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Ikurô Satô

  • Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Production Department
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Ikurô Satô is known for Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001), The Vision of Escaflowne (1996) and Cowboy Bebop (1998).
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    • Known for

    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
    7.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2001
    The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
    The Vision of Escaflowne
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Cowboy Bebop
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2018)
    Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
    7.3
    • Director
    • 2018

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    Director

    • Gachiakuta (2025)
      Gachiakuta
      8.1
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2025
    • My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2017–2024
    • Metallic Rouge (2024)
      Metallic Rouge
      5.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2018)
      Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2017
    • Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 (2017)
      Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Bungo Stray Dogs (2016)
      Bungo Stray Dogs
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Snow White with the Red Hair (2015)
      Snow White with the Red Hair
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Captain Earth (2014)
      Captain Earth
      6.0
      TV Series
      • ending sequence
      • 2014
    • Space Dandy (2014)
      Space Dandy
      8.0
      TV Series
      • episode director (as Ikuro Sato)
      • 2014
    • Tenkai Knights (2013)
      Tenkai Knights
      6.4
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2013
    • Eureka Seven: AO (2012)
      Eureka Seven: AO
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • No. 6 (2011)
      No. 6
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Star Driver (2010)
      Star Driver
      6.1
      TV Series
      • opening sequence
      • 2010–2011
    • Romi Park and Rie Kugimiya in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
      Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
      9.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009–2010

    Production Department

    • Dirty Pair Flash (1995)
      Dirty Pair Flash
      6.9
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 1995–1996
    • The Five Star Stories (1989)
      The Five Star Stories
      6.1
      • production assistant
      • 1989
    • Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition (1988)
      Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition
      7.3
      Video
      • production desk
      • 1988
    • Panzer World Galient (1986)
      Panzer World Galient
      TV Mini Series
      • production assistant
      • 1986
    • Prefectural Earth Defense Force (1986)
      Prefectural Earth Defense Force
      6.8
      Video
      • production assistant
      • 1986
    • Inspector Gadget (1983)
      Inspector Gadget
      6.8
      TV Series
      • production assistant (as Ikuno Sato)
      • 1985
    • The Littles (1983)
      The Littles
      6.5
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 1985
    • Makio Inoue, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Gorô Naya, and Yasuo Yamada in Lupin III: Part III (1984)
      Lupin III: Part III
      7.5
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 1985
    • Sherlock Hound (1984)
      Sherlock Hound
      7.5
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 1984–1985

    Additional Crew

    • Kurau: Phantom Memory (2004)
      Kurau: Phantom Memory
      7.1
      TV Series
      • technical director
      • 2004
    • The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
      The Vision of Escaflowne
      7.7
      TV Series
      • unit director (episodes 15, 19 and 23)
      • 1996
    • Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (1994)
      Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • in cooperation with
      • 1994
    • Armor Hunter Merowlink (1988)
      Armor Hunter Merowlink
      7.4
      TV Series
      • production chief
      • 1989
    • Misutâ ajikko (1987)
      Misutâ ajikko
      7.2
      TV Series
      • setting production
      • 1987–1988

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      • Ikuno Sato

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