Kouji Sawai

Birth : 1955-09-14, Tokyo, Japan

History

Kouji Sawai (澤井幸次, Sawai Kōji, September 14, 1955) is veteran Japanese anime director and storyboarder from Tokyo. After graduating from Toyo University, he worked in an anime studio for seven years and then became freelance. He has been involved in many works, such as Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2 (1989), Patlabor the Movie, .hack//Legend of the Twilight, A Place Further Than the Universe, and Wakaokami wa Shougakusei!

Profile

Movies

Halo Legends

Director

The universe of the Halo video game series is expanded in seven short animated films from Japan's greatest anime directors and studios.

Kawaguchi Kaiji's 9 Love Stories

Director

An OVA based on the work of Kawaguchi Kaiji consisting of nine independent stories, each animated by a different director. With Beatles music involved, somewhere.

Patlabor: The Movie

Animation Director

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.