Takashi Nakamura

Love and Life

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

Release Date1961-01-27

Charactersd Dr. Taoka

Vote Count1

The Burdened Sisters

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Release Date1961-12-17

Charactersd Yusuke Sakaro

Vote Count1

Akira Production Report

A documentary on the making of the Japanese animated science fiction film, Akira, created by Katsuhiro Otomo from his popular graphic novel series of the same title; shows Japanese animators at work and discusses their state-of-the-art animation techniques.

Release Date1988-07-25

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

The Ancient Magus' Bride

Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again. The man is a "magus,"a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice--and his bride!

Release Date2017-10-08

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count7

Vote Count445

Warriors of the Wind

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

Release Date1984-03-11

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count4199

Akira

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Release Date1988-06-10

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count4985

KILL BLUE

Legendary hitman Juzo Ogami has never failed an assignment. But after a mission, he’s stung by a mysterious wasp and wakes up in the body of a 13-year-old boy! And to make things even weirder, he receives a bizarre new order: infiltrate a middle school. Now the once-feared assassin must balance the chaos of school life with his deadly work, all while searching for a way to regain his adult body!

Release Date2026-04-11

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count43

Gold Lightan - Golden Warrior

Hiro finds what appears to be a broken lighter. However, it is actually Gold Lightan, who has fallen to Earth from the Robot Dimension. He stays in compact size until called upon to act as a valiant warrior to save Earth from alien invasion.

Release Date1981-03-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count5

Vote Count2

Japan Animator Expo

The short film series "Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition" presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc... Various omnibus animations produced with love and energy, regardless of any genres. The digital distribution anime series bring opportunities for project development, R&D, human resources development, and free production under limited period and budget, to explore the possibilities of future film production.

Release Date2014-11-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors

During the war-torn feudal wars of Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord and insists upon marrying the lord's daughter! Their unnatural union bears fruit, but when they are both killed, the eight unborn pups are reincarnated as the eight Dog Warriors - the Hakkenden. Slowly they find each other and come together as a group. These eight warriors, who represent the eight separate aspects of the Bushido, engage in bloody battles with demonic entitles and evil samurai in the final attempt to redeem their clan!

Release Date1990-10-25

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

The Adventures of Peter Pan

The anime starts with Wendy having a dream about Peter Pan rescuing her and having a sword fight with Captain Hook. Wendy and her two brothers later on the episode go to Never Never land and Wendy becomes the 'mother' of the Lost boys. Throughout the series a romance blooms between Peter and Wendy as they go on fights with pirates . The last half of the series go to a different direction then the original story line and also introduce a new character ( Princess Luna ) who becomes an important part of the last episodes.

Release Date1989-01-15

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count41

Vote Count11

A New Dawn

The Obinata Fireworks Shop factory is getting prepared for an administrative action for confiscation tomorrow. It has been six years since Keitaro has been holed up in a closed-down factory creating fireworks by himself, chasing after an illusion of his father who vanished. It is a story about three young people who overcome the extreme weather conditions, disasters and environmental problems imposed on them and establish their own identities.

Release Date2026-03-06

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count10

Tetsujin 28

In post-WWII Japan, Dr. Shikishima has built up Shikishima Industries to be a technological powerhouse, working on developing robots. However, at the heart of their success lurks a dark secret from the war, something that cost the life of Dr. Kaneda, Shikishima's mentor. Now Kaneda's son, Shoutarou, is about to learn the truth, and it will change him forever.

Release Date2004-04-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Episode Count26

Vote Count5

Future Police Urashiman

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman is a Japanese science fiction manga series written by Hirohisa Soda, illustrated by Noboru Akashi and published by Akita Shoten. It was adapted into a 1983 anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and ran from January 9 to December 24, 1983 on Fuji TV. It was later released in Germany and Sweden as Rock'n Cop, in France as Super Durand, and in Italy as Ryo, un ragazzo contro un impero. Saban Entertainment planned to release the series in the United States as Rockin' Cops but did not do so. A film version was in the works, but was also abandoned.

Release Date1983-01-09

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count3

Vote Count6

Fantastic Children

A group of mysterious white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the looks of 11 years old, they behave way more mature than they should be, never grow, and seem to have supernatural power. What they have kept being after is a girl, and all the connection they have is a picture with a crescent moon. Now, in the year of 2012, an athletic boy named Tohma is about to be involved in this centuries-long mystery.

Release Date2004-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count26

Vote Count7

Robot Carnival

An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has a distinctive animation style and story ranging from comedic to dramatic story lines.

Release Date1987-07-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Vote Count17

Macross: Do You Remember Love?

It is A.D. 2009 and the human race is caught in a war between giant humanoids, male Zentrans and female Meltrans. Returning from the edge of our solar system after making a space fold, the SDF-1 Macross makes the long journey back to Earth with survivors of South Ataria Island.

Release Date1984-07-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count108

Harmagedon

From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!

Release Date1983-03-12

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count28

Robot Carnival

An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

Release Date1987-07-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count86

Shimajiro and Fufu's Great Adventure: Save the Seven-Colored Flower!

Shimajiro to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana (しまじろうと フフの だいぼうけん ～すくえ！七色の花～?, Shimajiro and Fufu's Great Adventure: Save the Seven-Colored Flower!) is a 2013 Japanese children's live action/anime film. It's the first film to feature the character Shimajirō. The film is directed by Isamu Hirabayashi and was release on March 15, 2013.

Release Date2013-03-15

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

Harmony

Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide, but it doesn't work. Years later, Tuan, one of the girls who attempted suicide must prevent a crisis that threatens this "perfect" world.

Release Date2015-11-13

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count101

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.

Release Date1997-07-26

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count34

A Tree of Palme

A Tree of Palme is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her passing, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman who he mistakenly believes to be Xian. Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama. This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.

Release Date2002-03-16

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count21

Junkers Come Here

Hiromi appears on the outside to be a mature, resilient girl, but on the inside she feels like she's falling apart. She is having troubles at home mainly because of her parents wanting to separate. Her dog, Junkers, tries to comfort her in ways no other dog can. You see, he can talk and grant her 3 wishes.

Release Date1994-07-20

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count8

Be Forever Yamato

The Black Nebula Empire attacks Earth and threatens to blow up the planet with a bomb they placed on Earth if counter attacked. Earths hopes rest on the Yamato crew as they go to the Black Nebula Planet and try to find a way to difuse the bomb before it's too late.

Release Date1980-08-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count11

The Dagger of Kamui

A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfilling that task, Jiro undergoes training to become a master assassin. Many years later, Jiro finds out that he was an orphan and his real father was Tarouza, who had worked for Tenkai until he aborted his mission when he fell in love with an Ainu woman. The young ninja discovers that the Shogunate was to retrieve the lost treasure of Captain Kidd and use it to once again isolate Japan from the rest of the world. Using the clues that Tarouza had kept secret, Jiro - along with the female ninja Oyuki and a slave named Sam - travels to Russia and America to search for the treasure in hopes of using it to extract revenge from Tenkai.

Release Date1985-03-08

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count31

Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday

Japan, ten years after World War II. Boy detective Shotaro solves mysteries and fights crime with the help of Tetsujin 28, the 50-foot tall giant robot left for him by his late genius father. But one day he's shocked to learn that his father also adopted and raised another boy named Shotaro, now a repatriated soldier. Just as surprising to our young hero is the fact that his “big brother” can also control Tetsujin, even better than he can. But with the emergence of this elder brother comes danger, as a mysterious assassin, Morning Moon, closes in on the boy for being unworthy of controlling the robot. Meanwhile, the capital faces destruction when multiple bombs are discovered, planted by the two Shotaros' father himself!

Release Date2007-03-31

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Vote Count4

Shimajiro and the Song of the Whale

Shimajiro, who helped an injured baby whale Kuu-chan, takes care of Kuu-chan who wants to return to her mother and keeps her in touch. In order to return Ku-chan, who was about to be sent to the aquarium, to her mother, Shimajiro rides on her back and sets out on a journey toward the southern sea.

Release Date2014-03-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

Shimajiro and the Mother Tree

Release Date2015-03-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

Bubu & Bubulina

A mean older sister “Bubulina” and a serious younger sister “Bubu.” A unique movement special to animation depicts a cute but noisy trouble. “A thrilling noisy action animation” by director Takashi Nakamura with all his might.

Release Date2015-07-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Bobby's Girl

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.

Release Date1985-03-09

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count7

Shimajiro in Bookland

This is the fourth movie starring a tiger boy named Shimajiro.

Release Date2016-04-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count3

Legend of Crystania: The Motion Picture

Ashram, desperate to find a home for his people, is tricked into selling his soul. 300 years later, Pirotesse's devotion to her king remains unshaken. In the sacred world of Crystania, amidst a civil war waged by shape-changing warriors, she searches for her beloved Ashram. She meets Redon, a young prince obsessed with avenging his murdered parents. Together, they confront Ashram's captor Barbas.

Release Date1995-07-29

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count19

Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis

Shimajiro and friends embark on a journey through the desert to help young Coco reunite with her mother after being separated in a fierce sandstorm.

Release Date2017-03-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

Catnapped!

The story involves a boy and his younger sister whose dog Papadoll is missing. They find out that he has been abducted by anthropomorphic cats to be brought to a world called Banapal Witt, which is built on top of a giant sleeping cat. There the sun turns poor Papadoll into a bizarre giant monster. He becomes the weapon and beloved pet of a spoiled Princess who turns everything she touches into balloons. She plans to use Papadoll and a giant inflatable mouse to control the sleeping cat and thus Banapal Witt itself.

Release Date1998-05-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

The Portrait Studio

Late 19th century Japan: a studio photographer who always captures his clients’ best smile. One day he tries to coax a smile out of a little girl, but… A nostalgic tale of a relationship that transcends wars and disasters.

Release Date2013-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count12

World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Peter Pan & Wendy

Wendy and her two little brothers are brought to the land of adventures called Neverland by Peter Pan, a boy who will never grow up. In Neverland, they encounter exciting events and meet with little fairies, mermaids, Indians, and pirates. Required to act as a mother, Wendy never has a moment of peace with all that is happening around her, including breath-taking fights with pirates. Later in the series, they set off to find buried treasure with a map they obtain from the pirates.

Release Date2001-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Toruru's Adventure

Omnibus film made in partnership between Studio 4C and Toyota. The shorts are the following: Time Master by Tatsuyuki Tanaka, The Door to the Future by Takashi Nakamura, Crazy Consumption by Sayo Yamamoto, The Last of the Flowers by Tomoyuki Niho.

Release Date2014-03-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Chicken Man and Red Neck

Set in the city of Tokyo, overrun by its machines, which have been turned into robots of all shapes and sizes by a robotic magician, the titular Red Neck.

Release Date1987-07-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Octopus

Squid have 10 legs. Octopuses have 8 legs. Added together, that’s 18 legs.

Release Date2015-10-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Ylion and Callysia

The story centers around two close siblings, Ylion and Callysia. One day, because the siblings' father tried to capture a unicorn, Callysia is spirited away. A decade later, Ylion has grown up to become a powerful warrior. With a sword of unicorn horn from the king, Ylion sets off for the mid-air garden where unicorns live.

Release Date2017-06-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Story of Rennyo

A dramatization based on the novel "The Story of Rennyo" by Hiroyuki Itsuki.

Release Date1998-04-25

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

OROCHI -Seventh Echoes-

Born with the forbidden power known as Hizumi, Prince Agni is abandoned at birth. When Orochi, a spirit of vengeance born from a thousand-year-old betrayal, awakens, the world faces destruction. Agni must confront his destiny to break the cycle of hatred.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector