Hidekazu Sato (Directing)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War

To protect her hometown from the Erebonian Empire and to distinguish herself from her grandfather’s disloyalty, Lavie enlists in the Northern Jaegers where she’ll do whatever it takes to carry out the mission. Now this rule breaker must form a platoon to embark on a dangerous recon mission into enemy lines—will her mission be a success?

Release Date: 2023-01-08

Department: Directing

Job: Series Director

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 11

LAST HOPE

After causing the near extinction of mankind seven years ago, genius scientist Leon Lau must now fight the ecological disaster he unwittingly created.

Release Date: 2018-03-29

Department: Directing

Job: Series Director

Episode Count: 26

Vote Count: 25

Macross Delta: Passionate Walküre

Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, eight years after the events of Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy, alongside the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind. This film recompiles scenes from the television anime with new scenes to tell a different story.

Release Date: 2018-02-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 7

WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?

The fleeting and sad story about little girls known as fairy weapons and an associate hero that survived. This is a world after it was attacked by unidentified monsters known as beasts and many of the species in the world, including humans, had been destroyed. The species that had managed to survived left the ground and were living on a floating island called Regal Ele. Willem Kmetsch wakes up above the clouds 500 years later and couldn’t protect the ones who he wanted to protect. Actually, he was living in despair because he was the only survivor.

Release Date: 2017-04-11

Department: Writing

Job: Storyboard

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 128

Nobunaga the Fool

Many years ago the world was divided into two stars, the Eastern and the Western, that were connected by a bond known as the Dragon Pulse. On the Western Star, Jeanne D’Arc is shunned as a heretic for her visions of a champion who will save the planets that have become embroiled in war. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance as, at the order of King Arthur, Jeanne travels from the West to the East with Leonardo Da’Vinci at her side, in search of their long awaited savior- Nobunaga!

Release Date: 2014-01-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 6

Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline

Valerian & Laureline must investigate a mysterious time portal in a galaxy filled with the dangerous alien species called the Vlagos after the Earth vanishes.

Release Date: 2007-10-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 40

Vote Count: 8

Kiss Dum: Engage Planet

Engage Planet kiss dum is a mecha anime series, directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka and Eiichi Satō, and produced by Aniplex and Satelight. It premiered in Japan from April 3, 2007 on TV Tokyo.

Release Date: 2007-04-04

Department: Directing

Job: Series Director

Episode Count: 26

Vote Count: 1

Glass Fleet

A tyrannical Emperor has his grasp over the galaxy. The rebels outnumbered and outgunned try to locate the mythical Glass Fleet that once served the true ruler. They do find one of the royal descendants, now a space pirate.

Release Date: 2006-04-05

Department: Art

Job: Storyboard Artist

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Aquarion

Set in the future, a giant fighting machine called the Aquarion is humanity's only effective weapon in the fight against the technologically advanced species called the Shadow Angels.

Release Date: 2005-04-05

Department: Writing

Job: Storyboard

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 21

Gankutsuou

In an elegant future Paris, a Count returns to wreak havoc on those that betrayed him.

Release Date: 2004-10-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 34

Macross Zero

Taking place one year before the events of the original Macross series, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot Shin Kudo finds himself on the remote island of Mayan, where technology is almost non-existent. While Shin stays on the island to heal his wounds, the tranquility of the island is shattered by a battle that involves the UN's newest fighter - the VF-0.

Release Date: 2002-12-21

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 25

Heat Guy J

Heat Guy J is a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight. Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S. in 2003 by Pioneer. It was re-released by Funimation Entertainment in the fall of 2009. The first 13 episodes of the show also was broadcast on the cable channel MTV2. A one volume manga was created based on the series, and was licensed and distributed by TOKYOPOP. The show was picked up for a UK DVD release by Manga Entertainment starting in March 2006. It was packaged in double DVD sets to make up for the long delayed release of the series.

Release Date: 2002-12-02

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Key Animation

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 5

Earth Maiden Arjuna

When a girl named Ariyoshi Juna has a severe accident, her spirit turns to light and rises up out of her body into the night sky where she gets a glimpse of Earth a few months into the future. What she sees is the Earth on the brink of total destruction, ruled by the merciless demon forces called the Raajas. Then, a person named Chris Hawken gives Juna a "power stone" and tells her to use it to save the Earth. The power stone gives her the ability to call up an "aura suit", which activates and enhances a person's dormant special powers.

Release Date: 2001-01-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 7

A.D. Police

MegaTokyo 2038: A.D. Police Officer Kenji Sasaki loses another partner to a rabid boomer. A day after he's sent off-duty, he receives a new partner: German cop Hans Kleif.

Release Date: 1999-04-08

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 14

His and Her Circumstances

In His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and praise from those around her. She worked hard to become the perfect student, the perfect girl. But that was before… him. Souichirou Arima. The instant she met him, she hated him. Without even trying, he snatched the very glory from her hands by easily acing the high school entrance exam that should have made her the class representative. To take back what is rightfully hers, Yukino is putting all her efforts into plotting her revenge – but was love part of the plan?

Release Date: 1998-10-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 146

Bondage Queen Kate

Kate is the voluptuous, virginal new recruit for the Federal Space Army Security Police. Although she's the newest detective in the galaxy police force, she's eager to prove her worth as an undercover agent. Her first assignment is to track down the villains who have been snatching up and raping all the young women of the hot desert planet, Doune. Will she become their next victim? Can she keep her virtue intact while infiltrating their den of ill repute? No mission is too dangerous, no disguise too skimpy, no sexual exploitation too deviant, for our girl Kate to handle! Note: This anime was originally released by All Products/Beam Entertainment and it didn't feature any explicit sexual content. In 1999, Five Ways re-released an edited version of Nessa no Wakusei with added explicit sexual content. R1 distributors Kitty/Media Blasters released the Five Ways version.

Release Date: 1994-07-21

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 2