Biography
Motoki Yagi is a Japanese animator whose credited filmography includes an animation-check assistant credit on Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark 1988 film, among his earliest documented work [1]. He has worked mainly as a key animator, with more recent credits including The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 [2], and he animation-directed both seasons of the historical adventure Golden Kamuy in 2018 [1][2], as well as the upcoming The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch [2]. His broader filmography, running from the late 1980s through current productions, spans key animation, animation direction, assistant animation direction, and in-between animation work across hundreds of television, film, and OAV projects [1]. With a career now approaching four decades, Yagi represents the kind of steady, largely uncredited-by-the-public contribution that keeps Japanese television animation running series after series, year after year. No verified birthdate, birthplace, or interview material could be located for him.