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Tensai Okamura

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Writer
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Tensai Okamura was born on 13 December 1961 in Fukushima, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Memories (1995) and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001).
BornDecember 13, 1961
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    • Known for

    Ghost in the Shell (1995)
    Ghost in the Shell
    7.9
    • Animation Department
    • 1995
    Memories (1995)
    Memories
    7.5
    • Director(segment "Stink Bomb")
    • 1995
    Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Jennifer Hale, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Kobayashi, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
    7.8
    • Art Department
    • 2001
    Darker Than Black (2007)
    Darker Than Black
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Boku no Hero Academia the Movie: You're Next - A Piece of Cake
      8.2
      Video
      • Director
      • 2025
    • My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
      My Hero Academia: You're Next
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Utawarerumono Mask of Truth (2022)
      Utawarerumono Mask of Truth
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Yumiri Hanamori in Blue Period (2021)
      Blue Period
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Kuromukuro (2016)
      Kuromukuro
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • The Seven Deadly Sins (2014)
      The Seven Deadly Sins
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • series director
      • 2014–2015
    • World Conquest Zvezda Plot (2014)
      World Conquest Zvezda Plot
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012)
      Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
      7.8
      TV Series
      • opening
      • 2013
    • Blue Exorcist (2011)
      Blue Exorcist
      7.4
      TV Series
      • series director
      • episode director
      • 2011
    • Darker Than Black: Gaiden (2010)
      Darker Than Black: Gaiden
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Darker Than Black (2007)
      Darker Than Black
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • series director
      • 2007–2010
    • Soul Eater (2008)
      Soul Eater
      7.7
      TV Series
      • opening sequence
      • Director
      • 2008–2009
    • Project Blue Chikyû SOS (2006)
      Project Blue Chikyû SOS
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004)
      Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Wolf's Rain OVA (2004)
      Wolf's Rain OVA
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • series director
      • 2004

    Art Department

    • My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
      My Hero Academia: You're Next
      7.0
      • storyboard artist: opening
      • 2024
    • Buddy Daddies (2023)
      Buddy Daddies
      8.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2023
    • Charles C. Campbell, Luci Christian, Brittney Karbowski, Patric Carroll, Makoto Furukawa, Tia Lynn Ballard, Ricco Fajardo, Bryson Baugus, Ben Balmaceda, and Miho Okasaki in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2022)
      That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
      6.9
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • The Case Study of Vanitas (2021)
      The Case Study of Vanitas
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021–2022
    • The Aquatope on White Sand (2021)
      The Aquatope on White Sand
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Carole & Tuesday (2019)
      Carole & Tuesday
      7.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019
    • IRODUKU: The World in Colors (2018)
      IRODUKU: The World in Colors
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Sirius the Jaeger (2018)
      Sirius the Jaeger
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboards
      • 2018
    • Darling in the Franxx (2018)
      Darling in the Franxx
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • The Seven Deadly Sins (2014)
      The Seven Deadly Sins
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard artist: opening credits
      • 2014–2018
    • Kuromukuro (2016)
      Kuromukuro
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • World Conquest Zvezda Plot (2014)
      World Conquest Zvezda Plot
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard artist: opening sequence
      • 2014
    • A Lull in the Sea (2013)
      A Lull in the Sea
      7.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013
    • Tari Tari (2012)
      Tari Tari
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012

    Writer

    • Boku no Hero Academia the Movie: You're Next - A Piece of Cake
      8.2
      Video
      • storyboard
      • 2025
    • Sirius the Jaeger (2018)
      Sirius the Jaeger
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • World Conquest Zvezda Plot (2014)
      World Conquest Zvezda Plot
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • composition
      • teleplay
      • 2014
    • Vividred Operation (2013)
      Vividred Operation
      5.8
      TV Series
      • teleplay
      • 2013
    • Darker Than Black: Gaiden (2010)
      Darker Than Black: Gaiden
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • creator: original work
      • original work
      • 2010
    • Darker Than Black (2007)
      Darker Than Black
      7.7
      TV Series
      • creator: original work
      • composition
      • concept (creator) ...
      • 2007–2010
    • Wolf's Rain (2003)
      Wolf's Rain
      7.9
      TV Series
      • composition
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart (1989)
      Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
      7.5
      Video
      • Writer (as Yutaka Okamura)
      • 1989

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Yutaka Okamura
    • Born
      • December 13, 1961
      • Fukushima, Japan

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