Kenichi Maejima (Director)
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Works
Ace of the Diamond
Scouted for his potential, brash left-handed pitcher Eijun Sawamura joins baseball powerhouse Seido High to become the undisputed ace of the team.
Release Date2013-10-06
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count1
Vote Count72
Black Clover
Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.
Release Date2017-10-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count2054
Maison Ikkoku
Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the mysterious Yotsuya. The others are given to having wild parties which makes it difficult for Godai to study. Into this mayhem comes the recently widowed Kyoko as the new live-in manager. Godai falls for her, but doesn't have the nerve to tell her. As time passes, their relationship slowly develops amid life at Maison Ikkoku, despite all sorts of romantic hurdles.
Release Date1986-03-26
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count1
Vote Count32
Demon Lord Dante
Ryo Utsugi has been disturbed by nightmares of being attacked by a gigantic, demonic creature with blood dribbling from its teeth. One day, he develops a mysterious power to hear voices and foresee horrifying images of females being killed. At a cottage in the wintry mountains, he hears the same voice... Ryo runs out of the cottage, jumps off a cliff following the voice, and gets transported to the Himalayas in a blink. There, he encounters the monster from his nightmare: Demon Lord Dante, who has been sealed in ice by God for 2000 years.
Release Date2002-08-31
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count3
Vote Count9
Log Horizon
One day, while playing the online game Elder Tales, 30,000 players suddenly find themselves trapped in another world. There, eight-year veteran gamer Shiroe also gets left behind. The trapped players are still alive, but they remain in combat with the monsters. The players don't understand what has happened to them, and they flee to Akiba, the largest city in Tokyo, where they are thrown into chaos. Once proud of his loner lifestyle, Shiroe forms a guild called Log Horizon with his old friend Naotsugu, female assassin Akatsuki and others.
Release Date2013-10-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count191
MEGALOBOX
A desolate land stretches out from the city of poverty. A motorcycle speeds recklessly, blowing clouds of sand and dust. The rider is the protagonist of this story – he has neither a name nor a past. All he has is his ring name, “Junk Dog” and a technique for rigging MEGALOBOX matches with his pal Gansaku Nanbu, which they use to support their hand-to-mouth lives. JD is bored, resigned, and unfulfilled. Yuri has been the reigning champion of MEGALOBOX for the past few years. He has the skills and presence of a true champion. This is a story of JD and his rival, Yuri.
Release Date2018-04-06
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count255
Eden of the East
When Saki Morimi gets into trouble with the police while in Washington D.C., she is helped by a Japanese man who calls himself, Akira Takizawa. Akira has only two things, a gun and a cell phone loaded with 8.2 billion yen in digital money.
Release Date2009-04-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count115
Cobra the Animation
Cobra is a well known space pirate, but decides to change his face and to clear all his memories. He becomes a average guy, with a common job, and a very boring life, but suddenly he starts remembering his true identity and new adventures begin.
Release Date2010-01-02
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count19
Sanrio Boys
Hasegawa Kouta, 17 years old, is a second-year high school student. His days are unremarkable and average when Kouta meets Mizuno Yuu, Yoshino Shunsuke, Nishimiya Ryo, and Minamoto Seiichiro, who are fellow students attending Hijirikawa High School. In an instant, Kouta's average life begins to be awash with sparkling light. A tale of a sparkling youth and his encounter with the Sanrio Boys. Our story begins.
Release Date2018-01-06
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count1
Vote Count9
ThunderCats
The ThunderCats are on the move! After the kingdom of Thundera is attacked by the lizard people, Lion-O leads Tygra, Cheetara and the other heroes on a quest for the Book of Omens and the magic stones of legend. But he'll have to face villains like Mumm-Ra, the ancient evil sorceror, and Slithe, the dangerous lizard general. Luckily, he has the Sword of Omens and its amazing powers at his disposal.
Release Date2011-07-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count255
Cobra The Animation: The Psycho-Gun
Unknowingly Utopia More discovers an ancient record that holds to the key to the universe. With the universe in her grasp, the ruthless Gypsy Doc of the Pirate Guild has his eyes on the power she wields. That is until the legendary space pirate, Cobra, gets in his way and saves Utopia. The two must now work together to stop Gypsy Doc from taking over the universe.
Release Date2008-08-28
DepartmentWriting
JobStoryboard
Episode Count4
Vote Count7
Cinderella Boy
Cinderella Boy follows the adventures of impoverished private detective Ranma Hinamatsuri and his thrill-seeking rich girl partner Rella "Cindy" Shirayuki in a futuristic city named "Kirin Town". Kirin Town is a lawless European city-state with its own currency with the name of the city being a pun on the English word for "killing". The two are badly injured when they stumble across an organised crime operation and are put back together into the same body by a mysterious doctor. Every night the stroke of midnight, their shared body changes both form and identity. Ranma becomes Rella, or vice versa. Neither is aware of any actions or situations their partner is involved in, completely losing consciousness until twenty-four hours later, when the change comes around to them again.
Release Date2003-06-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Young Black Jack
The year is 1968, and the world is swept up in the Vietnam War and student protests. In this time of turmoil, a mysterious young man with white and black hair and a scar on his face is enrolled in medical school. His genius skills with a surgical knife achieve many a medical miracle and are getting noticed. This hero origin story reveals how this young man earned his medical degree and the name of Black Jack.
Release Date2015-10-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count70
GoShogun: The Time Étranger
Forty years after the events of the TV series, Remy Shimada, ex-pilot of the GoShogun, suffers a terrible accident while on her way to a meeting with her former robot-piloting comrades. While they rush to the hospital, Remy floats between life and death. She sees visions of her life when she was young, and stranger still, experiences a hallucination of being with her friends, all of them young again, in a mysterious city filled with hostile fanatics. Far from being the reunion Remy hoped for, a ghastly letter arrives for each member of the team that predicts their gruesome deaths. Slated to die in two days, both in reality and in her dream, Remy struggles to find a way out of the City of Fate, relying on the memories of her friends to see her through, even as they surround her death bed in the waking world.
Release Date1985-04-27
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count7
Patalliro Saiyuki!
Genjō Sanzō is a Buddhist monk sent by the Emperor on a journey to find the sacred Buddhist scriptures. One day, Sanzō meets an Earth Deity who tells him that Buddha has sent him a disciple: the mischievous Monkey Deity Son Goku, who was sealed inside of a mountain for five hundred years after wreaking havoc in Heaven! Together with the alcohol-loving playboy Cho Hakkai; the heavenly army General Sha Gojyō; and their horse, the Dragon Crown Prince Ryūba; there are plenty of adventures to be had.
Release Date2005-06-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count26
Vote Count3
Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu
Ryuu, also known as Crying Dragon, is a mysterious man who often plays mahjong with gang members. He only wins by "ron" - a move in which one needs to wait for the opponent's tile to complete the win.
Release Date1988-05-25
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count2
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
It seems that Lum's grandfather made an agreement that should he have a daughter, she would be married to a traveling merchant that he met. Now, the merchant has come to collect due. Ataru is tricked into thinking that Lum wants to leave, and so, in a moment of anger, says he hates her. Arguments erupt, and Lum decides that she must know the truth of Atarus feelings. As for all the questions of importance for the Onis, a game of tag begins, one that Ataru can win simply by telling Lum I Love You. However, in the end his pride may end up dooming him. So begins the series of events that will at long last decide the future and fate of Ataru and Lum.
Release Date1988-02-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count18
Love City
In a dystopic and futuristic Tokyo, humanity’s genetic code has gone awry. At the forefront of the technology is Fraud, an organization conducting experiments on people such as Kei and Ai – two escaped “headmeters” with hefty psychokinetic powers. The sinister Mr. Lee wants nothing more to retrieve Ai back to his clutches, as she seemingly holds the key to immense power; Kei wants simply to keep Ai safe; and the evil Lai Lo Ching has his own master plan. Along with the help of the amnesiac headmeter K2 and a trusty sidekick, Kei must fight to protect Ai from the evils of Mr. Lee, Lai Lo Ching, and the state of the world itself!
Release Date1986-07-26
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count16
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 Date1982-07-03
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count70
Dragoon
When the young swordsman, Sedon, finds the beautiful Miu unconscious and naked in the snow, he has no idea that she is the product of an evil experiment. Nor is he aware that ruthless soldiers have been ordered to track her down and bring her back. But soon he discovers just how important Miu is to an evil plan that involves treacherous royalty, bloodthirsty killers and a devastating power within May herself.
Release Date1997-07-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobSeries Director
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
Cobra The Animation: Time Drive
Lady suddenly disappears without a trace. Cobra must race against time and dive into her past to find a way to save her. With assassins, dreams and old acquaintances Cobra will need to outsmart his new enemy. Who was Lady before she met Cobra? How did she get her metal body? Find out in Cobra Time Drive!
Release Date2009-04-24
DepartmentWriting
JobStoryboard
Episode Count2
Vote Count8
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
Reinhard von Müsel and Yang Wen-li return to their respective homes, one victorious and the other defeated. While Reinhard earns the new name Lohengramm, while Yang and his friends celebrate some welcome news.
Release Date1993-12-18
DepartmentCrew
JobScript
Vote Count36
Why We Live
Release Date2016-05-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobSecond Unit Director
Vote Count2
Bakumatsu no Spasibo
Based on the real life events around Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin, a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China, and the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855.
Release Date1997-09-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobCo-Director
Vote Count3
Cobra The Animation: Time Drive
When Armaroid Lady's body starts to disappear, Cobra must dive 20 years into the past to discover how to save his partner.
Release Date2009-04-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings
Reinhard von Müsel, a poor nobleman's son, one day discovers that his sister, Annerose, has been sold to the royal family. To get her back he sets out to rise quickly through the military along with his friend Siegfried Kircheis.
Release Date1992-12-12
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count19
The End of the Century Darling
Ogata, a nice and hardworking man, has only one problem... His love for Takasugi, another man. But by telling Takasugi about his feelings, the problem should be gone. Yet another problem arises: Takasugi believes their feelings are too alike and that they therefore can't be together. But who knows what can happen when two men in love go away on a vacation together—both determined to win the seducing game.
Release Date1996-02-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé
Lum, Ataru, Mendou and Shinobu visit an inn which Ryuunosuke and her father have opened. But when it turns out to be on a haunted desert island, the stage is set for some serious silliness!
Release Date1988-12-08
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count7
A.LI.CE
When Alice Hayashi, the youngest person ever to go into space crashes her shuttle at the North Pole, she is thrown thirty years into the future. But her trip through time is far from accidental. The world is now ruled with an iron fist by Nero and his supercomputer, the SS10X. And because of a common link between her, Nero and the SS10X, Alice may be the future's only chance for freedom....
Release Date1999-08-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
School Super Girl Team
Three girls, who have psychic powers, found a justice supporting group called the “Gakuen Choujotai” (Academy Super Girl Team). Psychokinesist Yumi, telepathist O-Kei, and Mai, who has superhuman strength. However, they are still inexperienced in using these powers. Meanwhile, a suspicious organization, the “Psychic Power Research Society” secretly works on a method to control the students` minds. The time has come for the Academy Super Girl Team.
Release Date1991-06-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector