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''.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) *''

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'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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

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'' (2017, chief director) *'' Go! Go! Loser Ranger!'' (TBA)

Other

*'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' (Key Animation) *'' Genesis Survivor Gaiarth'' (Animation Director (ep. 3)) *'' Giant Robo'' (Animation supervisor) *'' Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Animation Director) *'' Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture'' (Key Animation) *''

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'' (Original Character Design) *''

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'' (Animation Director (eps. 12, 16, 21)) *'' Brave Command Dagwon'' (Opening Animation (op1)) *'' Ninja Resurrection'' (Character Design, Chief Animation Director) *'' Urotsukidoji'' (Character Design) *'' City Hunter: Goodbye my Sweetheart'' (Character design, Chief animation supervisor) *'' Sentimental Graffiti'' (Visual director) *'' City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba'' (Character design) *''

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

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

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

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'' (Animation Director (ep. 1)) *'' C'' (Conceptual Design) *'' Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger'' (Character design)

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* Anime directors People from Kagawa Prefecture 1965 births Living people Mechanical designers (mecha) {{Anime-bio-stub