Akitarou Daichi

大地丙太郎

Twitter | Website | Wiki (jp) He is a Tokyo Polytechnic University graduate. Although Daichi was an aspiring stage photographer he instead joined animation photography company Tokyo Animation Film where he continued to work for 5 years, although he temporarily changed jobs and shot live-action karaoke videos instead. In 1991 he left his employer, worked at a game production for half a year, and returned to the animation industry where he would study under animation director Tetsuo Yasumi. Daichi would advance into episode direction and caught the eyes of Tatsuo Satou and Hiroaki Sakurai who w…