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Hirokazu Yamada(I)

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Art Department
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Hirokazu Yamada is known for Cowboy Bebop (1998), Sword Art Online (2012) and Betterman (1999).
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    • Known for

    Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Cowboy Bebop
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Sword Art Online (2012)
    Sword Art Online
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Betterman (1999)
    Betterman
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996)
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Haruka Shiraishi in World's End Harem (2021)
      World's End Harem
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • episode director
      • 2022
    • Let's Make a Mug Too (2021)
      Let's Make a Mug Too
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (2017)
      Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Jun'ichi Suwabe, Jerry Jewell, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kôki Uchiyama, Jessie James Grelle, and Micah Solusod in Yuri!!! On Ice (2016)
      Yuri!!! On Ice
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • ReLIFE (2016)
      ReLIFE
      7.8
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2016
    • Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation (2015)
      Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Unshô Ishizuka, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kenta Miyake, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Fuminori Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
      JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)
      Attack on Titan
      9.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Infinite Stratos (2011)
      Infinite Stratos
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • The Skull Man (2007)
      The Skull Man
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Desert Punk (2004)
      Desert Punk
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004–2005
    • Mars Daybreak (2004)
      Mars Daybreak
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Stratos 4 (2004)
      Stratos 4
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Rumbling Hearts (2003)
      Rumbling Hearts
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2003

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • s.CRY.ed Alteration Zenpen TAO (2011)
      s.CRY.ed Alteration Zenpen TAO
      • unit director: TV series
      • 2011
    • Inazuma Eleven: The Movie - The Ultimate Force: Team Ogre Attacks! (2010)
      Inazuma Eleven: The Movie - The Ultimate Force: Team Ogre Attacks!
      6.9
      • unit director
      • 2010
    • Betterman (1999)
      Betterman
      6.3
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 1999
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
      Cowboy Bebop
      8.9
      TV Series
      • assistant unit director
      • 1998
    • Granzort: Adventure (1992)
      Granzort: Adventure
      4.9
      TV Mini Series
      • assistant episode director
      • 1992

    Art Department

    • Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (2023)
      Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
      6.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2023
    • Haruka Shiraishi in World's End Harem (2021)
      World's End Harem
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • ReLIFE (2016)
      ReLIFE
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Shonen onmyoji (2006)
      Shonen onmyoji
      6.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2007
    • Fumiko Orikasa and Shirô Ishimoda in She, the Ultimate Weapon (2002)
      She, the Ultimate Weapon
      6.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2002

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