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Tensai Okamura

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateDec 13, 1961 (64 years old)
Zodiac Sign♐Sagittarius
Place of BirthFukushima, Japan
Career Span1983 – Present (44 yrs)
Known Credits77 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 2.2

Tensai Okamura

Also known as:Yutaka Okamura岡村豊
Total Works

77

1 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

7.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

Biography

Tensai Okamura (岡村 天斎, Okamura Tensai, December 13, 1961) is a Japanese anime director and animator born in Fukushima Prefecture and raised in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His real name is Yutaka Okamura (岡村 豊, Okamura Yutaka). He graduated from Waseda University department of science and engineering. In 1991, he began using the name Tensai Okamura.

Signature Roles & Milestones

My Neighbor Totoro
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
1988•anime
Role: Animation
My Hero Academia
8.6
My Hero Academia
2016•anime
Role: Storyboard Artist
The Seven Deadly Sins
8.4
Role: Series Director
Ghost in the Shell
7.9
Ghost in the Shell
1995•anime
Role: Key Animation

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 77 titles featuring Tensai Okamura

My Neighbor Totoro
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
1988•anime

Role: Animation

My Hero Academia
8.6
My Hero Academia
2016•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

The Seven Deadly Sins
8.4

Role: Series Director

Ghost in the Shell
7.9
Ghost in the Shell
1995•anime

Role: Key Animation

Neon Genesis Evangelion
8.6

Role: Director

Cowboy Bebop
8.5
Cowboy Bebop
1998•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
8.3

Role: Key Animation

DARLING in the FRANXX
8.5

Role: Storyboard Artist

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
7.7

Role: Key Animation

Samurai Champloo
8.3
Samurai Champloo
2004•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Ninja Scroll
7.8
Ninja Scroll
1993•anime

Role: Key Animation

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
7.3

Role: Director

Memories
7.5
Memories
1995•anime

Role: Director

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
7.4

Role: Key Animation

Blue Exorcist
7.8
Blue Exorcist
2011•anime

Role: Series Director

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
7.4

Role: Director

Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
8.5

Role: Key Animation

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
7.4

Role: Storyboard Artist

Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
6.8

Role: Key Animation

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
8.2

Role: Storyboard Artist

Soul Eater
7.8
Soul Eater
2008•anime

Role: Director

Wicked City
6.7
Wicked City
1987•anime

Role: Key Animation

Darker than Black
7.6
Darker than Black
2007•anime

Role: Director

The Case Study of Vanitas
8.3

Role: Storyboard Artist

My Hero Academia: You're Next
7.3

Role: Director

Blade Runner: Black Lotus
7.1

Role: Storyboard Artist

Guilty Crown
7.3
Guilty Crown
2011•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Wolf's Rain
7.8
Wolf's Rain
2003•anime

Role: Series Director

Medabots
8.3
Medabots
1999•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
6.9

Role: Key Animation

Lazarus
7.5
Lazarus
2025•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
6.8

Role: Director

Buddy Daddies
7.9
Buddy Daddies
2023•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
7.7

Role: Storyboard Artist

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea
8.1

Role: Storyboard Artist

Scarlet Nexus
7.2
Scarlet Nexus
2021•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Revival of Evangelion
7.7

Role: Director

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
7.9

Role: Key Animation

IRODUKU: The World in Colors
7.2

Role: Storyboard Artist

Kuromukuro
6.3
Kuromukuro
2016•anime

Role: Series Director

Canaan
6.7
Canaan
2009•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

RahXephon
7.3
RahXephon
2002•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
7.4

Role: Key Animation

The aquatope on white sand
6.6

Role: Storyboard Artist

Mobile Fighter G Gundam
7.5

Role: Key Animation

Attacker You!
6.1
Attacker You!
1984•anime

Role: Key Animation

The Eccentric Family
6.3

Role: Storyboard Artist

T・P BON
7.3
T・P BON
2024•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Emma: A Victorian Romance
6.0

Role: Storyboard Artist

Astro Boy
7.9
Astro Boy
2003•anime

Role: Key Animation

SHIROBAKO the Movie
6.9

Role: Key Animation

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
5.7

Role: Key Animation

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
7.1

Role: Key Animation

Blue Seed
6.9
Blue Seed
1994•anime

Role: Key Animation

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
6.8

Role: Storyboard Artist

Tari Tari
7.8
Tari Tari
2012•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger
6.2

Role: Key Animation

RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
5.8

Role: Storyboard Artist

Bride of Deimos
5.5
Bride of Deimos
1988•anime

Role: Key Animation

Run, Melos!
6.3
Run, Melos!
1992•anime

Role: Key Animation

Kurau Phantom Memory
7.3

Role: Key Animation

Junk Boy
4.4
Junk Boy
1987•anime

Role: Key Animation

World Conquest Zvezda Plot
6.5

Role: Series Director

Magical Angel Creamy Mami
6.6

Role: Key Animation

Yawara!
6.7
Yawara!
1989•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
6.0

Role: Director

Phoenix: Karma Chapter
6.4

Role: Key Animation

Real Drive
7.1
Real Drive
2008•anime

Role: Storyboard Artist

Alice in Wonderland –Dive in Wonderland–
7.7

Role: Storyboard Artist

Please Save My Earth
4.8

Role: Key Animation

Persia, the Magic Fairy
6.5

Role: Animation Director

Project Blue Earth SOS
5.7

Role: Director

Junk Boy
7.0
Junk Boy
1987•series

Role: Key Animation

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum Edition (Renewal of Evangelion)
10.0

Role: Director

Memories of Memories
6.0

as Self

Sleepless Oedo
4.0
Sleepless Oedo
1993•anime

Role: Key Animation

Yap! Bun Bun
Yap! Bun Bun
1987•anime

Role: Key Animation