Shinichiro Kimura (Director)

Classroom of the Elite

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month and allows unusual freedom in classes, masking a more complex system.

Release Date2017-07-12

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count820

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 Count496

Da Capo

Junichi Asakura lives with his adoptive sister Nemu in the crescent-shaped island of Hatsune Jima, a place where cherry blossoms bloom throughout the year. In this island, people have mysterious powers and attributes. For example, Junichi has the power to see other people's dreams, and he was also taught by his grandmother to magically create sweets. One day, Junichi's cousin and childhood friend, Sakura Yoshino came back from America all of a sudden. To Junichi's surprise, she looks exactly the same as the girl that moved away six years ago, and hasn't aged one bit. And she came back to remind Junichi of their childhood promise... It is a bittersweet tale of magic, love, hidden desires, and unattainable dreams.

Release Date2003-07-05

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count13

Love Hina

Keitaro and his childhood sweetheart make a promise to be accepted at and to meet each other at the prestigous Toudai University before she moved out of his life. About a decade later, Keitaro has become an artist and a daydreamer, having ranked 27th from the last in the national practice exam. When his grandmother leaves the all-girls dormitory, he becomes the residential manager and soon meets up with two Todai applicants who may have been that sweetheart, since he`s forgotten her name. Then there the other tenants like young Shinobu who was in despair until Keitaro helped her, Motoko the swordsmaster who sees men as evil distractions, Su Kaolo the genius child inventor and the sneaky Kitsune.

Release Date2000-04-19

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count2

Vote Count84

Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -

During recess, Olivia, a foreign transfer student who doesn't know English, plays a game of "look-the-other-way" with Hanako Honda, a loud-mouthed airhead. Their rowdy behavior spurs the ire of Kasumi Nomura, a deadpan loner constantly teased by her older sister for her tendency to lose games. Not willing to compete, Kasumi declines Olivia's offer to join the fun, but eventually gets involved anyway and dispenses her own brand of mischief. Soon, a strange friendship blossoms between the peculiar trio, and they decide to form the "Pastime Club," where they are free to resume their daily hijinks. Whether it be failing to learn English, trying desperately to become popular, or getting caught by teachers at the wrong time, school life will never be boring when these girls are up to their hilarious antics.

Release Date2018-07-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count158

Hand Maid May

Saotome Kazuya is threatened with a computer virus. Trying to stop the virus, he makes a special order. May is a cyberdoll that arrives at his door a few minutes later and she is 1/6th the size of a normal person.

Release Date2000-07-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count8

Mahoraba: Heartful Days

Ryuushi Shiratori is a young artist-in-training, about to start studying at a vocational school. Arriving at his new lodgings he finds himself the focus of attention for the collection of weirdos that inhabit the place. He also meets and falls for the landlady, Kozue Aoba, who seems to be both lovely and charming. However, Kozue is not what she seems to be... in fact, she's more.

Release Date2005-01-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count26

Vote Count4

Monster Strike

Ren Homura returns to his former residence, yet he feels very uncomfortable: he possesses no memory of having lived there. Without warning or his permission, a game called "Monster Strike" installs itself into Ren's smartphone; monsters of the game then literally fly out from his smartphone and start fighting on streets. Watching the fighting in amazement, Ren starts picking up his lost memories.

Release Date2015-10-10

DepartmentArt

JobProduction Design

Episode Count52

Vote Count13

Maburaho

High school student Kazuki Shikimori comes from a line of powerful magicians with extraordinary DNA and he attends the most prestigious school for wizards in all of Japan. It would seem that life is good for Kazuki. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s not the most smooth when it comes to the ladies, his grades are poor, his athletic skill is next to none, and to top it all off, he can only use his magic eight times before he turns into dust! However, three magical hotties have learned of his genetic secret and are all after him! Suddenly he has become the most “popular” kid in class. Are all these girls out to romance him, or are they only after his DNA?

Release Date2003-10-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count24

Vote Count12

Tenchi Universe

Tenchi Masaki may be a 17-year-old young man in rural Japan, but little does he know how bad his day will be getting. When a space pirate chased by a pair of Galaxy Police officers crash-lands at his grandfather's temple, Tenchi is sucked into a new adventure that will literally blast him off into outer space and beyond.

Release Date1995-04-02

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count21

Charger Girl Juden Chan

Plug is a "Charger Girl" from a parallel dimension. Her job is to find depressed humans in our dimension and charge them up to revitalize their energy.

Release Date2009-06-25

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count9

Tsuyokiss: Cool×Sweet

Sunao Konoe is very lively high school student who dreams of becoming a professional actress. After changing schools, she wants to establish a drama club in order to follow the path of acting, but she is constantly denied by the student council president.

Release Date2006-07-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count12

Karin: Chibi Vampire

Karin Maaka leads an ordinary life in spite of the fact that she is from a family of vampires. Unlike the rest of her family, she has no problem with bright lights, sleeps in a bed instead of a coffin, and loves to eat garlic. She is such an abnormal vampire that she doesn't even suck blood - she makes it!

Release Date2005-11-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count24

Vote Count13

Burn-Up Excess

Follows the exploits of Team Warrior, a special anti-terror wing of the Neo-Tokyo Police force. Team Warrior is comprised of the habitually broke Rio, gun-crazy Maya, computer specialist Lillica, tech-expert Nanvel, pilot/voyeur Yuji, and is led by the enigmatic Maki. The team faces a number of missions, ranging from bodyguard duty, breaking up robbery and arms rackets, and providing security for a very powerful tank. Rio and company continually thwart the terrorist aims of Ruby, an operative for a shadowy cabal of powerful men. Before the final showdown, the circumstances behind the formation of Team Warrior, how the precocious Rio came to join it, and Maki's painful past will be revealed.

Release Date1997-12-12

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Popotan

Beautiful sisters Ai, Mai, Mii, their android maid Mea and slippery pet ferret Unagi make an amazing journey together through time and space without ever leaving their beloved mansion behind! Following the clues of the strange dandelion-like "Popotan," the girls are theoretically seeking the person who has the answers to their most personal questions, but they seem to have more than enough time to take side trips, meet new friends, visit hot springs and occasionally operate the X-mas shop they keep in the house along the way! Yet, the girls' ultimate destiny holds more than a few surprises of its own, and not every moment is filled with hilarity, as moving through time means having to leave friends behind as well.

Release Date2003-07-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

Vote Count8

Web Ghosts Pipopa

Release Date2008-04-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count51

Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?

In the fall of his first year of middle school, Arata Kouda meets Kujima, a strange, talkative creature that’s neither bird nor human. What begins as a small act of kindness turns into an unexpected stay at the Kouda household. Meant to be only until spring, Kujima’s clumsy warmth, soft cries, and gentle mystery quietly become part of the family’s days, weaving tender, fleeting bonds.

Release Date2026-04-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count5

Venus Versus Virus

Venus Versus Virus revolves around the life of a young girl named Sumire Takahana who has had the power to see ghosts since she was a small child, though no one believes her. One night while running to her dorm building to make curfew, a broach flies out of no where and she pricks her finger on it and sees a demon. Suddenly, another girl clad in gothic lolita clothing arrives bearing a huge gun and kills the demon. Once the ordeal is overwith, the girl gives Sumire a flier for a local clothing store, Venus Vanguard. When Sumire comes to the store, the girl, whose name is Lucia Nabashi, she explains to her that because she pricked her finger on Lucia's broach, Sumire now has the power to see demons as well as ghosts. Additionally, Lucia now wants Sumire to help her rid the world of these demons called Virus that threaten to consume all of humanity.

Release Date2007-01-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count7

Cosplay Complex

Cosplay Complex is a comedy anime original video animation that is centered around the after school cosplay club at East Oizumi Academy. The girls in the club practice so that they may one day be able to compete in cosplay competitions.

Release Date2002-05-25

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count2

Vote Count6

Ajin Senshi

In the year 2200 an interstellar war is held where the weapons most frequently used are the psychic capacities. The hero, Zero, son of an earthling and an extraterrestrial, the prince and last survivor of a clan of magicians. He will fight against the army of the Manjidara empire, whose forces are such as its head ambition to control the whole universe.

Release Date1990-11-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Tenkousei

Release Date1996-03-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count2

Junod

Dr. Junod's work takes him from Ethiopia to Spain and across the European battlefields of World War II. He works to improve the treatment of prisoners of war and arranges prisoner exchanges. He establishes a method for prisoners and their families to write to each other. He secures routes for the delivery of relief supplies. As a humanitarian, Dr. Junod offers moral support to the weak. Seeing that, Mii and Yuko reflect on their own lives and problems.

Release Date2010-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Issho ni Sleeping: Sleeping with Hinako

Hinako returns to our TV screens, this time showing us how to sleep.

Release Date2010-02-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Ijime: Ikenie no Kyoushitsu

Sera is the queen of the school, and everyone who bothers her becomes the "sacrifice", which is mistreated by everyone.

Release Date2012-02-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Issho ni Training Ofuro: Bathtime with Hinako & Hiyoko

Viewers take an exercise in the bathtub and an after-bath stretch with Hinako and the new character Hiyoko. A microSD card containing the OVA data will be bundled with the DVD so that users can watch the anime on their cell phones.

Release Date2010-12-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Portamento

'This is not a film. 'This is not a film, it's not a clip, it's not a video drama, it's not an experimental film. As the director himself says, "The genre is undefined". However, it is by no means esoteric, and its unnatural, off-the-wall, humorous images and story are certainly connected to our everyday lives.