Yasunao Aoki (Director)

InuYasha

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

Release Date2000-10-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count193

Vote Count2030

Aikatsu!

Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend Aoi invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions.

Release Date2012-10-08

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count22

Urusei Yatsura

The invasion of an alien race known as the Oni begins a new life for Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous trouble-making tenth grader in the small town of Tomobiki. After unwittingly proposing to the Oni princess Lum Invader instead of his sweetheart Shinobu, Ataru becomes a conduit for aliens arriving on Earth, causing all sorts of havoc for him and his companions, not to mention his own reputation!

Release Date1981-10-14

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count2

Vote Count38

Patlabor: The TV Series

Patlabor: The TV Series is an anime television series, created by Headgear, animated by Sunrise, and based on the Patlabor anime franchise.

Release Date1989-10-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Episode Count47

Vote Count23

Yakitate!! Japan

Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal. But plots abound...

Release Date2004-10-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count69

Vote Count16

Matchless Raijin-Oh

The warrior of light Eldran and his robot Raijin-Oh, get injured in a battle with the Jaku Empire from the 5th-dimensional world. They fall down into the 5th grade class at Hinobori School. On behalf of the damaged Eldran, the “Earth Defense Class” takes up protecting the Earth.

Release Date1991-04-03

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count51

Vote Count3

Mon Colle Knights

Scientist Ichiroubei Hiiragi discovers the existence of Six Gates, an otherdimensional world full of monsters and powerful hidden treasures known as Mon Mon Items. Ichiroubei embarks with his daughter, Rokuna, and her classmate, Mondo. However, they're foiled at every turn by Count Collection and his assistants, who want the Mon Mon Items in order to conquer both worlds. Becoming the heroes known as Mon Colle Knights, Mondo and Rokuna join forces with the monsters, striking back against Count Collection while searching for the Mon Mon Items in the name of friendship between their worlds.

Release Date2000-01-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count51

Vote Count2

Gundam Wing: The Endless Waltz

After Colony (A.C.) 196. One year after the events of the "Gundam Wing" television series, peace has spread through the Earth Sphere and the colonies. The Gundam pilots now find themselves attempting to rebuild their lives in this new era. No longer having need of their weapons of war, they have sent their Gundams into the sun to be destroyed. But suddenly, Relena Darlian, who has become a high-ranking government official, is kidnapped by a colony with aspirations of total dominance. The Gundam pilots and their allies find themselves called into action once again. The Endless Waltz has resumed...

Release Date1998-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count48

Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever

While performing in a student film, Ataru cuts down Tarozakura, a large, ancient cherry tree. Strange things begin to happen all across Tomobiki: a mountain appears out of nowhere, spring changes to winter, and Lum loses her powers, while those around her act as if she doesn't exist.

Release Date1986-02-25

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count17

Desert Rose

Mariko, codenamed "Rose Marie", is a leader of an anti-terrorism group, CAT (Counter Attack Terrorism). She lost her husband and son in a terrorist bomb attack at an airport. Also suffering injuries in the blast, she was left with a scar that looked like a rose flower on her chest. A secret summit conference is due to be held in Switzerland, with Marie's team deployed as security. However, it becomes clear terrorists have already made a move to sabotage the meeting...

Release Date1993-04-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Eat-Man '98

Bolt Crank, the World's Greatest Mercenary, who has the ability to eat any object, mostly metal and weapons. When the time comes, he can reproduce those weapons and items in his right hand.

Release Date1998-10-07

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Mon Colle Knight: Legendary Fire Dragon

An alternative interpretation of the series' start.

Release Date2000-12-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2