Erkin Kawabata

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Biography

Erkin Kawabata (川畑えるきん, Kawabata Erukin) is a Japanese animator and director. His real name is Hideo Kawabata (川畑栄郎).

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Biography

Erkin Kawabata (川畑えるきん, Kawabata Erukin) is a Japanese animator and director. His real name is Hideo Kawabata (川畑栄郎).

Best known for:

Filmography:

Akko-chan's Got a Secret!(1989)

work as

Animation

Akko-chan's Got a Secret! – The Sea! The Specters!! The Summer Festival poster

Akko-chan's Got a Secret! – The Sea! The Specters!! The Summer Festival(1989)

work as

Animation

TRIGUN(1998)

6.9

work as

Key Animation

Great Teacher Onizuka(1999)

7.3

work as

Key Animation

Peacemaker Kurogane(2003)

work as

Key Animation

Last Exile(2003)

work as

Key Animation

Samurai 7(2004)

5.7

work as

Key Animation

Gankutsuou(2004)

work as

Key Animation

Monster(2004)

7.3

work as

Key Animation

SPEED GRAPHER(2005)

5.7

work as

Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation, Animation Director

Brave Story(2006)

4.9

work as

Animation

Welcome to the N-H-K(2006)

7.2

work as

Director

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur(2006)

6.2

work as

Key Animation

Naruto Shippūden(2007)

8.4

work as

Animation

Bokurano(2007)

work as

Storyboard Artist, Key Animation, Director

Mina(2007)

work as

Director

Blassreiter(2008)

work as

Key Animation

Linebarrels of Iron(2008)

work as

Key Animation

Psychic Squad(2008)

work as

Key Animation

Sound of the Sky(2010)

work as

Key Animation

The Tatami Galaxy(2010)

7.1

work as

Key Animation

Welcome to the Space Show(2010)

5.1

work as

Key Animation

Hori-san and Miyamura-kun(2012)

work as

Director

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 poster

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199(2013)

5.9

work as

Key Animation

Space Dandy(2014)

6.3

work as

Key Animation

My Love Story!!(2015)

7.3

work as

Animation Director

Just Because!(2017)

5.2

work as

Storyboard Artist, Director

Fireworks(2017)

5.3

work as

Animation Director

Mitsuboshi Colors(2018)

work as

Animation Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Key Animation

The Rising of the Shield Hero(2019)

7.6

work as

Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Key Animation

Pokémon: Twilight Wings(2020)

5.5

work as

Storyboard Artist, Director

Komi Can't Communicate(2021)

7.1

work as

Storyboard Artist, Director

Sonny Boy(2021)

work as

Key Animation

Summer Time Rendering(2022)

6.9

work as

Key Animation, Animation Director

The Apothecary Diaries(2023)

7.5

work as

Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director

Digimon Beatbreak(2025)

work as

Key Animation