Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Yoshiaki Kawajiri is a Japanese director, animator and writer.
Works
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
The size of the Japanese animation market was 2,426 billion yen by 2020. More than half of that amount came from overseas sales. The manga market is also expanding, reaching 675.9 billion yen in 2021. Those unique visuals and stories from Japan have struck a chord with fans around the world and are growing into a huge industry. ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION will actively feature major works that are highly recognized by overseas fans and reveal the secrets of Japanese anime and manga creation through the series.
Release Date2023-04-30
Charactersd Self - Animation Director
Episode Count1
East Meets West: Filmmakers Crossing Borders
Short documentary included in the Highlander: The Search for Vengeance DVD. An interesting look at the process of bringing this American franchise over to Japan and gives a good idea at what it took to see it through to completion. Along the same lines there is an interview with Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri where he talks about his experience with working on the picture.
Release Date2007-05-06
Charactersd Self
Making Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
A behind the scenes look at the making of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
Release Date2001-01-01
Charactersd Self
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
A short documentary on Japanese animation featured on the DVD for The Animatrix (2003).
Release Date2003-06-03
Charactersd Self
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 Count2
Vote Count4081
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
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count4
Vote Count3970
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Decades after her party defeated the Demon King, an old friend's funeral launches the elf wizard Frieren on a journey of self-discovery.
Release Date2023-09-29
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count3
Vote Count618
Attack on Titan
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
Release Date2013-04-07
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count7159
Chihayafuru
Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.
Release Date2011-10-05
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count15
Vote Count59
Overlord
In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.
Release Date2015-07-07
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Designer
Episode Count13
Vote Count1057
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
Release Date2019-04-06
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count2
Vote Count7026
Manga Fairy Tales of the World
Each episode of this series tells the story of a famous fairy tale from all around the world. Some of them are adapted from famous books such as "The Iliad".
Release Date1976-10-07
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCharacter Designer
Episode Count245
Vote Count4
BEASTARS
In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.
Release Date2019-10-10
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count1250
Blade of the Immortal
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
Release Date2019-10-10
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count108
Rage of Bahamut
Two thousand years ago, the black-and-silver-winged dragon, Bahamut, terrorized the magical land of Mistarcia. The humans, god, and demons that inhabited the land united forces against the fiend and sealed its power into a key which was split in two, one half protected by gods and the other protected by demons. Now, Mistarcia is a peaceful realm – until a human woman steals the god’s half of the key. Based on the immensely popular digital card game, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis is an exciting blend of action and fantasy.
Release Date2014-10-06
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count2
Vote Count135
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
After learning heretical teachings about the Earth and the Sun, a child prodigy searches for his master's hidden research while evading the Inquisition.
Release Date2024-10-05
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count62
TRILLION GAME
Old schoolmates Haru and Gaku will do anything to achieve success. And success to them means earning a trillion dollars! But to do so, they’ll need to take full advantage of their own unique skills. Haru is a persuasive and confident speaker who can connect with anyone, while Gaku, although awkward, is an expert programmer. Will their combined talents be enough to make their dream a reality?
Release Date2024-10-04
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count11
Vinland Saga
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered.
Release Date2019-07-08
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count3
Vote Count873
Future Boy Conan
After the great disaster of 2008, a war that destroyed the planet, the world is now largely ocean with the continents having sunk. Conan lives on a remote island with his grandpa and nature, never having seen another human being. But one day a mysterious girl, Lana, washes up on his beach. The two become quick friends, but she’s soon kidnapped and taken to Industria, a technological remainder from the world before. Conan leaves his island in pursuit, braving new lands and many hardships with new friends and enemies just beyond the horizon.
Release Date1978-04-04
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count1
Vote Count206
Master Keaton
The amazing Taichi Keaton works on cases around the globe that always lead to adventure! He combines his arsenal of multidisciplinary expertise in investigation, archeology, and survival with his experience as a professor, a Falklands Conflict veteran and a SAS agent to unravel the often dangerous challenges in each riveting episode.
Release Date1998-10-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count19
Japanese Folklore Tales
"Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi" was a series running from 1975 to 1994 (with a short stop) in japanese tv. Each episode contained 1 to 3 short folk tales from the rich tradition of Japanese storytelling. Ghosts, samurai, goddesses, famous doomed romances, wandering heroes, legendary creatures, mysterious magical visitors... all presented in a simple cartoon style which varies from silly to quite charming.
Release Date1975-01-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count4
Vote Count3
Record of Lodoss War
Born in battle, baptized in fire, it's kingdoms have been ravaged by war for thousands of years. Now, an evil stirs, an ancient goddess of destruction awakened by an evil wizard. A party of six is forged to defeat this threat, or die in the attempt. Join Parn, the young fighter, as he leads his warriors into the heart of a land where dragons rule and evil holds sway over the earth. Six swords are now drawn against this darkness. The war for Lodoss has begun!
Release Date1990-06-30
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count2
Vote Count65
Deca-Dence
Many years have passed since humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by the sudden emergence of the unknown life forms Gadoll. Those humans that survived now dwell in a 3000m-high mobile fortress Deca-dence built to protect themselves from the Gadoll threat. Denizens of Deca-dence fall into two categories: Gears, warriors who fight the Gadoll daily, and Tankers, those without the skills to fight. One day, Natsume, a Tanker girl who dreams of becoming a Gear meets surly Kaburagi, an armor repairman of Deca-dence. This chance meeting between the seemingly two opposites, the girl with a positive attitude who never gives up on her dreams and the realist who has given up on his, will eventually shake the future course of this world.
Release Date2020-07-08
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count149
ALL OUT!!
In rugby, there is no ace striker, there is no number four batter, so who is the star of the team? The story begins at school entrance ceremony of Kanagawa High School where Kenji Gion, a small but gutsy go-getter joins the rugby club. He joins with his classmate, Iwashimizu, who has a complicated past and sub-captain Hachiouji, who always takes good care of his Club members. Lastly, there is Captain Sekizan, who has overwhelming powers but keeps his cards close to his chest. With such differences in both personality and physical performance, the team must learn to work and grow together so they can become the best.
Release Date2016-10-07
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count2
Vote Count18
Sonny Boy
On August 16, midway through a seemingly endless summer vacation, middle school third-year student Nagara, transfer student Nozomi, classmates Mizuho, Asakaze and their entire class are suddenly transported from their tranquil lives to a school adrift in an alternate dimension. They must survive with the super powers that have awakened within them.
Release Date2021-07-16
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count2
Vote Count75
X
It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fūma, and Fūma's younger sister, Kotori. But destiny and fate are haunting Kamui and pulling in himself and his loved ones. It is his destiny to decide the fate of the world and mankind, no matter if he wants the role or not.
Release Date2001-10-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobSeries Director
Episode Count24
Vote Count105
Iron Man
When Tony Stark branches his company into Japan, he is opposed by the nefarious Zodiac organization. It's up to Stark's Iron Man to defeat the Zodiac, and defend Japan.
Release Date2010-10-01
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count4
Vote Count90
Azuki-chan
Azusa Noyama is a 12-year-old girl student, taking 5th grade, but everyone knows her as Azuki-Chan, nickname that she dislikes. Yuunosuke Ogasawara, a new student, asks her about her nickname, saying that he likes it. Azuki falls in love with him, and they start going out together. They share a diary, and become boyfriend and girlfriend.
Release Date1995-04-04
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCharacter Designer
Episode Count117
Vote Count4
The Animatrix
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.
Release Date2003-05-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1703
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
"ACCA" is a giant unified syndicate residing in a kingdom split into 13 autonomous regions. ACCA was formed back when there was threat of a coup d'etat, and has continued to protect the peace for almost one hundred years. Jean Otus, vice-chairman of the inspections department at ACCA headquarters, wanders through the 13 districts, checking to see if there is any foul play afoot. His quiet everyday life slowly gets swallowed up into the world's conspiracies!
Release Date2017-01-10
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Designer
Episode Count3
Vote Count59
Ninja Scroll: The Series
Fourteen years after defeating the immortal warrior Himuro Genma and thwarting the Shogun of the Dark's evil plans, Kibagami Jubei continues to roam all over Japan as a masterless swordsman. During his journey, he meets Shigure, a priestess who has never seen the world outside her village. But when a group of demons destroys the village and kills everyone, Jubei becomes a prime target after acquiring the Dragon Jewel — a stone with an unknown origin. Meanwhile, Shigure — along with the monk Dakuan and a young thief named Tsubute — travels to the village of Yagyu. And with two demon clans now hunting down Shigure, Dakuan must once again acquire the services of Jubei to protect the Priestess of Light.
Release Date2003-04-14
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Episode Count13
Vote Count61
Lady Georgie
G'day mate! There's never a dull moment to be had when you're running around in the Australian bush with the Buttman kids - especially that rambunctious little Georgie and her koala buddy, Rapp! The only problem she seems to have is keeping that heavy gold bracelet around her wrist. Odd thing for a kid her age to have, but then again, the bubbly blonde seems to be slightly out of place herself. Growing up through her fair share of hijinks and tragedy, Georgie begins to discover not just love, but who she may really be.
Release Date1983-04-09
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobOpening/Ending Animation
Episode Count45
Vote Count14
Shigurui: Death Frenzy
At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion. So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies.
Release Date2007-07-19
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Designer
Episode Count1
Vote Count57
Police in a Pod
Officer Mai Kawai has had enough! She’s sick of being a police officer—but just when she’s about to hand in her resignation, the arrival of a brilliant (and beautiful) ace detective named Seiko Fuji changes her mind. Will Fuji reignite Mai’s passion for policing? And will Mai uncover the mystery of why Fuji was transferred to this ordinary police box?
Release Date2022-01-05
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count3
Vote Count19
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
D, a legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has seemingly been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link.
Release Date2001-04-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count755
Cyber City Oedo 808
In the city of Oedo 2808 A.D., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to possibly get one more chance at freedom. For each criminal apprehended, and for each successful mission done, the state will agree to reduce their sentences. Lead by Hasegawa, the new recruits: Sengoku, Gogul, and Benton will bring some hard justice to Oedo, and possibly taste freedom once again.
Release Date1990-06-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count15
Blade
Legendary half-vampire, half-human vampire hunter Blade is tracking Deacon Frost, a very powerful and influential vampire who killed his mother and who heads Existence, a secretive vampire organization that operates in Southeast Asia.
Release Date2011-07-01
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Episode Count1
Vote Count92
Stop!! Hibari-kun!
A teenage boy has now moved in the home of his mother's friend, because she had died a while back. It just so happens that the Yakuza family has four beautiful daughters, but one daughter, Hibari, who is more beautiful then the rest of the daughters is male. Hibari just can't keep her hands off our hero and so their crazy yet happy lives go on.
Release Date1983-05-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count6
The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion
Kimba is a young ambitious lion cub who takes his father's place as emperor of the jungle when is father is killed by poachers. Even though his father's fate was met by the hands of humans, Leo is one of the few animals in the Jungle that doesn't fear or feel hatred toward humans. He is not alone either, he is guided by friends of his father to help create the best animal kingdom there can be.
Release Date1989-10-12
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCharacter Designer
Episode Count52
Vote Count6
Birdy the Mighty
Tsutomu, an average middle school kid busy studying for the final exams to enter high school runs into a man running from someone and gets caught up in the chase. In all the confusion he gets accidentally killed. Luckily Birdy (an interplanetary agent) knows a way to save him, unfortunately that means joining bodies to become one. So now he is stuck with this officer and along for the ride capturing criminals and saving lives.
Release Date1996-07-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count14
Lensman
In this animated adaptation of E. E. Doc Smith's groundbreaking science fiction serial "Grey Lensman" from the 1930s-1950s, Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companion, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more companions to come by, Kim must find out the purpose of the Lens before the Boskone dynasty does.
Release Date1984-06-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count24
Ninja Scroll
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.
Release Date1993-06-05
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count711
The Cockpit
A World War II anthology based on Leiji Matsumoto's Battlefield manga.
Release Date1993-10-22
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCharacter Designer
Episode Count1
Vote Count9
Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger
In the new Calendar Year of 392, in Neo-Tokyo, a young man, Agino Jiro, steals a time synchronization system and tries to escape to the past. The authorities give chase and damage his ship in the pursuit, forcing him to land in modern day Tokyo, Determined, he breaks into a van and attaches the device, recklessly kidnapping Nobucho, Shinichi, Teko and their teacher, Hokubei. Their initial resistance force lands them in Tokyo on March 9th 1945, during the US bombing campaign. Escaping again to the past the group eventually arrives at the Warring States period. There the future and the past collide as factions from Jiro's era seek to alter their past at a pivotal moment at Honnoji.
Release Date1986-12-20
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count10
Redline
A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.
Release Date2009-08-14
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count531
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain beauty. But it's his final battle with Marcus that will decide not only his fate, but also the fate of everyone in the world.
Release Date2007-06-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count130
Wicked City
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.
Release Date1987-04-19
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation Director
Vote Count276
Liquid Television
Liquid Television is an Emmy Award–winning 1990s animation showcase that appeared on MTV. It has served as the launching point for several high-profile original cartoons, including Beavis and Butt-head and Æon Flux. The bulk of Liquid Television's material was created by independent animators and artists specially for the show, and some previously produced segments were compiled from festivals such as Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the show's theme music. There were also a large number of animation pieces adapted from the work of Art Spiegelman's comic compilation, RAW. RAW featured underground cartoonists such as Mark Beyer, Richard Sala, and Peter Bagge. In particular, Dog-Boy by Charles Burns was based on the artist's series from RAW.
Release Date1991-06-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
Phantom Quest Corp.
Ayaka Kisaragi is a beautiful woman descended from a long line of Japanese exorcists. However, bored with their traditions, she started her own business, Phantom Quest Corp. Although she is very competent with her skills, Ayaka's own bad habits often cut into the company's meager earnings and interfere with paying the various experts whose help she usually depends upon.
Release Date1994-08-25
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobOpening/Ending Animation
Episode Count4
Vote Count12
Metropolis
In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.
Release Date2001-05-26
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count531
First Human Gatorus
A comedy about the wacky adventures of Giatrus and his tribe of the first human beings on the planet.
Release Date1974-10-05
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures
Release Date1979-04-07
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation Director
Episode Count43
Vote Count2
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore
Iron Man enlists the help of ruthless vigilante the Punisher to track down War Machine's murderer. All the while, he's being pursued by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Black Widow and Hawkeye, who suspect his involvement in a recent terrorist plot.
Release Date2013-04-24
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Vote Count222
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey
On an archaeological mission to the end of the known universe, Professor Daiba unwitting unleashes an ancient horror from its confines. Five years later the malevolent alien force sets in motion a plan which reunites the various crewmembers of the Arcadia to sail the stars once more as well as bring Tadashi Daiba to meet Harlock for the first time (again).
Release Date2002-12-21
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Designer
Episode Count13
Vote Count12
Bio Hunter
A strange virus known as the Demon Virus, attacks the human genetic code, transforming people into monsters with demonic powers. One particular monster is terrorizing the streets of Tokyo. ripping open young women to devour their livers. A famed psychic holds the secret to the identity and purpose of this monster. Now it is up to two molecular biologists. self-proclaimed Bio Hunters Komada and Koshigaya, to reach the psychic and his beautiful daughter before its too late! The Demon Virus is out to conquer the world.
Release Date1995-12-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count48
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card
All of the Clow Cards have been captured, and Sakura Kinomoto, the new Master of the Cards, is preparing to play the lead in the play for the town festival. However, a new evil force is causing mysterious events all over Tomoeda, including the disappearance of Sakura's cards. With Syaoran's help, Sakura must figure out the cause of these events, and save her town.
Release Date2000-07-15
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Vote Count186
Barefoot Gen
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Release Date1983-07-21
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count229
StarBeam
Zoey is excited to tackle second grade, but when danger beckons, she sneaks away and with her signature call out and transforms into StarBeam, the speediest, most powerful and most enthusiastic superhero to ever sip from a juicebox.
Release Date2020-04-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count26
Batman: Gotham Knight
Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City.
Release Date2008-07-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count744
Neo Tokyo
A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots.
Release Date1989-04-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count111
Demon City Shinjuku
Ten Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge the rest of the world into chaos! As Genichiro's son, it falls to Kyoya to venture into the heart of Shinjuku and put an end to the sorcerer his father couldn't beat. Can Kyoya exceed his father's legacy, or will the demons of Shinjuku create Hell on Earth?
Release Date1988-10-26
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count107
Azumi 2: Death or Love
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
Release Date2005-03-12
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count197
Goku Midnight Eye
Goku is a detective who has an "eye of god", a mysterious group gave him this artificial eye that enables him to control any computer.
Release Date1989-01-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count8
Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
Once upon a time, there were two neighboring countries that did not get along. They bickered over trivial things day in and day out. Finally, they went to war over the issue of cleaning up dog feces. God intervened in a hurry and said to the chiefs of the two countries. Country A gives its most beautiful girl to Country B as a bride and Country B gives its wisest young man to Country A as a bridegroom. Then, the princess of country A, Saara, happens to meet a young man from country B...!
Release Date2023-01-27
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Vote Count6
A Wind Named Amnesia
A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later, a young man who has been re-educated travels across America on a mysterious journey.
Release Date1990-12-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count49
X: An Omen
The story is focused on the future as seen by Kuzuki Kakyou, the dreamgazer of Dragons of Earth, as he remembers the life and death of a remarkable young woman whom he met in his dreams. He also recounts his dreams of a tragic future in which the fate of the earth will be decided.
Release Date2001-08-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
The Dagger of Kamui
A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfilling that task, Jiro undergoes training to become a master assassin. Many years later, Jiro finds out that he was an orphan and his real father was Tarouza, who had worked for Tenkai until he aborted his mission when he fell in love with an Ainu woman. The young ninja discovers that the Shogunate was to retrieve the lost treasure of Captain Kidd and use it to once again isolate Japan from the rest of the world. Using the clues that Tarouza had kept secret, Jiro - along with the female ninja Oyuki and a slave named Sam - travels to Russia and America to search for the treasure in hopes of using it to extract revenge from Tenkai.
Release Date1985-03-08
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count27
Harmagedon
From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!
Release Date1983-03-12
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count24
Tibetan Dog
After his mother dies, Jiantan has to leave Xi'an to live with his father on the Tibetan steppe, where he meets a golden dog that helps him cope with the new challenges ahead.
Release Date2011-07-15
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count16
Phoenix: Space Chapter
This is the third part of "The Phoenix" series of the Kadokawa Haruki Office Co., Ltd. version. It is an animation version of the original story by Tezuka Osamu that depicts the cruelty of love through the fate of spacemen destined to drift through the universe after losing their mother ship..
Release Date1987-12-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count8
Barefoot Gen 2
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Release Date1986-06-14
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count66
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
When Unico, a young unicorn, is banished from his family by a pantheon of manipulative gods, his powers of joy and happiness are tested as he explores the lands with his friends Beezle and Katy.
Release Date1981-03-14
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count25
Sea Prince and the Fire Child
In this Japanese animated film, Sea Prince and Fire Child are two youngsters in love who flee from their disapproving parents into a world filled with risks and adventure.
Release Date1981-07-18
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count17
Anne Frank's Diary
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Release Date1995-08-19
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count12
Drifting Clouds
Retired samurai Kumosuke lives quietly, not to say idly, in Edo (old Tokyo) with his wife and two children, a young boy named Shinnosuke and an infant girl, Ohana. While he nominally runs a courier business to earn a living, he seems to spend most of his time smoking his pipe, drinking sake, and chasing women. The arrival of a Shinsengumi squad led by a young swordswman, Ichimonji Hyougo, disrupts this peaceful routine, forcing Kumosuke to defend himself.
Release Date1982-04-24
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Vote Count5
Botchan
Botchan, a recent graduate, sets out for his first teaching assignment - never anticipating what awaits him. He must contend with students who spy on him and pull nasty stunts and with a landlord who constantly tries to sell him worthless antiques. While on a fishing trip to boost his spirits, Botchan suspects Hotta, his one friend in the village, as the cause of all of his misery. But this is just beginning of his problems - During a meeting to discuss the students' disrespectful behavior towards Botchan, the proposed punishment is surprisingly mild despite the severity of the acts. Yet, Botchan's suspected adversary defends him. Were the other faculty members lying about Hotta? Botchan may soon discover the truth, for when evidence of the dean's activities surface, Botchan and Hotta must team up to corner the dean in his own scandalous game. Based on Natsume Soseki's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books.
Release Date1980-06-13
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count4
Legend of the Forest
A tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forest, fights to defend his home and faces trials and adversities along the way.
Release Date1987-12-18
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count9
Azuki-chan the Movie
Valentine's Day is approaching and Azuki and Kaoru have their minds full with getting gifts for Yuunosuke and Ken.
Release Date1995-12-23
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCharacter Designer
Goku II: Midnight Eye
Goku, the lone wolf private detective is back, contracted by Yoshiko, a mysterious, beautiful and very afraid woman, to find and save her brother, Ryu. Will Goku be able to protect Yoshiko from her step father's soldiers long enough to find her brother? Meanwhile Ryu, the unfortunate subject of a military experiment gone bad, leaves a trail of bodies behind him and has no intention of being found or saved by anyone. Will Goku have to kill the man he is supposed to save? Will even his omniscient cybernetic eye and sceptre be enough to help him defeat this indestructible killing machine?
Release Date1989-12-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count20
Cyber City Oedo 808
In the city of Oedo 2808a.d., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to get possibly one more chance at freedom ever again. For each criminal apprehended, and for each successful mission done, the state will agree to reduce their sentences. Lead by Hasegawa, the new recruits: Sengoku, Gogul, and Benton will bring some hard justice to Oedo and possibly taste freedom again.
Release Date1990-06-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count63
Goku: Midnight Eye
Tokyo, 2014: a city balancing on the razor's edge between financial prosperity and seismic destruction. It is a place where the lights are bright, the stakes are high, and where the threat of imminent destruction breeds crime like a disease. But for Gokuu Furinji, ex-cop and super-powered private detective, crime is money...
Release Date1989-01-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count42
Bride of Deimos
A brother and sister grow beautiful and rare orchids out in the middle of nowhere, however, anyone who visits their house seems to vanish suspiciously. What is the secret of this orchid house?
Release Date1988-08-31
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count9
Program
Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world while during a samurai sword fight. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
Release Date2003-06-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count144
The★Fire G-Men
Part of Safety Education Anime series directed by Osamu Dezaki.
Release Date1974-07-10
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
World Record
A record-breaking competitive runner begins to stretch the limits of the Matrix. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
Release Date2003-06-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count145
Satanika
Based on an original character created by Danzig lead singer Glenn Danzig for his comic company Verotik Press. This three-minute pilot was created by Madhouse for a planned Satanika OVA series. As Verotik Press encountered financial difficulties and closed, a full-length anime was never produced.
Release Date1998-01-01
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobCharacter Designer
Vote Count1
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
A 30-minute OVA composed of five Koji Nanjo music videos, featuring never-seen scenes between Takuto and him, with an original art gallery by Minami Ozaki at the end.
Release Date1994-07-06
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Ninja Scroll Burst
Plot Unknown - Sequel to the 1993 Anime film, Ninja Scroll.
Release Date2012-06-24
DepartmentArt
JobStoryboard Artist
Vote Count1