is a mecha and character designer born in the

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...

of Japan on December 18, 1965. In 1996, Sato met with Kazuyoshi Katayama to begin work on ''The Big O''. Until then, Sato's work consisted mainly of designing characters and supervising animation for anime series. ''The Big O'' is the first based on a concept of his creation and he considers it his ''

magnum opus A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...

''.Shimura, Shinichi. (2004). Anime rebel with a cause: The Big O's Keiichi Sato. ''AnimePlay, 5'', 22-26. Sato's style is influenced by his "love of all things nostalgic."

Filmography

Director

*'' Karas'' (2005) *''

Tiger & Bunny ''Tiger & Bunny'' (stylized as ''TIGER & BUNNY'') is a 2011 Japanese anime superhero television series produced by Sunrise and directed by Keiichi Sato. The screenplay was written by Masafumi Nishida with original character design by Ma ...

'' (2011) *''

Asura Asuras (Sanskrit: असुर) are a class of beings in Indian religions, Indic religions. They are described as power-seeking clans related to the more benevolent Deva (Hinduism), Devas (also known as Suras) in Hinduism. In its Buddhism, Buddhi ...

'' (2012) *''

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old Ea ...

'' (2014) *'' Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary'' (2014) *'' Rage of Bahamut: Genesis'' (2014) *'' Gantz: O'' (2016, chief director) *'' Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul'' (2017) *''

Inuyashiki is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Evening'' from January 2014 to July 2017, with its chapters compiled in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

'' (2017, chief director) *''

Go! Go! Loser Ranger! is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since February 2021, with its chapters collected into eight volumes . An anime television series ad ...

'' (TBA)

Other

*'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' (Key Animation) *''

Genesis Survivor Gaiarth was an anime OVA series produced by AIC and Artmic in 1992. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future, chronicling the story of a young man named Ital Del Labard and his partner, the war-roid Zaxon. It was licensed and dist ...

'' (Animation Director (ep. 3)) *''

Giant Robo is a Japanese manga series by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. The manga, which was first published in 1967, spawned a live-action ''tokusatsu'' television series of the same name, as well as a series of original video animations called '' Giant Robo: ...

'' (Animation supervisor) *''

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam , is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN (Japanese TV), ANN stations). It is the ...

'' (Animation Director) *'' Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture'' (Key Animation) *''

Junkers Come Here is a series of novels about Junkers (pronounced Yoon-kers), a miniature schnauzer, language-speaking dog, written by Japanese musician Naoto Kine as a member of TM Network since 1990. Media Anime An anime movie about a girl, Hiromi Nozawa, dir ...

'' (Original Character Design) *''

The Brave of Gold Goldran is a Japanese anime television series begun in 1995, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and was the sixth in the '' Yūsha''/''Brave'' metaseries. Goldran follows the adventures of three young boys who are tas ...

'' (Animation Director (eps. 12, 16, 21)) *''

Brave Command Dagwon ''Brave Command Dagwon'' (勇者指令ダグオン) is a Japanese anime series begun in 1996, created by Takara and Sunrise (company), Sunrise under the direction of Tomomi Mochizuki (who also did screenplay for the show) and was the seventh and ...

'' (Opening Animation (op1)) *''

Ninja Resurrection ''Ninja Resurrection'', known in Japan as is a two-part original video animation directed by Yasunori Urata. The OVA series is based on Futaro Yamada's novel ''Makai Tensho''. Although of a similar style, ''Ninja Resurrection'' is not a sequ ...

'' (Character Design, Chief Animation Director) *'' Urotsukidoji'' (Character Design) *'' City Hunter: Goodbye my Sweetheart'' (Character design, Chief animation supervisor) *''

Sentimental Graffiti is the name of a dating simulation series by NEC Interchannel. An anime television series based on the series was later produced, titled ''Sentimental Journey''. Three Japanese radio dramas based on the series, titled ''Sentimental Night'', ' ...

'' (Visual director) *'' City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba'' (Character design) *''

The Big O ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (Original concept, Character design, Mecha designer) *''

The SoulTaker is an anime series that focuses on seventeen-year-old Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother Mio Date, and afterward gained the ability to turn into an incredibly powerful winged mutant known as "The SoulTaker" and that he has a long-los ...

'' (Storyboard (ep. 5), Creature design, OP director) *''

Mazinkaiser is a Japanese anime OVA produced by Brain's Base and Dynamic Productions, based on the Mazinkaiser design that debuted in ''Super Robot Wars'' games and the original ''Mazinger Z'' manga by Go Nagai. The OVA follows Kouji Kabuto, Tetsuya Tsu ...

'' (Mecha design) *''

Wolf's Rain ''Wolf's Rain'' (stylized in uppercase as ''WOLF'S RAIN'') is a Japanese anime television series created by writer Keiko Nobumoto and produced by Bones. It was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto wi ...

'' (Animation director) *'' Mazinkaiser: Shitou! Ankoku Daishogun'' (Mecha design) *''

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui (''Shūsen no Lorelei'', ''Bōkoku no Aegis'', '' Samurai Commando: Mission 1549''). The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are ...

'' (Animation Director (ep. 1)) *'' C'' (Conceptual Design) *''

Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger is a Japanese tokusatsu comedy drama based on the Super Sentai Series. It is not part of the official line up in Toei Company's Super Sentai franchise, but is instead a self-parody geared towards adults who were fans of the franchise as children. ...

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