is a Japanese animation director, mecha and character designer born in

Kagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Pr ...

. 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, , or ; ; ) 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, skill, profundity, or workmanship. Historically, ...

''.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 in all caps) 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 Masakazu ...

'' (2011) *''

Asura Asuras () are a class of beings in Indian religions, and later Persian and Turkic mythology. They are described as power-seeking beings related to the more benevolent Devas (also known as Suras) in Hinduism. In its Buddhist context, the wor ...

'' (2012) *''

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the 12-year-old Earl of Phan ...

'' (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 manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Evening'' from January 2014 to July 2017, with its chapters collected in 10 volumes. The story follows two people, who via ...

'' (2017, chief director) *''

Go! Go! Loser Ranger! , also known as ''Ranger Reject'', is a Japanese 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 in eighteen volumes . An ...

'' (2024)

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 dis ...

'' (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 stations). It is the fourth TV anime in ...

'' (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 ...

'' (Animation Director (eps. 12, 16, 21)) *'' Brave Command Dagwon'' (Opening Animation (op1)) *''

Ninja Resurrection is a two-part Japanese original video animation (OVA) directed by Yasunori Urata and produced by . Based on Futaro Yamada's novel ''Makai Tensho'', the OVA was released from February 1997 to March 1998. Though unrelated narratively, ADV Films ...

'' (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 is a Japanese mecha-anime television series created by designer Keiichi Sato and director Kazuyoshi Katayama for Sunrise. The writing staff was assembled by the series' head writer, Chiaki J. Konaka, who is known for his work on '' Se ...

'' (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 ...

'' (Mecha design) *''

Wolf's Rain ''Wolf's Rain'' (stylized in all caps) 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 with a soundtrack ...

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

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is a novel series written by Harutoshi Fukui with character and mechanical designs provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively. It is first serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Gundam Ace'' magazine from February 2007 to ...

'' (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 as opposed to a general audience for the m ...

'' (Character design)

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