birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
ama , aichi prefecture , japan 11 march 1960 yasuno sato junichi sato
 junichi sato anime director
junichi sato

born in ama , aichi prefecture , japan , his first major work was directing the first two seasons of `` sailor moon '' for toei animation , after which he handed the position over to kunihiko ikuhara , although he continued to storyboard and direct episodes for the later seasons .
he later he went on to co-direct `` ojamajo doremi '' , as well as the critically acclaimed `` princess tutu '' .
sato served as chief director for long-runner `` sgt. frog '' and in recent years has become more known for his `` healing anime '' such as `` aria '' and `` umi monogatari '' .
