Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Grendizer U

Following a devastating attack by Vega's forces on planet Fleed, Duke Fleed, and Grendizer escaped to Earth. When he got there, Dr. Amon, the head of the Space Research Center, adopted him and gave him the name Daisuke. While they were working side by side in the center on a quest to find out what strange objects appeared in the city's sky! They were surprised by an attack that jolted Daisuke's memory.

Release Date:2024-07-06

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:4

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However, the danger to the world is far from over. A new impact is looming on the horizon—one that will prove to be the true end of Evangelion.

Release Date:2021-03-08

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:825

Great Pretender

Supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook.

Release Date:2020-07-09

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:23

Vote Count:113

SHORT PEACE

Release Date:2013-07-30

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:1

GAMBO

A battle between a creature who’s been killing members of a royal Japanese family, and a mysterious white bear who protects them.

Release Date:2013-07-20

Department:Art

Job:Art Designer

Character:(voice)

Vote Count:2

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic Kaworu Nagisa, Shinji continues the fight against the angels and realizes the fighting is far from over, even when it could be against his former allies. The characters' struggles continue amidst the battles against the angels and each other, spiraling down to what could inevitably be the end of the world.

Release Date:2012-11-17

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:830

Wolf Children

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

Release Date:2012-07-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:2303

Summer Wars

A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.

Release Date:2009-08-01

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:934

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Meanwhile, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed with a secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji.

Release Date:2009-06-26

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:882

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX’s famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled “Evangelion: 1.01” for its DVD release and “Evangelion: 1.11” for a release with additional scenes.

Release Date:2007-09-01

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:971

Gurren Lagann

In the distant future, mankind has lived quietly and restlessly underground for hundreds of years, subject to earthquakes and cave-ins. Living in one such village are 2 young men: one named Simon who is shy and naïve, and the other named Kamina who believes in the existence of a “surface” world above their heads.

Release Date:2007-04-01

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:510

Gunbuster: The Movie

Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, who died when she was young after an attack by alien forces in deep space. After entering Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, she must persuade everyone, especially herself, that she can fulfill her goal and become an accomplished pilot despite being just an ordinary girl.

Release Date:2006-10-01

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:13

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

Release Date:2006-07-15

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:2039

Gunbuster 2: Diebuster

Nono leaves her home on Mars with a dream to be a space pilot. Once in the capital, Nono meets top pilot Lal'C during a space monster attack, and joins the Solar Defense Force. Shockingly, Nono is revealed to be an android, thus unable to achieve elite Topless status and is stuck as Lal'C's largely-ignored trainee. Nono then decides the best way to advance is by recovering a lost Buster mech for herself to operate like the Topless do.Events escalate and the surviving SDF takes the offensive towards the 11th planet, the space monster homeworld. Will Nono learn about her hidden origin and abilities in time to rebuild her relationship with Lal'C, with the fate of the solar system also hanging in the balance.

Release Date:2004-11-26

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:4

Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

Yasuo Ōtsuka was the mentor of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, the man who taught them to feel the joy of animation. As the supervising animator of their films and through the creation of superb scenes such as Lupin leaping from turret to turret in Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Ōtsuka made the impossible believable, and touched people’s emotions. To look back at the many works he was involved in is to review the history of Japanese animation after WWII. This film is a must for anime fans who want to learn how Japanese animation evolved.

Release Date:2004-07-23

Character:Self

Cutie Honey

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.

Release Date:2004-05-29

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:79

.hack//GIFT

Helba has prepared a special hot springs for the .hack characters so they could get some rest and relaxation. Kite, Elk, Tsukasa, Mimiru and many other characters from the series make an appearence in The World for this reward. There is only one small catch, Helba will not reveal the exact location of where the springs are located. It soon becomes a race between the cast of .hack//SIGN and the characters from the game to see who can find it first. However, this is a catch, while everyone is trying to find the springs, someone is going around killing the other charcaters. Who will make it to the springs first and who is behind the deaths of many of the other characters?

Release Date:2003-11-16

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:5

.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline

It's a short story about the characters from .hack// Legend of the Twilight meeting offline. It's more to hear than to see. It shows only backgrounds from the real world with the heads of the charater-game-avatars; but it reveals some interesting real life information about the characters. Sound Drama from .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet, can be found on Disk 1 of the .hack Integration + Liminality Vol. 1-4 DVD box set.

Release Date:2003-10-24

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:2

.hack

.hack follows several young players as they navigate the vast, mysterious MMORPG known as “The World” – a place, it turns out, that is sometimes impossible to leave.

Release Date:2002-04-04

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:32

FLCL

Naota is a normal boy who kills some time with a normal girl by a stream that flows underneath a bridge. Nothing unusual happens in this town. The fact that Haruhara Haruko crashes into the main character with her Vespa a short while later and subsequently hits him over the head with her Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar doesn’t really make any difference to any other day here. The at first glance unconnected, bizarre events that don’t seem to follow any pattern whatsoever don’t change anything about Naota’s boring life, either – because nothing incredible ever happens in this town.

Release Date:2000-04-26

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:370

His and Her Circumstances

In His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and praise from those around her. She worked hard to become the perfect student, the perfect girl. But that was before… him. Souichirou Arima. The instant she met him, she hated him. Without even trying, he snatched the very glory from her hands by easily acing the high school entrance exam that should have made her the class representative. To take back what is rightfully hers, Yukino is putting all her efforts into plotting her revenge – but was love part of the plan?

Release Date:1998-10-02

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Character:Member C (voice)

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:146

Revival of Evangelion

"Revival of Evangelion" combines the movies, "Evangelion: Death (True)²" (a re-edit of "Death" segment from "Death and Rebirth") and "The End of Evangelion," into one long production. It is a "complete" ending.

Release Date:1998-03-07

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:50

Evangelion: Death (True)²

A highly experimental film presenting a story out of chronological order taking place 15 years after a near-apocalyptic catastrophe, about four traumatized 14 year olds who are tasked with piloting massive humanoid decisive weapons called Evangelion, the psychologically maladjusted adults who handle and command them, and the events and forces that affect them or which they take part in as they engage massive hostile invaders known as "Angels."

Release Date:1998-03-07

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:100

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity. An alternate ending to the television series "Neon Genesis Evangelion", which aired from 1995 to 1996 and whose final two episodes were controversial for their atypically abstract direction.

Release Date:1997-07-19

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:1646

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

Release Date:1997-03-15

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:448

Neon Genesis Evangelion

At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

Release Date:1995-10-04

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:1772

Route 20: Galactic Airport

A pilot film for an unmade Gainax anime that was planned to follow their first movie, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise. However, Wings of Honneamise failed at the box office and with the recent collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble, no company was willing to fund it.

Release Date:1991-08-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture

Three years after the defeat of Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis, a new threat has surfaced bent on bringing the world under his control. Geiger, using advanced robot technology, is attempting to begin a world war, and take control of the devistated world after the destruction has stopped. Once again, Nadia and Jean must fight to save the world, only this time from itself.

Release Date:1991-06-29

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Vote Count:15

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I

The first specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers on a series of critical battles by the indestructible submarine, Nautilus and the conflict between Captain Nemo and the Gargoyle. It’s a shorter, more streamlined version of Nadia called "The Nautilus Story", which all but eliminates the filler arc and concentrates on the struggle between Nemo and Gargoyle. Some scenes in the more pivotal episodes are cut as well. The compilation series was made by Hideaki Anno, who was said to have been dissatisfied with the final result of the TV show. The Nautilus Story was only released in Japan on VHS and laserdisc.

Release Date:1991-06-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III

The third and final specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers on a series of critical battles by the indestructible submarine, Nautilus and the conflict between Captain Nemo and the Gargoyle. It’s a shorter, more streamlined version of Nadia called "The Nautilus Story", which all but eliminates the filler arc and concentrates on the struggle between Nemo and Gargoyle. Some scenes in the more pivotal episodes are cut as well. The compilation series was made by Hideaki Anno, who was said to have been dissatisfied with the final result of the TV show. The Nautilus Story was only released in Japan on VHS and laserdisc.

Release Date:1991-06-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II

The second specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers on a series of critical battles by the indestructible submarine, Nautilus and the conflict between Captain Nemo and the Gargoyle. It’s a shorter, more streamlined version of Nadia called "The Nautilus Story", which all but eliminates the filler arc and concentrates on the struggle between Nemo and Gargoyle. Some scenes in the more pivotal episodes are cut as well. The compilation series was made by Hideaki Anno, who was said to have been dissatisfied with the final result of the TV show. The Nautilus Story was only released in Japan on VHS and laserdisc.

Release Date:1991-06-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

In mankind's grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inventor, Jean Ratlique, and Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus, must fight to save the world from Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis.

Release Date:1990-04-13

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:39

Vote Count:77

Dragon Quest Fantasia Video

Dragon Quest Fantasia Video is a direct-to-video live action production of the Dragon Quest series that was released by Enix in 1988. A silent reinterpretation of different elements of the Erdrick trilogy games set to various music from the games composed by Koichi Sugiyama and performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. The video was planned and produced by Toshio Okada, who was then the head of anime studio Gainax, who worked on the movie's special effects, and Tohokushinsha Film.

Release Date:1988-12-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

Gunbuster

In the near future, humanity has taken its first steps towards journeying into the far reaches of the galaxy. Upon doing so they discover a huge race of insectoid aliens known as "Space Monsters." These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of mankind as they near closer and closer to discovering Earth. In response, humanity develops giant fighting robots piloted by hand-picked youth from around the world. Shortly after the discovery of the aliens, Noriko Takaya, the daughter of a famous deceased space captain, enters a training school despite her questionable talents as a pilot. There, she meets her polar opposite, the beautiful and talented Kazumi Amano, and is unexpectedly made to work together with her as they attempt to overcome the trauma of war as well as their own emotions.

Release Date:1988-10-07

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:81

The Tale of Genji

Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an unobtainable object of desire: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.

Release Date:1987-12-19

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:16

Robot Carnival

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

Release Date:1987-07-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

Vote Count:71

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 Date:1987-07-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:9

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise

On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their world’s first spaceflight program. For astronaut candidate Shirotsugh Lhadatt, it’s a personal odyssey as he grows from an aimless young man into a leader willing to put everything on the line in order to move the human race forward and away from the brink of Armageddon.

Release Date:1987-03-14

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:129

Angel's Egg

In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.

Release Date:1985-12-15

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:426

DAICON IV Opening Animation

A girl is visited by two men from a space ship. They give her water she needs for her daicon (radish). On her journey to deliver the water, she crosses paths with iconic characters from comic books, live-action films, literature and animation.

Release Date:1983-08-20

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:29

DAICON III Opening Animation

A short anime film that was produced for the 1981 Daicon III Nihon SF Taikai convention.

Release Date:1981-08-22

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:14