Junichi Sato, the underrated anime creator

It’s common on the anime and manga media that are less recognized the people that direct series in comparison to those that only make movies or write stories and even less recognized if they participate in genres that are perceived as less relevant.

This is the situation with Junichi Sato, a creator that started his career on the anime industry since the eighties but since the beginning he took part in many beloved anime series but it wasn’t until he began to direct when he became more notorius. The series that he directed and with which he became famous was Sailor Moon that when integrating very well an romantic and heroic story with comedy moments and well developed and nice characters it coul achive world success creating an iconic series that promoted anime and the magical girls genre everywhere.

In consequence of this great success he had the posibility of taking part on more series and even create his own returning often to make magical girl series thanks to his reputation. The series in which he has been instead of showing epic and very dramatic stories they are adventures in lighter and and more human tone that instead of presenting passionate matches between antagonists he presents the drama and reality of each character and how they evolve reaching an understanding of their circumstances solving their conflicts in a less violent way.

To recall some of the more improtant series that he has created we can mention Ojamajo Doremi, Mahou Tsukai Tai!, Strange Dawn, Princess Tutu, Kaleido Star, Keroro Gunso, Fushigi-boshi no Futago-hime, Aria, Sketchbook ~full Color’s~ and Tamayura. As you may note these series have in common that they leave a subtle and depp impression staying as memorable and beloved series.