Akiyuki Shinbo

Akiyuki Shinbo (Japanese: 新房昭之, Hepburn: Shinbō Akiyuki, born September 27, 1961) is a Japanese animator, director, producer and storyboard artist who started his career in 1981 at Studio One Pattern. He then made his directorial debut with Metal Fighter Miku in 1994. He is most notable for his involvement in a number of Shaft works since 2004. He has received the 11th Tokyo Anime Award as well as the 2011 Newtype Anime Award for Best Director for his work on the acclaimed anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica. When working on the ero OVAs he uses the name Minamizawa Juuhachi (Juuhachi means 18 in Japanese).

Works

Monogatari

Koyomi Araragi, a high school student, finds himself constantly encountering girls afflicted by supernatural "oddities." He dedicates himself to helping them, often with the aid of the eccentric specialist Meme Oshino. Each arc talks about a different girl's unique struggle and the mysterious cause of their affliction. The series explores themes of adolescence, personal growth, and the complexities of human relationships. It's known for its witty dialogue, stylistic animation, and unique narrative structure.

Release Date2009-07-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count46

Vote Count497

Yu Yu Hakusho

After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."

Release Date1992-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count18

Vote Count472

March Comes In Like a Lion

This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...

Release Date2016-10-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count44

Vote Count130

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Yuuno Scraia is a mage from a distant planet working to fix the problem he started when Jewel Seeds were accidentally spread around the world. In a failed attempt to seal a seed properly, he winds up on Earth in the form of a ferret. However, his battle with the seeds did not end upon reaching the Earth and he needs somebody else's help to seal the seeds for him. Takamachi Nanoha hears his telepathic cries for help and comes to his rescue. When she is given a pearl known as the Raging Heart she is able to transform into Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and wield a staff to fend off the evil that lies within the Seeds. In order to help Yuuno complete his mission, she needs to seal all 21 Jewel Seeds away, but Fate may be playing a hand in the matter to prevent Nanoha's goals.

Release Date2004-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count13

Vote Count20

Montana Jones

The series takes place in the 1930s and is about the adventures of Montana Jones, who goes treasure hunting with his cousin Alfred Jones and the beautiful reporter Melissa Thorn. They visit real locations and cities like the Pyramids of Giza, the Taj Mahal, Istanbul or Easter Island. Frequently they cross paths with Lord Zero - a rich, eccentric art lover and master thief.

Release Date1994-04-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

A teacher takes all aspects of life, word and culture in the most negative light possible.

Release Date2007-07-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count38

Vote Count39

Nisekoi

Raku Ichijo is an average high school student. He also happens to be the sole heir to the head of a Yakuza Family called the Shuei-gumi. 10 years ago, Raku made a promise… a secret promise with a girl he met. They promised one another that they will “get married when they reunite.” Since then, Raku never let go of the pendant the girl gave him.

Release Date2014-01-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count32

Vote Count340

Hidamari Sketch

For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time! Fortunately, Yuno quickly learns that if her new neighbors at the eclectic Hidamari (Sunshine) Apartments aren't technically family, at least the majority share the bond of being fellow art students. From second year students like Hiro and Sae, who try to behave like helpful older sisters (mostly successfully) to her hyperactive new neighbor, classmate and best friend Miyako (who has the scariest apartment ever) Yuno begins to build the support network she'll need for dealing with strange characters like her oddly masculine landlady, her cosplay obsessed home room teacher, her tooth-chattering principal and all of the other odd denizens who inhabit her chosen world of art.

Release Date2007-01-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count49

Vote Count14

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time... Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn't know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny. This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls.

Release Date2011-01-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count350

Arakawa Under the Bridge

Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino who happens to live under the bridge. To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star.

Release Date2010-04-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count26

Vote Count37

Negima!? Magister Negi Magi

Wizard Negi Springfield may be a boy, but he has a man-sized job to do! Fresh from the Academy of Magic, Negi continues his training as an instructor at Mahora Academy in Japan. But before he can get his Master’s in magic, the 31 schoolgirls of Class 3-A are gonna keep him up all night cramming for a final exam in will power. Temptation aside, Negi has more on his syllabus than flirting and spells. Darkness is closing in, and Negi is gonna need help from his student bodies to drive the ghouls from their school. These girls want to prove that they’re best in class, and extra credit is available to the cuties that aren’t afraid of after hours phantom fighting – especially if it means more time with their favorite professor.

Release Date2006-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count26

Vote Count16

Midori no Makibaō

Midori no Makibaō is a manga series written and illustrated by Tsunomaru and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It was also adapted into an anime series.

Release Date1996-03-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Fate/Extra Last Encore

Waking up in a strange virtual world with no recollection of the past, Hakuno finds himself forced to fight for survival in a war he does not understand for a prize beyond value; the opportunity to have one's wish granted. With only an enigmatic "Servant" by his side, Hakuno Kishinami will have to face both friends and foes in battles to the death in order to not only gain possession of a mysterious object known as the "Holy Grail," but also to find the answer to the most important question of all: "Who am I?"

Release Date2018-01-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count10

Vote Count96

Maria Holic

Maria†Holic is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minari Endō, the author of Dazzle. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on June 27, 2006, and is published by Media Factory. The manga was licensed by Tokyopop with the first volume in English being released in September 2009. The first anime adaptation animated by Shaft aired in Japan between January and March 2009. A second anime season, Maria†Holic: Alive, premiered on April 8, 2011. Both seasons of the anime series have been licensed by Sentai Filmworks, and the first season is being distributed by Section23 Films.

Release Date2009-01-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count24

Vote Count19

MoonPhase

Paranormal photographer Kouhei stumbles into the arms of Hazuki, a vampire beauty who has waited for years to be freed from a forgotten castle. Unwilling to part with her unwitting hero, the petite vamp follows Kouhei home and starts causing trouble. But domestic disorder is the least of Kouhei’s problems. With dark forces gathering, he’s about to enter a world he can’t begin to comprehend!

Release Date2004-10-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count25

Vote Count46

Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies

On Christmas Eve, Hiro Hirono meets a girl named Miyako Miyamura as she chases a purse snatcher. Hiro later finds out that Miyako also goes to the same school as he does and they start hanging out together. This makes Hiro's childhood friend, Kei Shindō, feel left out, so she tries to compete with Miyako for Hiro's affection, creating a love triangle. Meanwhile, Renji Asō meets a girl named Chihiro Shindō at an abandoned train station. He soon learns that Chihiro suffers from a type of amnesia where her memory lasts for only 13 hours. He also discovers Chihiro's dream of writing a novel, but she has never been able to fulfill that dream due to her condition. Renji then decides to help her fulfill that dream.

Release Date2007-10-06

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count20

Ninku

The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old named Fūsuke (Fūsuke of the wind) who is a powerful warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts, a style that mixes ninjutsu and karate. It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace. The names of the corps were taken from the twelve Chinese zodiac animals (Eto) and each captain of the corps was called the zodiac animal Ninku master (Etonin). When the war was over, the Ninku were defeated and almost all of them were killed since they were useless and were also dangerous for the rulers. At the beginning of the story, three years later, Fūsuke, the young former captain of the 1st Ninku corps and controller of the wind and Hiroyuki, his flatulent penguin, start searching for the other Ninku captains...

Release Date1995-01-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Mina Tepeş, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained the right to create a district off Japan's coast that is to become the future haven to vampires worldwide. But when she finally attempts to make public the existence of vampires to the world some politicians, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina before she has a chance to get Japan's and international recognition for the Vampire Bund. Now she must rely on her strength, cruelty and those closest to her, while trying to make a normal life.

Release Date2010-01-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count57

Swallowtail Inn

Yuriko is in love, but has a secret. She is quite talented at entertaining men. Trapped between a world of lies and a world of carnal pleasure for pay Yuriko must make a decision. Can she leave the world she's entrenched in for the sake of love?

Release Date2003-06-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Gourmet Girl Graffiti

After her grandmother passed away, high school student Ryō Machiko began living by herself. Although she recreated her grandmother's recipes perfectly, she felt that something was missing. However, when a girl named Kirin begins visiting her home, she realizes that company makes any meal taste better. Together with their friend Shiina, they enjoy many different kinds of delicious foods together.

Release Date2015-01-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count8

The Legend of Zorro

Diego Vega returns from his study trip to discover his homeland is under the army's dictatorship. Diego, refusing to watch idly, disguises himself as Zorro to protect the weak and oppressed. Diego is not a coward but he is unable to win the affections of his sweetheart, Lolita, who is attracted to other more noble men. Diego serenades Lolita as Zorro and fights the evils of his homeland, hoping to capture her heart.

Release Date1996-04-05

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count24

Dirty Pair

The semi-coherent adventures of two teenage intergalactic private eyes, Kei and Yuri. Members of Trouble Consultant team 234, their code name is 'Lovely Angels'. However, they're better known – universe-wide, in fact – as the 'Dirty Pair', a moniker they're not fond of. Their arrival at the scene is always a source of hope and dread, since they always solve the case, but wherever they go, something gets destroyed, up to and including entire planets. Luckily for them – but not so much for the universe – there's typically some extenuating circumstances that support their oft-uttered phrase, "It's not our fault".

Release Date1985-07-15

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count36

Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl

The story revolves around a highschool boy named Niwa Makoto. He lives with his aunt's family since his parents are away on business. It is there where he meets his mysterious cousin of the same age Touwa Erio — who happens to tie a futon mattress around her upper body and is a self-proclaimed alien. Her staple food is pizza. Erio had been missing for half a year and was found floating in the sea. She doesn't remember anything about what happened during that period of time, but she began to think that it was the act of an alien and wanders the neighbourhood wrapped in the futon.

Release Date2011-04-15

DepartmentProduction

JobGeneral Manager

Episode Count12

Vote Count76

Pretty Boy Detective Club

Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy middle school, has lost something—a star she glimpsed just once, ten long years ago. But help is on the way, in the form of the unofficial, secretive, and thoroughly mysterious Pretty Boy Detective Club! Rumored to solve problems within the school (most of which they themselves might as well created) for reasons aesthetic rather than financial, these five gorgeous boys sweep Mayumi into their world of excitement, danger, and overwhelming beauty.

Release Date2021-04-11

DepartmentWriting

JobSeries Composition

Episode Count12

Vote Count19

Mekakucity Actors

The incidents which occurred on August 14th and 15th bring a group of young boys and girls together… They are members of a group they call themselves the "Mekakushi Dan" (Blindfold Organization) and each member possesses a strange power involving their eyes.

Release Date2014-04-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count12

Vote Count28

Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai

The story revolves around the protagonist "I" and the murders and mysteries he encounters. He tries in vain to stay out of the story, but instead he always gets dragged into the center of everything. Even though it seems that he contributes a lot, he always finds out that whatever he did was meaningless in the end.

Release Date2016-10-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count8

Vote Count15

Metal Fighter Miku

In the near future, the sports world is dominated by female wrestling. The stakes are high both in and out of the ring as the four girls of the TWP face off against the champions, Team Sapphire. The skills of the TWP are stretched to the limit in this game, where beauty, grace, and style are just important as strength or speed.

Release Date1994-07-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

Emu Hino, a 29-year-old virgin, witnesses a mob hit and fears that the killer will now find her and kill her. Indeed, he sets out to do so; he's Yo Hinomura, a talented potter and artist who's been conscripted against his will to be the prime hitman for the 108 Dragons, a gang within the Chinese Mafia, who are determined to push aside Tokyo's local crime lords. He breaks into her house, and she asks that he make love to her before he kills her; she connects to his inner self, and he becomes her protector. Now he must defend her against the local crime gang, who have connections with corrupt Tokyo police. Will Yo and Emu make it out alive, and will the 108 Dragons triumph?

Release Date1988-09-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count21

Devil Hunter Yohko

Yohko Mono is a regular girl making her way through high school--until she learns that she is the successor to a line of warriors charged with defending the earth against demons.

Release Date1990-12-01

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

The SoulTaker

Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother afterwards gained the ability to turn into a monster known as "The SoulTaker".

Release Date2001-04-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count13

Vote Count22

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko

Meet Yohko Yamamoto - a cat-eyed, 15-year-old girl in the late 20th century with a love for videogames and Pocky. Because of her exceptional talent with arcade shooters, she's been recruited by Lawson to travel a thousand years into the future to pilot the prototype ship TA-29. Together with Ayano Elizabeth Hakuhoin, Madoka Midoh and Momiji Kagariya, Yohko leads the Terran team against Rouge and Ness' infamous Red Snappers in this epic space adventure.

Release Date1999-04-04

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count1

And Yet the Town Moves

Clumsy Hotori Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. Hotori works as a waitress in an unsuccessful coffee shop when the manager comes up with a plan to increase its fortunes by changing into a maid cafe. Unfortunately, no one knows how to make a successful maid cafe other than dressing everyone in a maid outfit. What follows is a wacky series of incidents involving Hotori’s many friends, mismatched love stories… and ghosts and aliens.

Release Date2010-10-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

Vote Count12

Detatoko Princess

After a prank gone wrong, Princess Lapis must undergo a long journey back home to the Diamond Palace. With her for this adventure are a young sprite, a directionally challenged immortal, and her math tutor. Armed with the powerful magic eraser, and an unmatched love of pudding, Lapis continues forth righting the injustices of the world and defeating magical foes.

Release Date1997-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count4

Magical Hat

The series stars Hat, the descendant of a hero who fought an evil king and sealed Devildom. Hat falls into Devildom and finds he has to defeat the evil king.

Release Date1989-10-18

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Magister Negi Magi: Anime Final

The story is centred around Negi Springfield, a ten-year-old wizard from Wales, who dreams of becoming a Magister Magi like his missing father, a special wizard who uses his powers to help normal people, using covers such as working for NGOs. Initially appointed as an English teacher at Mahora Academy in Japan he becomes a teacher to a middle school class of 31 older girls. However, the peaceful school life is quickly disturbed as people from his father's past appear and Negi has to form contracts with various students to overcome the new dangers. Finally he embarks on a journey to the Magic World together with his partners to find his long-lost father. This film is the climax to their adventures depicted in the Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba and Mou Hitotsu no Sekai OVAs.

Release Date2011-08-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count28

Fireworks

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.

Release Date2017-08-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count358

Tenamonya Voyagers

Their school shut down, Ayako and Wakana are now stranded far from Earth. Enter Paraila, a wanted criminal, and they believe they can make it back.

Release Date1999-06-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count5

Le Portrait de Petite Cossette

Eiri works at his uncle's antique shop, and one day stumbles across a glass. Upon touching the glass, he receives visions from what he finds out to be a girl, Cossette, haunting the glass. She's been searching for over 250 years for someone who could see her, and now she needs his help.

Release Date2004-04-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count3

Vote Count20

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion

Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest into creatures known as nightmares. Magical girl Homura Akemi continues to fight alone in the hope that she will be able to see Madoka smile again.

Release Date2013-10-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count195

Sasami-san@Ganbaranai

The Japanese call them hikikomori-people who've become so withdrawn socially that they refuse to leave their homes for weeks and even months at a time. For Sasami Tsukuyomi, who's attempting to pass her first year of high school despite being a shut in, it's more than just a word. Fortunately though, she lives with her older brother Kamiomi, who just happens to be a teacher at the school Sasami is supposed to attend. Not to mention, her "Brother Surveillance Tool" which lets her view the outside world via her computer and will, theoretically, allow her to readjust to interfacing with people again. What it mainly does, however, is let her view her brother's interactions with the three very odd Yagami sisters, who inexplicably seem to have had their ages reversed and have various types of "interest" in Kamiomi. And then things start to get really weird... Magical powers? Everything turning into chocolate? Is life via the web warping Sasami's brain, or is it the universe that's going ...

Release Date2013-01-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

Vote Count7

Detatoko Princess

Release Date1997-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Katte ni Kaizou

Katsu Kaizou is a very gullible, 17-year-old high school student and a believer in science fiction, aliens, ghosts, UFOs, conspiracies, etc. He thinks that everything going on around him is the result of some sort of alien plot to take over the world. Each story is pretty much self-contained and is completely bizarre. Kaizou joins the school's science club, makes new friends, and ends up coming in contact with all sorts of strange things like log people, deadly sushi, pee-blades, scary infections, robot invasions, ghosts, living dolls, and more!

Release Date2011-05-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count6

Vote Count4

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu

One day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. the "King of Apparitions." He saves the fatally wounded Kiss-shot by offering his blood at the expense of his own life as a human. Now Koyomi has to face the vampire hunters to retrieve Kiss-shot’s limbs which were taken by these hunters...

Release Date2016-01-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count295

Galaxy Fraulein Yuna

Yuna Kagurazaka, a clumsy and sweet sixteen year old girl, had her life drastically changed when she won an intergalactic contest for the person with the purest heart. Now, she is an intergalactic superhero and magical girl known as the Savior of Light. She pilots the mecha El Line to maintain the peace of the universe. But Yuna’s entire world is shaken when she is wrongfully accused of destroying a city with El Line. She is captured and taken prisoner by Misaki Ichijouin, a special agent from the Galaxy Alliance. However, Misaki soon realizes that she has been deceived, and teams up with the rest of Yuna’s friends to free the Savior and save the galaxy before an evil force is restored to power.

Release Date1995-09-21

DepartmentWriting

JobStoryboard

Episode Count2

Vote Count6

Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu

With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade in order to become a human again.

Release Date2017-01-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count225

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings

Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.

Release Date2012-10-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count133

Musashi, the Samurai Lord

Release Date1990-10-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Eternal Filena

Eternal Filena or Eien no Filena, is based on the fantasy light novel series by Shudou Takeshi, serialised in Japan in Animage and illustrated by Takada Akemi. Eternal Filena follows the adventures of Filena, a female slave and gladiator brought up as a boy in the ocean kingdom of Filosena, which is in the middle of a revival. Note: The series has been collected into nine volumes published by Tokuma Shoten. The novel series was also adapted into an RPG released by Tokuma Shoten for the Super Famicom in 1995. It was only released commercially in Japan.

Release Date1992-12-21

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Episode Count2

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal

As the young girls have discovered the truth about the cruel fate of a magical girl, one magical girl after another is destroyed. Throughout it all, there is one magical girl who continues to fight alone - Homura Akemi. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal is a retelling of the second half of the TV anime series.

Release Date2012-10-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count113

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-

After the events of Rebellion, the world appears to be in balance—but that peace is fragile. As a new threat connected to Walpurgisnacht emerges, Homura Akemi is forced to face the consequences of her choices and question how far she is willing to go to protect Madoka.

DepartmentDirecting

JobOther

Twilight of the Dark Master

Tsunami is an ancient guardian from days long ago when the Mother Spirit created demons and guardians to aid a fledgling human race. In 2089, only a few demons and guardians remain in the city of Neo-Shinjuku. Tsunami becomes involved with a woman who has just lost her fiance and her arm and now wants to figure out why this has happened. Meanwhile, the demon leader is still alive and plotting to enslave mankind.

Release Date1997-11-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count22

Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu

Koyomi Araragi was turned into a vampire by the legendary vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, and he needs to revive the weakened vampire back to her complete form to return to being human again. The only way for Koyomi to achieve his goal is to fight the three vampire hunters – Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter.

Release Date2016-08-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count216

Baoh: The Visitor

Doress, a Japanese "black projects" organization, has been gathering psionics and creating biological weapons to "make Japan superior". When one of the biological experiments, BAOH, a parasite living inside 17-year-old Ikuro, escapes with a psychic young girl named Sumire, Doress will do anything to get the boy and girl back. The only problem for them is that BAOH has the ability to alter its host into a living death machine in order to keep it alive. BAOH "awakens" to its "Armed Defense Phenomenons", giving Ikuro acid-tipped claws, bio-regeneration, and super-strength. But Doress takes the girl, and BAOH, alongside its host, must fight an army of commandos and psionics to get her back.

Release Date1989-11-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count37

New Hurricane Polymar

Straight out of Tokyo Plus, a high-tech research center, arrives a new innovation of "Man Machine" system (Polymar) developed by the late Dr. Oregar. Tragically, Dr. Oregar and his efforts are dematerialized as the Catsharks, loyal subjects of Nova, steal this new technology for their own devious plans. Miraculously chosen as the next Polymar, Takeshi finds himself thrust into the middle of the battleground, as he discovers his new role and purpose - to destroy Nova and his followers. He utilizes his karate skills comprised of spinning kicks and backfists with flight formula to defeat the Catsharks, only to have them re-emerge stronger then ever, led by the shrewd Nina. Once she gets Polymar out of the picture - Nova will be free to proceed with his insidious plan. It is a race against time, for Takeshi to save the Earth

Release Date1996-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.

Release Date1991-08-16

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count18

とらいあんぐるハート -Sweet Songs Forever-

Release Date2003-07-24

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica: Concept Movie

A short four-minute concept film unveiled in surprise at Studio SHAFT's 40th anniversary event in winter 2015, Madogatari. The first animated Puella Magi Madoka Magica work since Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion, it features the return of the full Madoka Magica cast and staff.

Release Date2015-11-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count9

Kid Icarus Anime

An angelic warrior named Pit defends humanity against Medusa’s revived forces, battling monsters across a world ruled by gods and ancient myths.

Release Date2012-03-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Debutante Detective Corps

When the 5 richest and most powerful girls at an exclusive private high school are sent a death threat they decide to take matters into their own hands and bring divine retribution to their would be assailants. Using their collective resources and skills they show the terrorists that they messed with the wrong girls.

Release Date1996-03-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Bucchigiri

To all his schoolmates, Jin comes across as a hot-headed class clown from typically barging in late and sleeping the whole way through to always responding to any situation with reckless stupidity. The fact that he used to be the charismatic leader of a legendary biker gang has turned into an urban legend; however, after starting a rivalry with the captain of the school baseball team, he and two former members, become their star players. But it’s not long before his past catches up to him…

Release Date1989-10-27

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Episode Count4

Galaxy Fraulein Yuna Returns: Dawn of the Dark Sisters

Just when everything seems peaceful again for Yuna and her friends, a new enemy appears in the form of three robotic sisters. Yuna must once again become the Savoir of Light to fight this strong, new evil.

Release Date1996-12-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Hurricane Polymar: Holy Blood

Takeshi is a young man who receives the Polymar helmet to fight the vicious Pluto army. Given incredible abilities, he now fights for justice as Hurricane Polymar. This is a darker reboot of the original superhero anime of the same name.

Release Date1996-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

More crazy antics abound as Nozomu Itoshiki (a.k.a Zetsubou-sensei), who is the worlds most negative person, tries to teach class 2-F about how life is filled with despair and darkness. A harder task than it first may seem, with his students being far from ordinary themselves, including the likes of the most positive girl he has ever met, his very own stalker, a foreign exchange student with split personalities and a perfectionist acting class president, due to the fact the real class president can't be seen by anyone, among others.

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Devil Hunter Yohko 6: Double Jeopardy

Ayako Mano, who is nearly identical in appearance to Yohko, is introduced; she has spent her life training and honing her abilities so that one day she may defeat Yohko and become the devil hunter of the Mano family, and now she is ready for the final confrontation. Yohko continues to live her life and is unaware of Ayako until she starts stealing away every guy that on whom Yohko has a crush. Then one night while taking a bath, Yohko hears something outside and gives chase. She then meets up with an Azusa look-alike. She and Ayako attack the unsuspecting Yohko with crushing attacks, while Yohko parries the onslaught. The fight stops, but Ayako vows to finish it. Madoka reveals a certain part of her past that relates to the encounter.

Release Date1995-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Blood Royale

A perverted pirate sails the seven seas, armed with a torture chamber and his depraved imagination. Nothing is off limits in this bizarre excursion into a world of erotic peril.

Release Date2002-08-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Unbalance

The Hungry Bear is a restaurant where carnal appetites are satisfied to order. The waitress, Mika, has just uncovered the secret life of her late sister, a woman who would perform any sexual act, no matter how bizarre! But the secret's all in the sauce, and Mika vows to service her clientele's insatiable appetite for the exotic!

Release Date2002-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Nurse Me!

When nurse-in-training Yumi reports for duty, she's confronted with an erotic lesson plan that leaves nothing to the imagination! Hands-on learning is harder than she ever dreamed, but the staff is behind her all the way. Depraved doctors, naughty nurses, and perverted patients each lend a helping hand to her erotic education. By the time the nursing staff is finished, Yumi will be pushed to the brink of ecstasy...and sanity!

Release Date2002-10-25

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count4