Known for Visual Effects
Shūichi Seki is a Japanese animator and character designer born in 1946.
Birthplace
Ota, Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
23 films, 22 shows


The Chronicles of Rebecca
2020 · 24m
country: Japan
Set in a rural town in Maine, USA, at the end of the 19th century. The second of seven siblings, Rebecca, is a bright and energetic 10-year-old girl. When her father dies, Rebecca’s life becomes harder and she is sent to live with her two aunts, Miranda and Jane. Rebecca, who admires the gentle Jane, constantly cowers from the strict and nagging Miranda. One day, Rebecca is scolded by Miranda for going out in a pink dress that Jane had made for her by hand. After Miranda insults her father, Rebecca explodes and leaves the house in a rage…


Kiku and the Wolf
2008 · 45m
country: Japan
Kiku-chan to Ookami, one of the Sensou Douwa wartime specials, follows a young Japanese settler girl in Manchukuo, Japan’s puppet state in occupied northeast China, during the final days of World War II. As Soviet forces enter Manchuria and Japan’s colonial rule collapses, Kiku’s family joins other settlers fleeing south toward Korea in the hope of returning to Japan. When Kiku falls ill with measles, the refugee group abandons her, leaving her behind to die. Alone in the wilderness, Kiku is found by an old wolf who first sees her as prey. But as the wolf watches over the helpless child, hunger gives way to a strange, fragile bond. With soldiers, fire, illness, and starvation closing in, can Kiku survive long enough to be found?


The Tale of the Ginormous Whale That Fell in Love with a Little Submarine
2004 · 45m
country: Japan
The third film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"


The Mother Who Became a Kite
2003 · 45m
country: Japan
The second film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa".


The Boy and the Sea Turtle
2002 · 45m
country: Japan
The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"


Gauche the Cellist
1998 · 20m
country: Japan
This is essentially a highly condensed remake of the famous 1982 Isao Takahara release. It tells the story of Gauche, a struggling cellist in a provincial orchestra. He is visited by four talking animals - a cat, a cuckoo, a tanuki, and a field mouse - on successive nights They help him to improve his playing, just in time for orchestra’s concert performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.


My Father's Dragon
1997 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon.


The E.Y.E.S. of Mars
1993 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
The future is bleak and urbanized. A government super-power holds the keys to all the doors. Hope lies in a secret organization who kidnaps "gifted" children and teaches them to wield their ability to view the life energy of all living things. A young girl befriends a sempai, a street rat comes to rescue her, and two parents wait helplessly to see their daughter one last time...


The Story of Fifteen Boys
1987 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
Cast ashore on a desert island after a fierce ocean storm, fifteen school boys find their lives changed forever. Who cut the lines that sent their ship to sea with no captain or crew? Why are pirates after the boys' new-found friend? Will they ever get home again? The excitement unfolds in scene after thrilling scene.


Dogtanian Special
1985 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
France, 17th century, under the reign of Louis XIII. Dogtanian is an impetuous and innocent peasant from Gascony, as well as a skilled swordsman, who travels to Paris with the purpose of making his dream come true: to join the Corps of Muskehounds of the Royal Guard. (Edited version of the 1981 animated television series Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds.)


The Legend of Ninja Kamui: The Shell of the Sun and Moon
1971 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
After working his way up from the oppressed peasant class, the rogue ninja Kamui must struggle to free himself from the iron fist of his own clan. He travels through all the country running from ruthless killers who have traveled to the ends of the Earth to destroy him. A feature film edit of the ninja anime of the same name, covering "The Shell of the Sun and Moon" arc.