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Akitaro Daichi

{{Short description|Japanese anime director, producer, and photography director}}

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| native_name = 大地 丙太郎

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|1|13}}

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| occupation = Anime director, producer, photography director

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| website = {{URL|http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~akitaroh/|Daichi's homepage}}

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{{nihongo|Akitaro Daichi|大地 丙太郎|Daichi Akitarō|born January 13, 1956}} is a Japanese anime director, producer and photography director.

Career

Daichi is a native of Gunma Prefecture and a graduate of Tokyo Polytechnic University. He originally aspired to be a stage photographer, but entered the employ of Tokyo Animation Film, an anime photography company. His first work in the industry was as photography director for the Doraemon movie History of Nobita's Outer Space Trailblazing (ドラえもん のび太の宇宙開拓史). After five years, Daichi changed jobs and worked for a video production company making karaoke videos among other things, but he later returned to the anime industry and focused on direction. In 1994, he attracted attention for his storyboard work on Akazukin Chacha, and in 1995 he made his debut as a series director on Nurse Angel Ririka SOS.

=Sexual harassment allegations=

In 2018 and 2019, voice actress Hiroko Konishi alleged that she was propositioned by her manager to enter a mixed bath with Daichi in the nude and was blacklisted from the voice acting industry when she refused.{{cite web |first=Lynzee |last=Loveridge |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-06-08/voice-actress-hiroko-konishi-reveals-industry-disagreements-about-ojarumaru-role/.132585 | title=Voice Actress Hiroko Konishi Reveals Industry Disagreements About Ojarumaru Role |website=Anime News Network |date=June 8, 2018 |access-date=July 31, 2019}}{{cite web |first=Kim |last=Morrissy |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-02-13/voice-actress-hiroko-konishi-shares-her-metoo-story/.143311 |title=Voice Actress Hiroko Konishi Shares Her #MeToo Story |website=Anime News Network |date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=July 31, 2019}}

Works (as director)

References

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External links

  • [http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~akitaroh/ Daichi's homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218194935/http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~akitaroh/ |date=2021-02-18 }} (Japanese)
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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051217041418/http://www.animenext.org/2005/ Daichi at AnimeNEXT 2005 convention]

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Category:Anime directors

Category:Living people

Category:1956 births

Category:People from Gunma Prefecture

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