Direction: Akihiko Nishiyama

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Akihiko Nishiyama. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


She, The Ultimate Weapon (SaiKano) (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Mitsuko Kase · Akihiko Nishiyama · Hirokazu Yamada · Hiroshi Haraguchi

Plot Shuji and Chise are two Hokkaido high school students barely starting a relationship with each other. Then, with no warning, a squadron of bombers from an unknown country destroy the...

6.4

352 votes

6.4

352 votes

Excel Saga (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Shinichi Watanabe · Akihiko Nishiyama · Hiroshi Kurimoto · Jun Fukuda

Plot Hyperactive Excel does anything and everything to try to please her lord, Ilpalazzo, who wants to take over the planet. Excel's misadventures takes her and her partner, the ever-dying Hyatt,...

6.3

477 votes

6.3

477 votes

Mister Ajikko (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuhiro Imagawa · Kiyoshi Fukumoto · Toshifumi Kawase · Takashi Kobayashi

Plot Ajiyoshi Yoichi is a culinary prodigy who manages a restaurant with his mother. One day, Murata Genjiro appears in the restaurant and is surprised at the delicious taste and delicate...

5.9

406 votes

5.9

406 votes

Invincible King Tri-Zenon (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Watanabe · Makoto Sokuza · Akihiko Nishiyama · Shintaro Itoga

Plot TV Series (2000 - 2001). 22 Episodes. During the Edo Period, 3 mysterious space capsules were sent down to earth. Fear that it might bring chaos to the earth, the...

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Hallelujah Boy (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Kiyoshi Egami · Yukina Hiiro · Kyosuke Mikuriya · Shigeru Ueda

Plot TV Series (1997). 25 Episodes. Hareluya Hibino is a freshman at Rakuen High School who has only one goal in life: World Domination. Luckily, while that goal makes him extremely...

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Armored Police Metal Jack (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Kiyoshi Egami · Kô Matsuzono · Akihiko Nishiyama · Hideki Tonokatsu

Plot TV Series (1991). 37 Episodios. Ken Kanzaki, is a young investigator assigned to the criminal investigation section of the Metropolital Police. He is one of the finest sharp shooters in...

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Super Doll Licca-chan (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

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Direction Masakazu Hishida · Yôichi Fujita · Hiroaki Kudou · Junichi Watanabe

Plot All his life, Riku Tachibana has been raised by his grandfather. For some reason, the old man has always been fond of strange hand gestures, and they've rubbed off on...

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