Ken'ichi Kasai

Ken'ichi Kasai (カサヰ ケンイチ, Kasai Ken'ichi^?, birth name: 笠井 賢一 Kasai Ken'ichi) is a Japanese anime director, born on 1970-04-12 in Gifu Prefecture.

He is amongst J.C.Staff's most noted directors, having directed the highly-rated Honey and Clover series. Beginning his career as a production manager, using his birth name, he moved onto direction with J.C. Staff. With 2002's Wagamama: Fairy Mirumo De Pon!, he began using his name in katakana.

Works

TV anime

• Cooking Papa (production manager)
• Moeru! Top Striker (production manager)
• Ultraman Kids Haha wo Tazunete 3000 Man Kōnen (production manager)
• Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (assistant director)
• Cutie Honey F (assistant director)
• Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus (assistant director and episode director)
• Jibaku-kun (opening and ending theme director)
• Soreyuke! Uchū Senkan Yamamoto Yōko (episode director)
• Ah! My Goddess: Being Small is Convenient (episode director)
• Anime Ganbare Goemon (storyboards and episode director)
• Gokudō-kun Manyū-ki (storyboards and episode director)
• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (storyboards and episode director)
• Neo Ranga (storyboards and episode director)
• Majutsushi Orphen Revenge (storyboards and episode director)
• Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13 (episode director)
• Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō (storyboards and episode director)
• Daa! Daa! Daa! (storyboards and episode director)
• Kuru Kuru Amī (director)
• Wagamama: Fairy Mirumo De Pon! (director,eps 1-102)
• Major first season (director)
• Honey and Clover (director)
• Major second season (director)
• Honey and Clover II (supervision, ending theme storyboards, episode director)
• Puri Gorota Uchū no Yūjō Dai Bōken (director, script and storyboards of Nodame Cantabile's live action drama episode 4's anime portion)
• Major third season (director)
• Nodame Cantabille (director)
• Kimikiss: pure rouge (director)

Sources:^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and references

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