Tooru Kitahata
Tooru Kitahata is a Japanese director and storyboard artist.
Works
High School D×D
Issei Hyodo is your average perverted high school student whose one wish in life is to have his own harem, but he's got to be one of the unluckiest guys around. He goes on his first date with a girl only to get brutally attacked and killed when it turns out the girl is really a vicious fallen angel. To top it all off, he's later reincarnated as a devil by his gorgeous senpai who tells him that she is also a devil and now his master! One thing's for sure, his peaceful days are over. In a battle between devils and angels, who will win?
Release Date2012-01-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count1946
Date A Live
Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis. Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high schooler comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spacequake and learns she is one of the "Spirits" who are the real cause of the spacequakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the world. He is recruited to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit's power, he must make her fall in love with him and kiss him.
Release Date2013-04-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count462
Oreimo
Oreimo follows the daily life of an ordinary high school boy named Kyousuke Kousaka. Kyousuke’s younger sister Kirino is a pretty fashion model, but also hides a dark secret of being an otaku of adult games. Kyousuke is the only person to whom Kirino reveals her hidden obsession and other issues.
Release Date2010-10-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count139
KUROKAMI The Animation
In this world, there are three identical-looking people in existence who split between them an energy-like force called Terra. This energy can be attributed to the amount of Luck or Life Energy that an individual possesses. There also exist beings who observe the human world, maintaining the balance (Coexistence Equilibrium) of Terra. These beings possess abilities that surpass those of normal human beings. They live in hiding in places known as Pure Places, in tribes. They are called the Terra Guardians. This is a tale of battle that begins with a chance meeting between a human boy named Keita and a young Terra Guardian girl named Kuro.
Release Date2009-01-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count10
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
Kazuhiro Kitase’s only hobby? Sleeping, of course. Since childhood, his dreams have been a portal to exhilarating adventures with an elf girl. During one of their explorations through ancient ruins, they both get scorched by a dragon, and Kazuhiro wakes up like usual. Except this time, he finds a familiar figure in bed beside him—the elf girl from his dreams.
Release Date2025-01-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobSeries Director
Episode Count12
Vote Count17
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends
Kodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica's Academy and he's having a hard time making friends. With his naturally blond hair and fierce looking eyes, people constantly mistake him for a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered loner of a classmate, Yozora, while she's talking to her imaginary friend, Tomo. Since neither of them have any friends, they decide to form a club and start recruiting some. Little by little, lonely classmates join their club to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But, with so many misfits, will the club members really be able to get along?
Release Date2011-10-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Episode Count12
Vote Count159
School Days
A rumor states that if you take a photo of someone you like with your cellphone and keep it hidden, they'll fall for you. Will Makoto win his love by taking a picture of Kotonoha without anyone knowing?
Release Date2007-07-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count148
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
The Hidden Dungeon is a place of legend where rare treasures and items are hidden. Nor, the third son of an impoverished noble family who's lost the one job offer he had, was lucky enough to hear about this dungeon. He then acquires a skill that allows him to create, bestow, and edit skills... and in order to use it, he needs to accumulate points by carrying out such tasks as eating delicious meals and doing sexual things with alluring members of the opposite sex.
Release Date2021-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobCreative Producer
Episode Count12
Vote Count515
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
Shinya Yukimura and Ayame Himuro are two scientists that want to find out if love can be solved by a scientific theory. These two scientists also have feelings for each other and want to be able to solve their feelings through similar theoretical facts. With this perfect opportunity, these scientists will attempt to solve the theory of the love they express for each other.
Release Date2020-01-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count115
Walkure Romanze
Horses dashing gallantly... Knights challenging their own limits... Magnificent, heroic battles highlight the horseback lance sport of jousting. One of the many people fascinated by this proud sport, Takahiro Mizuno, acts as a begleiter (an assistant) to jousting knights as he lives his rather tedious life at Winford Academy.
Release Date2013-10-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count13
Gonna Be the Twin-Tail!!
Souji Mitsuka is a first-year high school student who is obsessed with twin-tails. One day, a beautiful girl from a parallel world named Twoearle, suddenly appeared in front of him and gave him the power to transform into the twin-tailed warrior Tail Red. With the Ultimegil organization attacking the planet, Souji now must fight in order to protect the peace on Earth.
Release Date2014-10-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count45
The Big O
Forty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm has become a virtual police state where Negotiators like Roger Smith keep the wheels of progress, commerce, and society turning.
Release Date1999-10-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count27
Love, Election, & Chocolate
Love, Elections & Chocolate, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Sprite, and it was released in Japan on October 29, 2010 for Windows PCs. The gameplay in Love, Elections & Chocolate follows a branching plot line, which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. There have been two manga adaptations based on the game: one each serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine and Dengeki Daioh. A 12-episode anime TV series adaptation produced by AIC Build and directed by Tōru Kitahata aired between July and September 2012. An additional episode was released on the series' final Blu-ray Disc and DVD volume in March 2013.
Release Date2012-07-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobSeries Director
Episode Count12
Vote Count13
Ristorante Paradiso
When she was a child, Nicoletta was taken in by her grandmother so that her mother could remarry. Now grown up, she leaves everything in the countryside behind to visit her mother and her mother's second husband, a ristorante owner. To her surprise, her stepfather did not know his wife had a daughter! Delicious food and dreamy gentlemen await at the ristorante, casetta dell'orso. For everyone who works there, a tender connection to the hearts of each visitor is spun, and the curtain raises on a story about these first-rate Italian gentlemen in spectacles.
Release Date2009-04-09
DepartmentWriting
JobStoryboard
Episode Count1
Vote Count6
Shonen Maid
After the loss of his mother, Chihiro is left alone. With no known family left, he has to find a way to move on. Things aren’t looking good until a chance encounter with the young and handsome Madoka—who turns out to be his wealthy uncle! Madoka offers him his home and all Chihiro has to do is clean up after the messy, irresponsible man. The problem? This job requires a uniform—a maid outfit!
Release Date2016-04-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count14
Hinako Note
Born and raised in the countryside of Japan, Hinako "Hina" Sakuragi gets anxious easily when she talks to new people—so much so that she resembles a stiff scarecrow. To overcome this, Hina hopes to get involved in theater, inspired by a play she saw during her school's field trip. So, Hina moves into the Hitotose Manor in the bustling city of Tokyo to study at Fujiyama High School, aspiring to join the school's renowned theatre club. But to Hina's dismay, she learns that Fujiyama High's theatre club has been on a lengthy hiatus. Having already come to Tokyo and enrolled in the school, Hina is at a loss for what to do next. Sensing her disappointment and eagerness to learn theatre, Chiaki Hagino, the landlady of Hitotose Manor, encourages Hina to create a troupe with the residents of Hitotose Manor as its members. This story follows Hina as she begins a new life in Tokyo attending Fujiyama High while learning the ropes of theatre with the support of her friends along the way.
Release Date2017-04-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
Vote Count9