Akira Suzuki (すずき あきら), also releasing works under the pseudonym Doitsu Suzuki (鈴木 ドイツ), is a Japanese film, anime and manga author, director and editor. He is born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō.[1] He has worked on AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission, Ranma ½, Kodocha, Maze, Daltanius, Trider G7, and Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, and the films Voice Without a Shadow, Eight Hours of Terror, Virus, Minbo and Nankyoku Monogatari. He works with labels HJ Bunko and MF Bunko J. Suzuki directed the movie Ranma ½: Ni Hao My Concubine.