

Overview
The size of the Japanese animation market was 2,426 billion yen by 2020. More than half of that amount came from overseas sales. The manga market is also expanding, reaching 675.9 billion yen in 2021. Those unique visuals and stories from Japan have struck a chord with fans around the world and are growing into a huge industry. ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION will actively feature major works that are highly recognized by overseas fans and reveal the secrets of Japanese anime and manga creation through the series.
Cast
202Open an episode for ages at its air date.
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Michael TurpinSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Joel DSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Kunio OkawaraSelf - Mechanical Designer
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Ryusuke HikawaSelf - Tokusatsu and Anime Researcher
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Takanobu MizunoSelf - Director, Self - Part Director
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Riyoko IkedaSelf - Manga Artist
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Yoichi TakahashiSelf - Manga Artist
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Shoji KawamoriSelf - Mechanical Designer
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Naoyuki ItoSelf - Director
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Shun KimuraSelf - Production Assistant
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Shingo NatsumeSelf - Director
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Atsuko IshizukaSelf - Director
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Takahiro YoshimatsuSelf - Character Designer / Chief Animation Director
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Yuki KawashitaSelf - Compositing Director
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Shinji UedaSelf - Takarazuka Revue Company Director
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Yuji TokiSelf - Production Manager
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Toshiyuki KatoSelf - Director
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Haruyuki NakanoSelf - Manga Critic
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Takahide HoriSelf - Director
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Toshihisa YokoshimaSelf - Director
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Yuuki TakadaAki (voice) (archive sound)
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Sawako HataFuyu (voice) (archive sound)
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Mutsuki IwanakaShu (voice) (archive sound)
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Masaki TerasomaGidoku (voice) (archive sound)
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Yoshiko KameiYakin (voice) (archive sound)
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Yayoi NakazawaChibo (voice) (archive sound)
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Keisuke ItagakiSelf - Manga Artist
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Toshiki HiranoSelf - Director
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Tenshin NasukawaSelf - Professional Fighter
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Masaaki OsumiSelf - Director
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Tadashi TakezakiSelf - TMS Entertainment President/CEO
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Keiichi IshiyamaSelf - General Manager of Production
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Shuhei MatsushitaSelf - Director
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Yoshio MizumuraSelf - Mechanical and Prop Designer
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Kodai MashoSelf - Episode Director
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Makiko IizukaSelf - Research and Development
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Ryota HasegawaSelf - Business Producer
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Sokichi ShimookaSelf - Producer
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Ayaka NegishiSelf - Producer
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Hiroshi NishikioriSelf - Director
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Kensuke YamamotoSelf - Director
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Masakazu HishidaSelf - Director
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Keito OkuyamaSelf - Choreographer, Performer, Voice Actor
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Go NagaiSelf - Manga Artist
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Masao MaruyamaSelf - Producer
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Yoshinori KanemoriSelf - Animator
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Yoshiaki KawajiriSelf - Animation Director
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Sunao KatabuchiSelf - Animation Director
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Taro MakiSelf - GENCO President and Producer
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Naoki UrasawaSelf - Manga Artist
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Takahiro MiyataSelf - Special Effects and CGI Director
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Yoshitaka AmanoSelf - Illustrator and Character Designer
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Fusanosuke NatsumeSelf - Manga Columnist
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Tomoharu KatsumataSelf - Director
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Hiroshi SasagawaSelf - Director
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Kazuko ShibuyaSelf - SQUARE ENIX Art Director
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Shinmei KawaharaSelf - Director
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Noriyuki OumiSelf - CG Director
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Yuuzou SatouSelf - Director
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Yuzuru TachikawaSelf - Director
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Tomoaki MaenoBartender (voice) (archive sound)
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Yuichi NakamuraMan (voice) (archive sound)
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Jun HazumiOld Man (voice) (archive sound)
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Asami SetoWoman (voice) (archive sound)
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Eiji TakeuchiMale Customer (voice) (archive sound)
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Asuka NishiFemale Customer (voice) (archive sound)
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Ryuichi SumikawaSelf - Anime Music Critic
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Takaaki KidaniSelf - Bushiroad President
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AimiSelf - Voice of Kasumi Toyama
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Hina YoumiyaSelf - Voice of Tomori Takamatsu
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Kohdai KakimotoSelf - Anime Director
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Naoya OkugawaSelf - CG Supervisor
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Tomomi UmetsuSelf - Episode Director
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Gen OkamuraSelf - Music Director
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Ritsuo MitsuiSelf - Music Arranger
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Rimi NishimotoRimi Ushigome (archive footage)
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Ayasa ItoArisa Ichigaya (archive footage)
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Ayaka OhashiSaaya Yamabuki (archive footage)
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Sae OtsukaTae Hanazono (archive footage)
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Yutaka IzubuchiSelf - Director and Mechanical Designer
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Kazunori ItoSelf - Screenwriter
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Akemi TakadaSelf - Character Designer
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Shigeru ChibaSelf - Voice for Shigeo Shiba
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Chiaki KyanSelf
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Katsuya KanaokaSelf - President of Man-Machine Synergy Effectors, Inc.
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Takamitsu SatouSelf - Character Designer & Chief Animation Director
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Yoshinori MoriizumiSelf - CG Director
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Kento HiroiSelf - President of MOVeLOT
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Ananda Dawn JacobsSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Tatsuyuki NagaiSelf - Director
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Hayato DateSelf - Director and NUNOANI Juku Instructor
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Masayuki KoudaSelf - Animation Director and Animator
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Maiko HaradaSelf - NUNOANI Juku President
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Noriyuki AbeSelf - Director and NUNOANI Juku Instructor
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Hajime KamegakiSelf - Director and NUNOANI Juku Instructor
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Tomohisa TaguchiSelf - Chief Series Director
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Hikaru MurataSelf - Director
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Saori GodaSelf - Color Designer
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Yoshihiko TominagaSelf - Producer
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Yoshikazu YasuhikoSelf - Manga Artist and Director
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Hiroyasu IshidaSelf
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Norihiro NaganumaSelf - Chief Director and Series Composition
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Akira ShimizuSelf - CloverWorks President
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Masayoshi TanakaSelf - Character Designer and Chief Animation Director
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Mari OkadaSelf - Screenplay Writer
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Yayoi OgashiwaSelf - Art Director
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Hisayo UsuiSelf - Art Supervisor
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Masashi IshihamaSelf - Director
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Yuichi OkaSelf - Supervising Animation Director and Instructor
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Yuichi FukushimaSelf - CloverWorks Vice-President and Producer
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Ruka ShojiSelf - Animator
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Mikiko UraSelf - Animator
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Kanako HigashiSelf - Animator
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Mamoru HosodaSelf (archive footage)
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Anju InamiHinata (voice) (archive sound)
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Saori HayamiShigure (voice) (archive sound)
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Paru ItagakiSelf
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Dominic AllenSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Hideo MatsuyamaSelf - Weekly Shonen Champion Chief Editor
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Kouki OtaSelf - CG Director
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Mie OishiSelf - Episode Director
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Kaori KunishimaSelf - CG Facial Director
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Natsu HyūgaSelf / Uririn
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Akinori FudesakaSelf - Season 2 Director
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Tamotsu NagaiSelf - CGI Director
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Ichiro ItanoSelf - Animation Director
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Babiichi SanoSelf - Stage Play Writer and Director
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Yasutaka YamamotoSelf - Medalist Director
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Ryota FujitsuSelf - Anime Critic
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Jumpei MizusakiSelf - Director
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Takashi OkazakiSelf - Character Designer
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Kwok-Wai HansonSelf - Anime Trending CEO & Editor-in-Chief
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Sho OhtaniSelf - Producer
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Kazuki NakashimaSelf - Screenwriter
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Shinji TakagiSelf - Co-Director
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Daisuke SajikiSelf - Part Director
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Susumu YamaguchiSelf - Part Director
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Kelvin BarnesSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Yasuhiro YoshiuraSelf
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Akio OtsukaSelf - Voice Actor
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Koichi YamaderaSelf - Voice Actor
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Rikiya KoyamaSelf - Voice Actor
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Keiji InaiSelf - Film Composer
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Akiko SuzukiSelf - Professional Figure Skater
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Takeshi YamazoeSelf - Motion Capture Director
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KojiSelf - 3DCG Director
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Tadayuki TodaSelf - 3DCG Visual Director
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Kenji KoyamaSelf - Sound Effects Artist
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Hajime NakajimaSelf - 3DCG Animator
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Hinata TakekawaSelf - Animator
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Shingo YamashitaSelf - Animator and Director
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Nene FutamuraSelf - Episode Director
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Ayano TakedaSelf - Novelist
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Tatsuya IshiharaSelf - Chief Director
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Minoru OtaSelf - Instrument Animation Director
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Taichi OgawaSelf - Director
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Yota TsuruokaSelf - Sound Director
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Volcano OtaSelf
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Kenji WatanabeSelf - Digimon Designer
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Hiromi SekiSelf - Producer
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Sayoko YokoyamaSelf - Color Designer
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Hiroaki MiyamotoSelf - Series Director
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Takahiro KojimaSelf - Character Designer
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Noriyuki HirotaSelf - Animator
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Yutaka NakamuraSelf - Animator
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Fumihiko SuganumaSelf - Series Director
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Yasushi MurakiSelf - Mecha Animator
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Masahiko MinamiSelf - bones President and Producer
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Yasuyuki KaiSelf - Animator
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Kohei HirotaSelf - Animator
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Naomi NakayamaSelf - Director
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Ayaka MatsuyamaSelf - Asset Manager
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Yota AndoSelf - 3DCG Director
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Yoshihiro OyabuSelf - bones film President and Producer
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Gosho AoyamaSelf - Manga Artist
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Yasuichiro YamamotoSelf - Chief Director
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Masatomo SudoSelf - Character Design
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Goshi YoshidaSelf - TV Network Producer
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Masataka TodoSelf - Animation Studio Producer
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Junichi IiokaSelf - Story Editor
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Yukie KoyakeSelf - Story Editor
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Hiro MasakiSelf - Screenwriter
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Takahiro OkuraSelf - Novelist and Screenwriter
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Kazuma MomoharaSelf - Animation Producer
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Naoya NakayamaSelf - Live Performance Director
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Teruo SatoSelf - Director
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Yoshihito HishinumaSelf - Character Designer and Chief Animation Director
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Hiroshi KatoSelf - Art Director
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Izumi HokiSelf - Art Director
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Akane FushiharaSelf - Director of Photography
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FuseSelf - Original Author
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Atsushi NakayamaSelf - Supervisor
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Yuji HaibaraSelf - Graphic Designer
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Kenji YasudaSelf - Assistant Director
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Naokatsu TsudaSelf - Director
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Kohei EguchiSelf - Producer
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RintaroSelf - Director
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Kozo MorishitaSelf - Toei Senior Advisor to the Board
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Takashi WashioSelf - Toei Senior Executive Officer and Executive Producer
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Wataru MatsumiSelf - One Piece Series Director
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Yasunori KoyamaSelf - One Piece Series Director
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Ryuta KoikeSelf - Producer
›- TMDB ID
- 226741 ↗
- First aired
- 2023-04-30
- Last aired
- 2026-08-10
- Status
- Returning Series
- Genres
- Documentary
- Creators
- Unknown
- Countries
- JP
- Languages
- English, Japanese
Family guidance
Age ratings
—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)
—Not rated in Spain (ES)
—Not rated in France (FR)
—Not rated in United States of America (US)
—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)
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Seasons
Crew
Directing8
Production16
Tomoko AsamiProduction CoordinatorYoshihito KuroiwaExecutive ProducerYutaka KitazawaExecutive ProducerKenichi ImamuraProducerTatsuhiro BenikoProducer, Executive ProducerNatsumi YoshidaResearcherMoa MoriResearcherHajime YodaExecutive ProducerTatsunori IkegamiExecutive ProducerYusuke SuzukiResearcherAkio MimuraResearcherKengo KumayamaResearcherMasahide KurodaResearcherRyo MiyasakaResearcherRuka SakumotoResearcherHajime KondoExecutive Producer
