Tetsuo Yajima

Tetsuo Yajima (矢嶋 哲生, Yajima Tetsuo, born in 1985) is a Japanese anime director.

Works

One-Punch Man

The most powerful superhero in the world can kill anyone with one blow. But nothing can challenge him, so he struggles with ennui and depression.

Release Date2015-10-05

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count3970

Pokémon Horizons

Follow Liko and Roy as they unravel the mysteries that surround them and encounter Friede, Captain Pikachu, Amethio, and others during their exciting adventures!

Release Date2023-04-14

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count5

Vote Count95

Hunter x Hunter

To fulfill his dreams of becoming a legendary Hunter like his dad, a young boy must pass a rigorous examination and find his missing father.

Release Date2011-10-02

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count2004

Dan Da Dan

In a bet to prove whether ghosts or aliens exist, two high schoolers face terrifying paranormal threats, gain superpowers and maybe even fall in love?!

Release Date2024-10-04

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count741

Komi Can't Communicate

At a high school full of unique characters, Tadano helps his shy and unsociable classmate Komi reach her goal of making friends with 100 people.

Release Date2021-10-07

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count545

Summer Time Rendering

Shinpei Ajiro travels home to attend the funeral of a childhood friend, and finds the remote island plagued by a sinister, supernatural force.

Release Date2022-04-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count161

The Orbital Children

In 2045, two children born on the moon and three kids from Earth try to survive after an accident on their space station leaves them stranded.

Release Date2022-01-28

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count74

SSSS.GRIDMAN

Yuta Hibiki can’t remember who he is, and now he’s seeing and hearing things that others don’t! A voice from an old computer tells him to remember his calling, and he sees a massive, unmoving creature in the distance. Nothing’s making sense—until the behemoth springs to life! Suddenly, Yuta is pulled into a computer, reappearing in reality as the colossal hero—Gridman!

Release Date2018-10-07

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count88

Pokémon Evolutions

Follow different Trainers around the Pokémon world as they grow and evolve with their Pokémon.

Release Date2021-09-09

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count26

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony

Music exists in our daily lives for granted. But what would happen if music disappeared from the earth? This is a completely original story about Doraemon and his friends who are trying to save the earth from a crisis with the familiar theme of music!

Release Date2024-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobSecond Unit Director

Vote Count30

One Outs

Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Outs". At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen for every point he gives up. A high-level psychological game of baseball, gambling and logic is about to begin..

Release Date2008-10-07

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count34

Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us

A young athlete whose running days might be behind her, a compulsive liar, a shy researcher, a bitter old woman, and a little girl with a big secret—the only thing they have in common is the annual Wind Festival in Fula City. The festival celebrates the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, who brings the wind that powers this seaside city. When a series of threats endangers not just the festival, but all the people and Pokémon of Fula City, it’ll take more than just Satoshi and Pikachu to save the day! Can everyone put aside their differences and work together—or will it all end in destruction?

Release Date2018-07-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count220

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter List of Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.

Release Date2017-07-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count656

Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

In the Forest of Okoya, Koko is a feral child who has been raised as a Pokémon by the Mythical Pokémon Zarude. Koko has grown up never doubting that he is a Pokémon even though he can't really use any sort of moves. Ash Ketchum and Pikachu meet Koko and help him protect the Great Tree from the crooked scientist Dr. Zed.

Release Date2020-12-25

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count190

ポケットモンスターXY特别篇 最强メガシンカ

ポケットモンスターXY特别篇 最强メガシンカ

Release Date2014-04-03

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

NiNoKuni

Adapted from the video game series of the same name, NiNoKuni follows high school peers Yuu and Haru who must travel between two separate yet parallel worlds to help save their childhood friend, Kotona, whose life is in danger. In this magical quest complicated by love, the three teens will be tasked with making the ultimate choice.

Release Date2019-08-23

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count270

Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil

Release Date2026-02-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector