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Akira Yamada(III)

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Akira Yamada is known for Sword Art Online (2012), Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021) and Fruits Basket (2019).
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    Known for

    Sword Art Online (2012)
    Sword Art Online
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
    Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
    7.2
    • Art Department
    • 2021
    Yûichi Nakamura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yuma Uchida, and Manaka Iwami in Fruits Basket (2019)
    Fruits Basket
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020)
    Rent-a-Girlfriend
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (2016)
      Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2024
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2020
    • Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020)
      Rent-a-Girlfriend
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Yûichi Nakamura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yuma Uchida, and Manaka Iwami in Fruits Basket (2019)
      Fruits Basket
      8.6
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2019
    • Hinamatsuri (2018)
      Hinamatsuri
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018

    Art Department

    • Engage Kiss (2022)
      Engage Kiss
      6.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
      Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
      7.2
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
      Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
      7.2
      • unit director
      • 2021

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