Hiroaki Ando
Hiroaki Ando (安藤 裕章) is a Japanese anime film and television director.
Works
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Release Date2020-10-03
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count4090
Ajin
17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
Release Date2016-01-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobSeries Director
Episode Count26
Vote Count332
Knights of Sidonia
An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in the forgotten bowels of Sidonia, it’s a strange new world as he’s forced to come to the surface. Yet his recruitment comes just in time, for the Gauna have suddenly reappeared.
Release Date2014-04-11
DepartmentWriting
JobStoryboard
Episode Count4
Vote Count135
Listeners
Set in a world where the concept of music ceases to exist. the story begins when a boy encounters Myuu, a mysterious girl who possesses an audio input jack in her body. The two intermingle with the history of rock music and embark on an unforgettable journey.
Release Date2020-04-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobSeries Director
Episode Count12
Vote Count41
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
In another world, an ever-growing Sea of Snow has engulfed the planet surface. The people struggle to survive living around the routes of a massive Orbital Tree, whose branches spread into the Celestial Membrane high above the ground. Change comes to this dying world after Kaina, a boy from the Celestial Membrane, encounters a girl from the surface called Ririha.
Release Date2023-01-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobSeries Director
Episode Count11
Vote Count17
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.
Release Date2018-11-09
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Vote Count389
Memories
A freighter crew responds to a distress call from a station run by an AI opera diva. The AI manipulates life support, VR, and nanosystems, posing dangers the crew must overcome to survive.
Release Date1995-12-23
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCGI Director
Vote Count523
SHORT PEACE
Release Date2013-07-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage
Kaina returns to the icy Canopy, unsure of what he should do next. He and Ririha have brought peace to Atland and Valghia through an alliance. Now supplies run low, and the people need answers. Kaina, Ririha, and their small party set out to cross the snow in search of the great orbital spire tree. This is the first step to saving their people. Join Kaina on an expedition to save mankind!
Release Date2023-10-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count12
Short Peace
A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force in futuristic Japan.
Release Date2013-07-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count74
Knights of Sidonia: The Movie
The year is 3394. The solar system has been long destroyed by a strange alien race called Gauna. Now humans are barely maintaining population in their seed ships - the ones they also used to escape a thousand years ago. After several years of drifting though space, Sidonia, a seed ship with a population of over 500,000 people, is once again threatened by Gauna. Follow Tanikaze Nagate, a mysterious young man from the deep corners of the ship, and his friends as they try to strike back against these gigantic creatures and at the same time learn what they really are for the sake of humanity's survival. -MAL
Release Date2015-03-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobSecond Unit Director
Vote Count13
Tekkonkinkreet
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
Release Date2006-10-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobCo-Director
Vote Count400
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.
Release Date2018-05-18
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Vote Count389
Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel
For high schooler Kei—and for at least forty-six others—immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever. Sadly for Kei, such a feat doesn't make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he's a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life—a demi-human who must die a thousand deaths for the benefit of humanity.
Release Date2015-11-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count62
Ajin: Demi-Human – Confront
For high schooler Kei—and for at least forty-six others—immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever. Sadly for Kei, such a feat doesn't make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he's a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life—a demi-human who must die a thousand deaths for the benefit of humanity.
Release Date2016-05-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count17
Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide
For high schooler Kei—and for at least forty-six others—immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever. Sadly for Kei, such a feat doesn't make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he's a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life—a demi-human who must die a thousand deaths for the benefit of humanity.
Release Date2016-09-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count11
Five Numbers!
In an isolated prison, there are only four prisoners and a cat. One day, a power outage opens all the locks and all of the prisoners are released. However, all of the guards are nowhere to be seen and there are no exits. An extraordinary event occurs in response to an old man's strange behavior.
Release Date2011-04-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
Digital Juice
A series of short animations that show different worlds and different characters. These episodes are designed to take the viewer into a psychological world of fantasy and mystery.
Release Date2002-01-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
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 Date2013-07-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Extra
Originally a music video for the song Extra by Ken Ishii, but it was later adapted into a 20 minute OVA. Depicts an extremely violent future world where humans and robot-aliens brutally kill each other.
Release Date1996-01-01
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCGI Director
Vote Count2
Intermission
Four humorous short stories exploring the dark humor of the Ajin condition.
Release Date2016-10-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The Shinya Nakamura Incident
After dying in a motorcycle crash, Shinya Nakamura discovers he's an Ajin and is tracked by the ruthless Ajin Management Committee.
Release Date2016-05-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector