Akiyuki Shinbo filmography

The following is a list of works by Japanese anime director, storyboard artist, writer, and animator Akiyuki Shinbo. The page is divided into sections for his work as a series/film director, his involvement with other productions in a smaller role (i.e. key animator), and his books. These sections are further divided by format: television series, original video animations, original net animations, and films.

For some of his works, Shinbo has used various pseudonyms, not all of which are likely known. The current list of known Shinbo pseudonyms is as follows: Jūhachi Minamizawa, Futoshi Shiiya, Sōji Homura, and Satoko Shindō. Much of his work also tends to be completely uncredited, in particular for storyboarding and episode directing duties that he performs on his own series. For these reasons, the full extent of Shinbo's work across the industry, and even his own works, is not known.

Works

  Highlights roles with series or film directorial duties. In cases where Shinbo was not in such a position, the "Director(s)/Co-director(s)" parameter is reserved for the director(s) of the work. In cases where Shinbo shares the position with another director, only the other director will be listed in the row, with Shinbo's credit highlighted and listed in the "Credit(s)" row. If Shinbo is the sole director, the former will remain blank.
  Highlights roles with supervising duties.

Television series

Year	Title	Director(s)/Co-director(s)[i]	Studio	Credits	Ref(s)
1983	Serendipity the Pink Dragon	Nobuo Oonuki	Un­known	In-between animator (uncredited)	[1]
	Igano Kabamaru	Tameo Kohanawa	Group TAC	In-between animator (uncredited)	[2]
1985	Dirty Pair	Toshifumi Takizawa Norio Kashima	Nippon Sunrise	Key animator (#18)	[3]
	GeGeGe no Kitarō 3rd Series	Osamu Kasai	Toei Animation	Key animator (#3)	[4]
1989	Oishinbo	Yoshio Takeuchi	Shin-Ei Animation	Key animator (#24)	[5]
	Blue Blink	Osamu Tezuka	Tezuka Productions	Key animator (#8)	[6]
	Magical Hat	Akira Shigino	Pierrot	Key animator (#1)	[7]
1990–1991	Musashi, the Samurai Lord	Akira Shigino	Pierrot	Assistant episode director (#1, uncredited)[8] Episode director (#4, 8, 12, 19, 22, 26, 31, 35, 38, 40, 46, 49) Animation director (#46, 49) Storyboard artist (#49)	[9][10][11]
1991–1992	Marude Dameo	Akira Shigino	Pierrot	Episode director (#4, 9, 16, 20, 28, 33, 36, 40, 45)	[12]
1992–1994	Yu Yu Hakusho	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	Episode director (#4, 7, 12, 16, 21, 24, 30, 35, 37, 41, 45, 47, 52, 58, 66, 74, 82, 95, 109) Storyboard artist (#7, 16, 24, 30, 35, 41, 47, 52, 58, 66, 74, 82, 89)	[13][14][15]
1994	Montana Jones	Tetsuo Imazawa	Pierrot	Episode director (#9)	[16]
	Metal Fighter Miku	—	J.C.Staff	Director Storyboard artist (#13) Episode director (#13)	[17][18]
1995	Ninku	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	Episode director (#33, 41)	[19]
1996	Midori no Makibaō	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	Episode director (#4)	[20]
	Saber Marionette J	Masami Shimoda	Studio Junio	Title animation director Ending director Storyboard artist (OP) Supervisor (#2)	[21][22][23]
	The Legend of Zorro	Katsumi Minoguchi	Ashi Productions	Episode director (#14, 19, 22, 25, 30) Storyboard artist (#19, 22, 25, 30, 39)	[24][25]
1998	Saber Marionette J to X	Masami Shimoda	Hal Film Maker	Storyboard artist (#12)	[26]
1999	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko	—	J.C.Staff T-Up	Director Storyboard artist (#1, 25)	[27][28]
2001	The SoulTaker	—	Tatsunoko Production Tatsunoko VCR	Director Storyboard artist (#1–2, 5, 13) Episode director (#13, uncredited)[29]	[30][31][32]
2004	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha	—	Seven Arcs	Director	[33]
	Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase	—	Shaft	Chief director	[34]
2005	Paniponi Dash!	Shin Oonuma (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[35]
2006–2007	Negima!?	Shin Oonuma (chief)[iii]	Shaft	Director	[36]
2007	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	—	Shaft	Director	[37]
	Hidamari Sketch	Ryouki Kamitsubo (chief)[iii]	Shaft	Chief director Storyboard artist (#4–5, 10, 12)	[38][39]
	Hidamari Sketch Specials	Masayuki Iimura (#1)	Shaft	Chief director Storyboard artist (#1)	[40][41]
	Ef: A Tale of Memories	Shin Oonuma	Shaft	Supervisor Storyboard artist (#2)	[42][43]
2008	(Zoku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	Yukihiro Miyamoto (chief)[iv]	Shaft	Director	[44]
	Hidamari Sketch x 365	—	Shaft	Director Storyboard artist (#12)	[45][46]
	Hidamari Sketch x 365 Specials	—	Shaft	Director	[47]
	Ef: A Tale of Melodies	Shin Oonuma	Shaft	Supervisor	[48]
2009	Natsu no Arashi!	Shin Oonuma (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[49]
	Maria Holic	Yukihiro Miyamoto (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[50]
	(Zan) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	Yukihiro Miyamoto (chief)[iv]	Shaft	Director Series composition	[51]
	Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū	Shin Oonuma (#1–7, series)[ii] Kenichi Ishikura (#8–13, series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[52]
2009–2010	Bakemonogatari	Tatsuya Oishi (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director Series composition	[53]
2010	Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu	Kenichi Ishikura (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director Storyboard artist (#1)	[54]
	Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu Specials	Kenichi Ishikura (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[55]
	Dance in the Vampire Bund	Masahiro Sonoda (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[56]
	Arakawa Under the Bridge	Yukihiro Miyamoto (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[57]
	Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge	Yukihiro Miyamoto (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[58]
	And Yet the Town Moves	—	Shaft	Director	[59]
2011	Puella Magi Madoka Magica	Yukihiro Miyamoto (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director Original creator (Magica Quartet)	[60]
	Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl	Yukihiro Miyamoto (series)[ii]	Shaft	Chief director Storyboard artist (#12, uncredited avant)[61]	[59]
	Maria Holic Alive	Tomokazu Tokoro (series)[ii]	Shaft	Chief director	[62]
	Hidamari Sketch x SP	—	Shaft	Director Storyboard artist (#2)	[63]
	Astarotte's Toy	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Diomedéa	Series composition assistant	[64]
2012	Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb	Yuki Yase[ii]	Shaft	Director	[65]
	Nisemonogatari	Tomoyuki Itamura (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director Series composition	[66]
	Nekomonogatari: Black	Tomoyuki Itamura (series)[ii]	Shaft	Chief director Composition	[67]
2013	Sasami-san@Ganbaranai	—	Shaft	Director	[68]
	Monogatari Series Second Season	Tomoyuki Itamura Naoyuki Tatsuwa (#6–9, series)[ii] Yuki Yase (#14–23, series)[ii]	Shaft	Chief director Composition	[69]
2014	Nisekoi	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[70]
	Mekakucity Actors	Yuki Yase	Shaft	Chief director	[71]
	Hanamonogatari	Tomoyuki Itamura	Shaft	Chief director Composition	[72]
	Tsukimonogatari	Tomoyuki Itamura	Shaft	Chief director Composition	[73]
2015	Gourmet Girl Graffiti	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Shaft	Chief director	[74]
	Nisekoi:	Yukihiro Miyamoto (chief)[iv]	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[75]
	Owarimonogatari I	Tomoyuki Itamura	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[76][77]
2016–2017	March Comes In like a Lion	Kenjirou Okada (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director Series composition	[78]
2017	Owarimonogatari II	Tomoyuki Itamura	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[76][79]
2017–2018	March Comes In like a Lion 2nd Season	Kenjirou Okada (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director Series composition	[80]
2018	Fate/Extra Last Encore	Yukihiro Miyamoto (series)[ii]	Shaft	Chief director	[81]
2019	Zoku Owarimonogatari	—	Shaft	Director Series composition	[82][83]
2020	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story	Doroinu (chief)[a] Yukihiro Miyamoto Kenjirou Okada Midori Yoshizawa	Shaft	Animation supervisor Original creator (Magica Quartet)	[84]
2021	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story 2nd Season -Eve of Awakening-	Doroinu (chief)[a] Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Animation supervisor Original creator (Magica Quartet)	[85]
Pretty Boy Detective Club	Hajime Ootani	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[86]
2022	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Final Season -Dawn of Light Dreams-	Doroinu (chief)[a] Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Animation supervisor Original creator (Magica Quartet)

OVAs

Year	Title	Director(s)/Co-director(s)[i]	Studio	Credits	Ref(s)
1988	Crying Freeman	Daisuke Nishio	Toei Animation	Key animator (#1)	[87]
1989	Baoh	Hiroyuki Yokoyama	Pierrot	Key animator	[88]
1991	Urusei Yatsura OVA	Setsuko Shibuichi	Madhouse Watanabe Promotion	Key animator (#10)	[89]
1992	Tokyo Babylon	Koichi Chigira	Madhouse	Key animator (#1)	[90]
1993	Eternal Filena	Yoshikata Nitta	Pierrot	Episode director (#4–5) Animation director (#4–5)	[91]
1995	Galaxy Fräulein Yuna	Yorifusa Yamaguchi	J.C.Staff	Storyboard artist	[92]
	Devil Hunter Yohko	—	Madhouse	Director (#6) Storyboard artist (#6)	[93]
1996	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko I	—	J.C.Staff T-Up	Director Storyboard artist (#3)	[94][95]
	Debutante Detective Corps	—	Daume	Director	[96]
1996–1997	New Hurricane Polymar	—	Tatsunoko Production	Director Storyboard artist (uncredited)[97] Episode director (uncredited)[97]	[98]
	Galaxy Fräulein Yuna Returns	—	J.C.Staff	Director	[99]
1997	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II	—	J.C.Staff T-Up	Director Storyboard artist (#1) Episode director (#3)	[100][101][102]
	Twilight of the Dark Master	—	Madhouse	Director	[103]
1997–1998	Detatoko Princess	—	J.C.Staff T-Up	Director	[104]
1998	Saber Marionette J Again	Masami Shimoda	Hal Film Maker	Visual concept (Episode 6 OP) Storyboard artist (Episode 6 OP)	[105]
1999	Tenamonya Voyagers	—	Pierrot	Director Storyboard artist (#1–2, 4; uncredited)[106] Episode director (#1–2, 4; uncredited[106]	[107]
2002	Sibling Secret	—	AT-2[b]	Director	[108]
	Blood Royale	—	AT-2[b]	Director	[109]
	Ichi the Killer: Episode 0	Shinji Ishihira	AIC	Storyboard artist	[110]
2002–2003	Nurse Me!	—	AT-2[b]	Director	[111]
2003	Temptation	—	AT-2[b]	Director	[112]
	Triangle Heart ~Sweet Songs Forever~	—	Seven Arcs	Director	[13]
2003–2004	Swallowtail Inn	—	AT-2[b]	Director	[113]
2004	Le Portrait de Petit Cossette	—	Daume	Director Storyboard artist (uncredited) Episode director (uncredited)	[114]
2006	Mahō Sensei Negima!: Spring (Haru)	Shin Oonuma (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director Storyboard artist	[115][116]
	Mahō Sensei Negima!: Summer (Natsu)	Shin Oonuma (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[117][116]
	Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase	—	Shaft	Director	[118]
2008	Shina Dark	Naoyuki Konno Shinpei Tomooka Shin Oonuma Toshimasa Suzuki	Shaft	Supervisor	[119]
2008–2009	Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba~	Hiroaki Tomita (#1) Yukihiro Miyamoto (#2) Tomoyuki Itamura (#3)	Shaft Studio Pastoral	Chief director	[120]
	Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei	Yukihiro Miyamoto (chief)[iv]	Shaft	Director Series composition	[44]
2009	Hidamari Sketch x 365 EX	—	Shaft	Director	[121]
	Pani Poni Dash!	Shin Oonuma (series)[ii]	Shaft	Director	[122]
2009–2010	Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi	Yukihiro Miyamoto (chief)[iv]	Shaft	Director Series composition	[123]
	Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~	Kōbun Shizuno (#1–2) Tomokazu Tokoro (#3–4) Tatsufumi Itō (#5)	Shaft Studio Pastoral	Chief director	[124][125]
2011	Katte ni Kaizō	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Shaft	Chief director	[126]
	Astarotte's Toy	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Diomedéa	Series composition assistant	[127]
2012	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Special	—	Shaft	Director Composition	[128]
	Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl	Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Chief director	[129]
2013	Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro's Graduation Arc	Yuki Yase	Shaft	Chief director	[130]
2015	Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Concept Movie	—	Shaft	Chief director Storyboard artist	[131]
2016	Nisekoi:	Yukihiro Miyamoto (chief)[iv]	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[132]
2016–2017	Kubikiri Cycle: The Beheading Cycle & The Blue Savant	Yuki Yase	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[133]

ONAs

Year	Title	Director(s)/Co-director(s)[i]	Studio	Credits	Ref(s)
2012	Kid Icarus: Uprising - Palutena's Revolting Dinner	—	Shaft	Director	[134]
2014	Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku x Monogatari	Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Storyboard artist	[135]
2016	Kakushigoto	Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Storyboard artist	[136]
	Koyomimonogatari	Tomoyuki Itamura	Shaft	Chief director Series composition	[137]
2022	Bakemonogatari	—	Shaft	Director Storyboard artist	[138]
2024	Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season	Midori Yoshizawa	Shaft	Chief director Series composition Storyboard artist (#7–8)	[139][140]

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)/Co-director(s)[i]	Studio	Credits	Ref(s)
1985	GoShogun: The Time Etranger	Kunihiko Yuyama	Ashi Productions	Key animator (uncredited)	[141]
1991	Urusei Yatsura: Always, My Darling	Katsuhisa Yamada	Madhouse	Key animator	[142]
1995	Ninku: The Movie	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	Unit director	[143]
2011	Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Finale	—	Shaft Studio Pastoral	Director Composition	[144]
2012	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Beginnings	Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Chief director Film composition Original creator (Magica Quartet)	[145][146][147]
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Eternal			Chief director Film composition Original creator (Magica Quartet)	[145][146][148]
2013	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion			Chief director Original creator (Magica Quartet)	[145][149]
2016	Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu	Tatsuya Oishi	Shaft	Chief director Screenplay composition	[150][151][152]
	Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu			Chief director Screenplay composition	[153][154][155]
2017	Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu			Chief director Screenplay composition	[153][156][157]
	Fireworks	Nobuyuki Takeuchi	Shaft	Chief director	[158]
2024	Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp	Tatsuya Oishi	Shaft	Planning assistance
2025	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising	Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Chief director Original creator (Magica Quartet)	[159][160][161]

Music videos

Year	Title	Studio	Credits	Ref(s)
1995	MVP E.M.U: Shounen A to Z	J.C. Staff	Director
2001	Triangle Heart: Lyrical Toy Box[c]	Seven Arcs	Director	[13]

Video games

Year	Title	Studio	Credits	Ref(s)
1995	Metal Fighter Miku	J.C.Staff	Opening storyboard artist Opening director Supervising director	[162]
1996	Alice in Cyberland	J.C.Staff	Animation (cutscene) director	[163]
2000	Tatsunoko Fight	Tatsunoko Production	Opening cinematics storyboard artist Opening cinematics unit director Lightning Volter opening cinematics director Lightning Volter opening cinematics storyboard artist	[164]
2005	The God of Death	Remic	Opening animation storyboard artist	[165]
2013	Fate/Extra CCC	Shaft	Opening cinematics director Opening cinematics storyboard artist	[166]

Book supervisor

Year	Title	Publisher	Release date	ISBN	Ref(s)
2019	Akiyuki Shimbo x Shaft Chronicle	Dotcom	November 23	978-4-83-545701-7	[167]

Notes

General

1. Doroinu credited as "Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu)"
2. AT-2 was a hentai label pseudonym of studio Arcturus, a subsidiary of Seven Arcs.
3. Triangle Hearts ~Sweet Songs Forever~ Sound Stage VA (とらいあんぐるハート〜Sweet Songs Forever〜 サウンドステージVA).

Director credits

1. Directors credited for all works as Director (監督, Kantoku) unless noted otherwise.
2. Credited as Series Director (シリーズディレクター, Shirīzu Direkutā).
3. Credited as Chief Director (チーフディレクター, Chīfu Direkutā).
4. Credited as Chief Director (チーフ演出, Chīfu Enshutsu).

Works cited

• Shinbo, Akiyuki (2012). 新房語 [Shinbogatari] (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. ISBN 978-4758012591.