Junichi Sato (born March 11, 1960) is a veteran anime director who mainly works on fairytale-influenced {{shoujo}} series, including some of the best MagicalGirl series out there. His first big job was directing the first two seasons of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', after which he handed the reins over to Creator/KunihikoIkuhara, although he continued to storyboard and direct episodes for the later seasons; later he went on to co-direct Toei's second [[CashCowFranchise Cash Cow Magical Girl Franchise]], ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', as well as the critically acclaimed genre {{deconstruction}} ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. On the non-shoujo side of things, Sato served as chief director for long-runner ''Manga/SgtFrog'' and in recent years has become more known for his "healing anime" such as ''Manga/{{Aria}}'' and ''Anime/UmiMonogatari''.

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!!Directed:
* ''Manga/{{Amanchu}}''
* ''Manga/{{Aria}}''
* ''Manga/GoldfishWarning''
* ''Anime/KaleidoStar''
* ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure''
* ''[[Anime/MagicUsersClub Mahou Tsukai Tai!]]''
* ''[[Anime/MapleTown Maple Town Monogatari]]''
* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''
* ''Anime/OneOff''
* ''Anime/PhiBrainPuzzleOfGod''
* ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' — also wrote the manga version
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu''
* ''Anime/SailorMoon''
* ''Manga/SgtFrog''
* ''Anime/{{Tamayura}}''
* ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'', first season only
* ''Anime/UmiMonogatari''
* ''Anime/YumeNoCrayonOukoku''
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