 Given name: マイケル
Family name: アリアスBirthday: Feb 2, 1968 Website: Member Favorites: 46 More: Michael Arias is an American-born filmmaker active primarily in Japan. He is best known as the director of Tekkon Kinkreet, which made him the first non-Japanese director of a major anime film.
Although Arias is a Southern California native, he has lived in Tokyo, Japan since he was 24 and speaks fluent Japanese. He is married to a Japanese woman and they have two children. |
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