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Sadayuki Murai

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Sadayuki Murai was born in 1964 in Nara, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Millennium Actress (2001), Perfect Blue (1997) and Steamboy (2004).
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Millennium Actress (2001)
    Millennium Actress
    7.8
    • Writer
    • 2001
    Perfect Blue (1997)
    Perfect Blue
    8.0
    • Writer
    • 1997
    Steamboy (2004)
    Steamboy
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 2004
    Ultraman Nexus (2004)
    Ultraman Nexus
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Writer

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Aki Toyosaki, Yumiri Hanamori, Azumi Waki, Makoto Koichi, and Konomi Kohara in AQUARION Myth of Emotions (2024)
      AQUARION Myth of Emotions
      3.6
      TV Series
      • composition
      • screenplay
      • 2024–2025
    • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage (2023)
      Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage
      6.5
      • composition
      • screenplay
      • 2023
    • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (2023)
      Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • composition
      • screenplay
      • 2023
    • Rust-Eater Bisco (2022)
      Rust-Eater Bisco
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Ryôta Ôsaka and Aya Suzaki in Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars (2021)
      Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars
      6.9
      • screenplay
      • 2021
    • Pet (2020)
      Pet
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)
      Godzilla: The Planet Eater
      5.1
      • composition
      • 2018
    • Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)
      Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond
      7.2
      • screenplay
      • 2018
    • Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
      Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
      5.8
      • composition
      • screenplay
      • 2018
    • Beatless (2018)
      Beatless
      5.7
      TV Series
      • screenplay
      • 2018
    • Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War (2017)
      Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War
      6.5
      TV Series
      • series composition
      • script
      • 2017
    • Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
      Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
      6.0
      • composition
      • 2017
    • Takahiro Sakurai in Blame! (2017)
      Blame!
      6.6
      • screenplay
      • 2017
    • Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
      Natsume's Book of Friends
      8.1
      TV Series
      • composition
      • screenplay
      • 2011–2016
    • Zegapain ADP (2016)
      Zegapain ADP
      • screenplay
      • 2016

    Producer

    • Takahiro Sakurai, Eri Kitamura, Aki Toyosaki, Hisako Kanemoto, Ryôta Ôsaka, and Aya Suzaki in Knights of Sidonia (2014)
      Knights of Sidonia
      7.7
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2014

    Director

    • Grand Odyssey
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005

    Personal details

    • Born
      • 1964
      • Nara, Japan

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