is a Japanese

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director, producer and photography director.

Career

Daichi is a native of

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and a graduate of

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. He originally aspired to be a stage photographer, but entered the employ of Tokyo Animation Film, an anime photography company. His first work in the industry was as photography director for the ''

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'' movie ''History of Nobita's Outer Space Trailblazing'' (ドラえもんのび太の宇宙開拓史). After five years, Daichi changed jobs and worked for a video production company making

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videos among other things, but he later returned to the anime industry and focused on direction. In 1994, he attracted attention for his storyboard work on ''

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'', and in 1995 he made his debut as a series director on ''

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''.

Sexual harassment allegations

In 2018 and 2019, voice actress

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alleged that she was propositioned by her manager to enter a mixed bath with Daichi in the nude and was blacklisted from the voice acting industry when she refused.

Works (as director)

* ''

'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1995) * ''

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'' (''Kodocha''; 1996–1998) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san'' (1998) * '' Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Atashin'chi'' (2002) * '' Animation Runner Kuromi 2'' (2004) * '' Makasete Iruka!'' (''

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!'') (2004) * '' Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl 2'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2012–2015) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama-hen'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2019) * '' Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa'' (2022) * '' Me & Roboco'' (2022–2023)

References

External links

Daichi's homepage
(Japanese) *
Daichi at AnimeNEXT 2005 convention
Anime directors Living people 1956 births People from Gunma Prefecture {{Anime-bio-stub