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Hideaki Kurakawa

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  • Art Department
  • Director
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Hideaki Kurakawa is known for Maria the Virgin Witch (2015), Hanasaku iroha (2011) and Sakura Quest (2017).
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    Known for

    Maria the Virgin Witch (2015)
    Maria the Virgin Witch
    6.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Hanasaku iroha (2011)
    Hanasaku iroha
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Sakura Quest (2017)
    Sakura Quest
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Art Department
    Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files Movie (2009)
    Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files Movie
    5.8
    • Animation Department
    • 2009

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    Animation Department

    • Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (2013)
      Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
      8.0
      Video Game
      • animation director: P.A. WORKS
      • 2013
    • Banno Yasai Ninninman (2011)
      Banno Yasai Ninninman
      5.1
      Short
      • assistant animation director
      • 2011
    • Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (2011)
      Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
      7.8
      Video Game
      • key animator: P.A. WORKS
      • 2011
    • Angel Beats! (2010)
      Angel Beats!
      7.6
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2010
    • Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files Movie (2009)
      Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files Movie
      5.8
      • key animator
      • 2009
    • Hiroshi Tachi in Golgo 13 (2008)
      Golgo 13
      7.4
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2008
    • Flag: Issenman no kufura no kiroku (2007)
      Flag: Issenman no kufura no kiroku
      5.9
      • mechanical design
      • 2007
    • Flag (2006)
      Flag
      6.5
      TV Series
      • mechanical design
      • 2006–2007
    • Doctor Strange (2007)
      Doctor Strange
      6.6
      Video
      • animation director: The Answerstudio Co. Ltd.
      • 2007
    • Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
      Pooh's Heffalump Movie
      6.4
      • key animator
      • 2005
    • Mulan II (2004)
      Mulan II
      5.6
      Video
      • key animator
      • 2004
    • Jim Cummings and John Fiedler in Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
      Piglet's Big Movie
      6.1
      • key animator
      • 2003
    • Barry Bostwick, Kath Soucie, Samuel West, and Bobby Lockwood in 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002)
      101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure
      5.7
      Video
      • key animator
      • 2002
    • Christopher Daniel Barnes, Susanne Blakeslee, Corey Burton, Jennifer Hale, Rob Paulsen, Russi Taylor, and Frank Welker in Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
      Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
      5.0
      Video
      • key animator
      • 2002
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Haley Joel Osment, Charles Kimbrough, and Jane Withers in The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
      The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
      4.6
      Video
      • key animator
      • 2002

    Art Department

    • Buddy Daddies (2023)
      Buddy Daddies
      7.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2023
    • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018)
      Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
      8.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Planet With (2018)
      Planet With
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Sakura Quest (2017)
      Sakura Quest
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Flying Witch (2016)
      Flying Witch
      7.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Haruchika: Haruta & Chika (2016)
      Haruchika: Haruta & Chika
      6.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Prison School (2015)
      Prison School
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Shirobako (2014)
      Shirobako
      8.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014–2015

    Director

    • Sakura Quest (2017)
      Sakura Quest
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Flying Witch (2016)
      Flying Witch
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Haruchika: Haruta & Chika (2016)
      Haruchika: Haruta & Chika
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Prison School (2015)
      Prison School
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Maria the Virgin Witch (2015)
      Maria the Virgin Witch
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • episode director
      • 2015
    • Shirobako (2014)
      Shirobako
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2015
    • Hanasaku iroha (2011)
      Hanasaku iroha
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011

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