A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Ryotaro Akao
Ryōtarō Akao
あかお りょうたろう
赤尾 良太郎
Ryoutarou Akao (赤尾 良太郎, Akao Ryōtarō) is a Japanese animator and animation director. He is representative director of Studio Gao, which he founded in 2002 after working at Studio Boomerang.
Key Animation:
1999 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
2000 Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes
2001 Di Gi Charat: A Trip To The Planet
2001 Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
2002 Welcome to Pia Carrot!! The Movie: Sayaka's Love Story
2003 RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
2010 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st
2010 Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions
2010 Welcome to the Space Show
2012 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
2013 Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission
2015 Initial D Legend 2: Racer
2016 Initial D Legend 3: Dream
2017 Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1
2020 BEM: BECOME HUMAN
2022 The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie
2023 maboroshi
Animation Director:
2007 Stigma of the Wind
2009 Monogatari
2009 Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar
2012 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2013 Attack on Titan
2013 Date a Live
2016 Orange
2018 Laid-Back Camp
2021 Remake Our Life!
2021 The Faraway Paladin
2022 Prima Doll
2023 Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
Key Animation:
2000 Ceres: Celestial Legend
2000 Hamtaro
2001 Alien Nine
2001 Shaman King
2001 X
2002 .hack
2002 RahXephon
2003 Peacemaker
2005 Aria
2005 Starship Operators
2005 Sugar Sugar Rune
2006 NANA
2007 Getsumen to Heiki Mina
2007 Naruto Shippūden
2007 Stigma of the Wind
2009 From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
2009 Monogatari
2009 Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings
2009 Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar
2010 The Betrayal Knows My Name
2011 Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
2011 Rio: Rainbow Gate!
2011 You and Me
2012 Busou Shinki: Armored War Goddess
2012 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2013 Attack on Titan
2013 Date a Live
2014 Haikyu!!
2015 One-Punch Man
2016 Flip Flappers
2016 Orange
2016 Tawawa on Monday
2018 Devilman Crybaby
2018 Laid-Back Camp
2019 Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu
2019 Outburst Dreamer Boys
2020 Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
2020 Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
2020 Tower of God
2021 Remake Our Life!
2021 The Faraway Paladin
2021 The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
2021 takt op.Destiny
2022 Aoashi
2022 Prima Doll
2023 Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned Into a Pig-
2023 KONOSUBA – An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
2023 Spy Classroom
2023 Tengoku Daimakyo
2023 Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
2024 A Condition Called Love
2024 Ninja Kamui
2024 Rising Impact
2025 Catch Me at the Ballpark!
2025 Summer Pockets
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At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
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