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Masahito Otani

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  • Additional Crew
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    • Known for

    Mamahaha
    7.1
    Video
    • Director
    • 2005
    Zegapain (2006)
    Zegapain
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Battle Athletes Victory (1997)
    Battle Athletes Victory
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom (1999)
    Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Nyaight of the Living Cat (2025)
      Nyaight of the Living Cat
      6.7
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2025
    • My Deer Friend Nokotan (2024)
      My Deer Friend Nokotan
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Maken-Ki! Battling Venus (2011)
      Maken-Ki! Battling Venus
      5.9
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2011
    • Toradora! (2008)
      Toradora!
      7.9
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2008
    • Minami-ke (2007)
      Minami-ke
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Sky Girls (2007)
      Sky Girls
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Living for the Day After Tomorrow (2006)
      Living for the Day After Tomorrow
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Zegapain (2006)
      Zegapain
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Mamahaha
      7.1
      Video
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Strawberry 100% (2005)
      Strawberry 100%
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Maburaho (2003)
      Maburaho
      6.2
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2004
    • Triangle Heart: Sweet Songs Forever (2003)
      Triangle Heart: Sweet Songs Forever
      4.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Ai Yori Aoshi (2002)
      Ai Yori Aoshi
      7.0
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2002
    • Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom (1999)
      Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Grander Musashi RV (1998)
      Grander Musashi RV
      6.7
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 1998

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Zegapain ADP (2016)
      Zegapain ADP
      • unit director
      • 2016
    • Touch: Cross Road (2001)
      Touch: Cross Road
      6.0
      Video
      • assistant director
      • 2001
    • The Boy Who Saw the Wind (2000)
      The Boy Who Saw the Wind
      6.1
      • assistant director
      • 2000
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Makio Inoue, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kan'ichi Kurita, Eiko Masuyama, Gorô Naya, and Kôichi Yamadera in Lupin the 3rd: Crisis in Tokyo (1998)
      Lupin the 3rd: Crisis in Tokyo
      7.0
      • unit director
      • 1998
    • Dr. Slump Arale-chan! With Love from the Penguin's Village (1993)
      Dr. Slump Arale-chan! With Love from the Penguin's Village
      6.4
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 1993
    • Akuma-kun (1989)
      Akuma-kun
      6.5
      TV Series
      • assistant episode director
      • 1989
    • Sakigake!! Otokojuku Movie (1988)
      Sakigake!! Otokojuku Movie
      6.8
      • assistant director
      • 1988

    Additional Crew

    • Sally the Witch (1990)
      Sally the Witch
      Short
      • record keeper
      • 1990
    • Himitsu no Akko-chan
      Short
      • record keeper
      • 1989

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