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Yoshiaki Kyougoku

Yoshiaki Kyougoku

Directing

Biography

Yoshiaki Kyougoku (京極 義昭, Kyōgoku Yoshiaki) is a Japanese animation director and storyboard artist who began his career at Production I.G. He began his career working in animation and gradually moved into higher‑level roles across various television series. Over the years he has contributed as an animator, storyboard artist, and episode director for several major productions. He made his debut as a series director in 2018 with Yuru Camp△, a project that established his reputation in the industry. Before that, he directed notable episodes of Yama no Susume Second Season, including de episode Dear My Friend, a key turning point in the story. His work is often described as visually grounded and realistic, influenced by the films of Hayao Miyazaki, which he admired from a young age. Following Yuru Camp△, he directed its second season in 2021 and the franchise's feature film in 2022. His credits also include work on Tokyo Ghoul, Kuroko's Basketball, Blood-C, Robotics;Notes, Gleipnir, Usagi Drop, and YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master, among others.

Known For

Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings
6.2

During the Sengoku period, there are many factions constantly at war. One of these is led by a one-eyed man named Date Masamune and another by the imposing Takeda Shingen. The latter has a fiercely loyal subordinate named Sanada Yukimura who goes head to head against Date Masamune multiple times, but the battles between them tend to get interrupted. One such battle occurs when both men try to go after another leader named Imagawa, and they’re forced to break off their heated duel when Imagawa attempts to flee the scene with his body doubles. Yukimura and Masamune go after separate Imagawas, but all of the doubles are killed by a third party, and when their paths cross again, they are in front of the menacing Oda Nobunaga and his army. It was Nobunaga’s subordinates that killed those body doubles, and Nobunaga himself proceeds to kill the real Imagawa with a shotgun blast to the head.

Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings

2009Series
Real Drive
7.1

The story takes place in 2061, 50 years after humanity developed the "Net society" that depended on information networks despite their security issues. To improve security, a new network called Meta Real Network — or "Metal" for short — was developed. People's personal memories are reduced to information and placed within "protected virtual stand-alone organic cyber enclaves" called bubble shells online. The result was a virtual "explosion" of creative freedom as people felt safe enough to explore instincts and desires on Metal that they would not otherwise explore in real life. This "friction" between the Metal's alluring lack of restrictions and rules-bound reality led to trouble and incidents that investigators known as "cyber divers" must handle. Masamichi Haru is one such cyber diver.

Real Drive

2008Series