movement)

Release Date: 2014-08-21

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only one eye and Depa. Siddhartha continues traveling. Siddhartha is overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan. Second Buddha movie from Tezuka Productions.

Release Date: 2014-02-08

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Vote Count: 45

Ultraviolet: Code 044

044 becomes the strongest female soldier excelling in combat through gene manipulation using a virus. However, in exchange for her abilities, her days become numbered.

Release Date: 2008-07-01

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 3

Gintama

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.

Release Date: 2006-04-04

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 208

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko's Forest Adventure

Dr. Black Jack forgot his doctor's bag, and his assistant (plus self-claimed "wife") Pinoko rushed to deliver the bag but found herself lost in the forest. Guided by a butterfly, she found that many animals in the forest are sick or injured, and Pinoko used her knowledge to help those animals.

Release Date: 2005-12-17

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu

Gaiking: Legend of Daikuu-Maryuu is a Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation. It was a reimagining of the original series created by Go Nagai, and was aired in TV Asahi from November 12, 2005 to September 24, 2006, lasting a total of 39 episodes. It originally replaced Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in its timeslot.

Release Date: 2005-11-12

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 3

My Son Goku

Son-Goku is a monkey who was born from a stone and is endowed with magical powers. He gets carried away and goes on a rampage until at last Buddha confines him within Mt. Gogyo. Saved by Sanzohoshi, Son-Goku accompanies him on a journey to India. But on their way, monsters lie in wait for them.

Release Date: 2003-07-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3

Neo Faust

Short anime adaption of the Osamu Tezuka manga Neo Faust.

Release Date: 1999-01-15

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Tokai no Butchy

Short anime made by Tezuka Productions.

Release Date: 1995-06-29

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Black Jack

Kuroo Hazama, also known as "Black Jack," is a legend in the medical world. Famous for being one of the best, as well as not having a license, Hazama and his assistant Pinoko save countless lives that other doctors cannot... for a price; an exorbitant price, in fact, which causes many to view the genius as greedy and heartless. Despite these claims, however, none can deny his skill and the lengths that he will go to treat his patients. This dark medical drama tells the story of the ominous and mysterious world of underground medicine as Black Jack risks his life to cure some of the most bizarre diseases imaginable, even if it means breaking every law in the process.

Release Date: 1993-12-12

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 9

Hiroshima ni Ichiban Densha ga Hashitta

The story follows a girl who works on a streetcar both before and after the bomb drops on Hiroshima.

Release Date: 1993-08-06

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Treasure Island Memorial

A short story during Jim's adventure at sea. He encounters a man at a bar who told a tail about a one-legged man. Thinking it's Silver who the man is referring too, Jim later asked him for details. The man told Jim that, near the coast Maratoran, Silver left the ship they were on went to the island on a small boat. Jim, who couldn't go at the time, left for Maratoran six years later. He met Silver's wife and son there.

Release Date: 1992-12-21

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 1

Burning Blood

One night after leaving a club where he was playing trumpet, Ryou Takagi is jumped by a motorcycle gang. The scuffle spills out into the streets and causes a traffic accident. Because of this, Ryou is arrested and forced to do time. Upon his release, he has developed into a skilled boxer but trouble continues to find him.

Release Date: 1990-04-25

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 1

Aim For The Ace! Final Stage

Release Date: 1989-10-25

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 1

Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon

Luka and Lumi Kobayakawa are twin sisters in love with the same man, athletic upperclassman Katsuyuki Touma. Lumi seems supportive of Luka's fledgling romance with Katsuyuki, until the twins are infected with a strange bacterium that transforms Lumi's personality and gifts the twins with terrifying psychic powers. Now Lumi will stop at nothing - or no-one - that gets between her and Katsuyuki, including her own twin sister...

Release Date: 1989-10-14

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Nightsong of Splendor

The story takes place in old Tokyo, the Tokyo of August-September 1923. At this moment in time, the city is a mixture of extremes... past and present, rich and poor, good and bad. This is a city where we see both horsecarts and motorcars, swords and pistols, lords and businessmen. A wealthy woman from an upper-class family finds herself attracted to a handsome young man, Taka. He and his younger brother seem to be allied, perhaps not entirely willingly, with some of the city's criminal underground (Yakuza). The lady's lovely young maidservant, Sara, meets him too, and a conflict ensues which can only lead to tragedy, passion, and dishonor. But, as events move on, and the days pass, the viewer sees a terrible date coming closer... that unforgettable day of September 1, 1923, at 11:58, when the Great Kanto Earthquake and tidal wave struck Tokyo, causing the death of almost 100,000 people, one of the greatest disasters in human history.

Release Date: 1989-03-25

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 1

Clan of Pihyoro

Based on Kaori Kimeki's fantasy manga in "Princess" magazine.

Release Date: 1988-07-09

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Ace wo Nerae! 2

Release Date: 1988-07-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 1

Space Fantasia 2001 Nights

In the year 2058, mankind is about to take its first leap into the distant reaches of space. Using the resources at the tail end of a comet, massive spaceships will be sent to the corners of the universe in an attempt to colonize other worlds, but due to the length of time it will take to arrive at even the closest solar system, the comets must be destroyed in-flight, resulting in super-fast speeds that will kill any life onboard; only frozen sperm and eggs, and machines will survive the journey. Carrying the unborn children of the Robinsons, the first of these ships must now set forth to Ozma; and with its precious cargo is coupled the hopes and fears of all humanity.

Release Date: 1987-06-21

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Vote Count: 2

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 3

The third of three pilot shorts that eventually became the 1989 movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.

Release Date: 1987-01-01

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 1

Nayuta

Nayuta is a normal school girl, until she meets a young boy named Kiro trying to help his sick mother. Nayuta takes them to the hospital, but inside Kiro's mother vanishes without explanation and Kiro runs away. Later that night Kiro shows up at Nayuta's house and shows her his psychic powers, enabled by a mysterious tiara he wears.

Release Date: 1986-07-31

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 2

Sweet Sea

Sweet Sea, an adorable mermaid princess and her friends Mud-Puppy, Purrsia, Sea Star and Goldie stand up to Sheba the Sea Serpent and her squirmy sidekick to retrieve Sweet Sea's stolen magical shell necklace.

Release Date: 1985-09-01

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 1

Golgo 13: The Professional

Indestructible to his enemies and irresistible to women, the professional assassin codenamed Golgo 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity. If you're on his hit list, you're already dead. Always hired on his reputation alone, Golgo never breaks a contract. Can he survive the combined forces of the FBI, CIA, the Pentagon and the U.S. Army? Has the nameless agent finally met his match against the superhuman powers of the Snake and the twin evils of the psychopathic mercenaries, Gold and Silver?

Release Date: 1983-05-28

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 74

Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie

Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious wandering planet.

Release Date: 1982-07-03

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Vote Count: 64

Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie

It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.

Release Date: 1981-07-18

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 18

Botchan

Botchan, a recent graduate, sets out for his first teaching assignment - never anticipating what awaits him. He must contend with students who spy on him and pull nasty stunts and with a landlord who constantly tries to sell him worthless antiques. While on a fishing trip to boost his spirits, Botchan suspects Hotta, his one friend in the village, as the cause of all of his misery. But this is just beginning of his problems - During a meeting to discuss the students' disrespectful behavior towards Botchan, the proposed punishment is surprisingly mild despite the severity of the acts. Yet, Botchan's suspected adversary defends him. Were the other faculty members lying about Hotta? Botchan may soon discover the truth, for when evidence of the dean's activities surface, Botchan and Hotta must team up to corner the dean in his own scandalous game. Based on Natsume Soseki's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books.

Release Date: 1980-06-13

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Vote Count: 3

Tomorrow's Joe The Movie

Joe Yabuki is a troubled youth, whose only solution to problems is throwing punches at them. What he lacks in manners and discipline, he makes up for with his self-taught fighting skills. One day, while wandering the slums of Doya, Joe gets into a fight with the local gang. Although greatly outnumbered, he effortlessly defeats them, drawing the attention of Danpei Tange—a former boxing coach turned alcoholic. Seeing his potential, he offers to train Joe into Japan's greatest boxer. At first, Joe dismisses Danpei as a hopeless drunk; but after the trainer saves his life, he agrees to live with him and learn the art of boxing. Unfortunately, Joe's personality makes him an unruly student, and he often falls back to his old ways. To survive the harsh world of his new career, Joe needs to trust his mentor and master the techniques taught to him. However, the road to becoming a professional boxer is rife with struggles that will test his mettle to the end.

Release Date: 1980-03-08

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 10

Aim for the Ace!

High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the new coach, Jin Munakata, wants the inexperienced Hiromi to play in a forthcoming tournament.

Release Date: 1979-09-08

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 6

Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures

Release Date: 1979-04-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 43

Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins is a young boy lead by progressive events to embark on a search journey for the legendary treasure of the once dreaded pirate, Captain Flint. On their way to Treasure Island, John Silver, Jim's best friend, take over command of the ship revealing his true self as the ruthless pirate who once was the right hand of Flint himself. Feeling betrayed, Jim now has to deal with his mixed feelings and face Silver who still consider himself and Jim as friends.

Release Date: 1978-10-08

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Episode Count: 26

Vote Count: 13

Nobody's Boy: Remi

Orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times.

Release Date: 1977-10-02

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Episode Count: 51

Vote Count: 120

World Famous Fairy Tales

Each episode of this series tells the story of a famous fairy tale from all around the world. Some of them are adapted from famous books such as "The Iliad".

Release Date: 1976-10-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 245

Vote Count: 3

The Star of the Seine

La Seine no Hoshi is an anime series by Sunrise, which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV from April 4, 1975 and finished its run on December 26, 1975, spanning a total of 39 episodes. The title translates to English as "Star of the Seine" or "The Seine's Stars." It is based on Alain Delon's 1963 movie La Tulipe noire. It was created by Mitsuru Kaneko, and was directed by Masaaki Ōsumi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. It was written by Sōji Yoshikawa, while the character designer was Akio Sugino. The music for the series was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.

Release Date: 1975-04-04

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 39

Vote Count: 3

Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai

A comedy about a group of kids forming a school baseball team, with the leader being very stubborn and argumentative.

Release Date: 1971-10-06

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Episode Count: 46

Tomorrow's Joe

Release Date: 1970-04-01

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 126

Vote Count: 26

Frosty the Snowman

A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, Frosty and Karen, a young girl who he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the north pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!

Release Date: 1969-12-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Vote Count: 349

Astro Boy

In the year 2000, Dr. Boyton creates a super-robot in his deceased son's image. He calls the robot Astro Boy. Astro Boy can swim oceans, leap over mountains, even fly into space on his own power. However, Astro Boy can't replace his son. Dr. Boyton becomes dissatisfied with the boy robot and disowns him. Astro Boy is befriended by Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun of the Institute of Science, who guides him through his adventures. Endowed with super strength, rocket-powered flight, a selfless heart and a kind demeanor, Astro Boy fights a never-ending crusade against the forces of evil!

Release Date: 1963-01-01

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Episode Count: 193

Vote Count: 13