Keiji Gotoh (後藤 圭二, Gotō Keiji, November 4, 1968) is an animator, director, and character designer from Adachi-ku, Tokyo. He sometimes uses the alias Ako Sahara (佐原 亜湖, Sahara Ako). He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA).
Biography from TMDB.
- November 4, 1968 (57)
- Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
- Director, also writer
- 48 on MovieCove · 101 credits in all
What are Keiji Gotô's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Keiji Gotô's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 35 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (28).
- Crunchyroll
- Samurai Champloo (2004) · key animation
- Your Lie in April (2014) · storyboard artist
- Fruits Basket (2019) · storyboard artist
- To Your Eternity (2021) · key animation · storyboard artist
- Golden Boy (1995) · key animation
- Golden Kamuy (2018) · storyboard artist
- Natsume's Book of Friends (2008) · storyboard artist
- Death Parade (2015) · storyboard artist
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012) · key animation
- Chihayafuru (2011) · storyboard artist
- Ergo Proxy (2006) · key animation
- Saga of Tanya the Evil (2017) · key animation
Subscription and free streaming for Keiji Gotô's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
101 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
To Your Eternity(2021)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
In/Spectre(2020)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Fruits Basket(2019)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Golden Kamuy(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Altair: A Record of Battles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Anonymous Noise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Saga of Tanya the Evil(2017)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Endride(2016)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Starmyu(2015)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Rin-ne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Death Parade(2015)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Yurikuma Arashi(2015)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Hyperdimension Robo Meguru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Your Lie in April(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Witch Craft Works(2014)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Assassination Classroom: Jump Festa 2013 Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
White Album 2(2013)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Log Horizon(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Amnesia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
My Little Monster(2012)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
From the New World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Persona4 the ANIMATION -The Factor of Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Sengoku Collection(2012)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
PERSONA 4 the Animation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Chihayafuru(2011)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
No. 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Penguindrum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Gosick(2011)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Kiddy Girl-and(2009)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Electromagnetic Girlfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Michiko & Hatchin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Vampire Knight(2008)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Kure-nai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Macross Frontier(2008)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Ga-Rei-Zero(2008)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Night Wizard the Animation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn(2007)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom(2007)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Kiddy Grade: Ignition(2007)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Gigantic Formula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Nana(2006)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Ergo Proxy(2006)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Blood+ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Aria: The Animation(2005)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Uta~Kata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Samurai Champloo(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Peace Maker Kurogane(2003)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Kiddy Grade(2002)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Gate Keepers 21 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Fruits Basket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
R.O.D: Read or Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Ghost Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
VanDread (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Pilot Candidate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Tenamonya Voyagers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Dragon Knight: Wheel of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Steam Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Gekiganger 3 - The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Berserk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Vampire Princess Miyu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Hyper Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Those Who Hunt Elves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Baby and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Golden Boy(1995)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Neon Genesis Evangelion(1995)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Sorcerer Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Elementalors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Blue Seed(1994)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Lord of Lords Ryu Knight: Adeu's Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
New Cutey Honey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Brave Police J-Decker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Bastard!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Calico Cat Holmes and the Lord of the Haunted Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Genesis Surviver Gaiarth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Brave of Legend Da-Garn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Getter Robo Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Jû-kyû(1990)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Ogami Matsugorou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Yawara! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Angel Cop(1989)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
The Adventures of Peter Pan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Mister Ajikko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Career shape
A full career of 100 titles from 1987 to 2023.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Keiji Gotô's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 13; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up19
- 50th to 74th13
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
24 of their 48 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser24
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed12
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Keiji Gotô work with?
People who share at least 2 of Keiji Gotô's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hidefumi Kimura shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Daisuke TsukushiShared titles: Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Aria: The Animation (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Daisuke Tsukushi
- Naoto HosodaShared titles: Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Ga-Rei-Zero (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Naoto Hosoda
Writers
- Hidefumi KimuraShared titles: Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Kiddy Grade: Ignition (2007), Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom (2007), Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn (2007), Kiddy Grade (2002)See all 5 shared titles with Hidefumi Kimura
- Megumi KadonosonoShared titles: Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Kiddy Grade: Ignition (2007), Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom (2007), Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn (2007), Kiddy Grade (2002)See all 5 shared titles with Megumi Kadonosono
- Reiko YoshidaShared titles: Witch Craft Works (2014), Aria: The Animation (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Reiko Yoshida
Actors
- Kaori MizuhashiShared titles: Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Kiddy Grade: Ignition (2007), Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn (2007), Aria: The Animation (2005), Kiddy Grade (2002)See all 5 shared titles with Kaori Mizuhashi
- Aya HiranoShared titles: Kiddy Grade: Ignition (2007), Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom (2007), Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn (2007), Kiddy Grade (2002)See all 4 shared titles with Aya Hirano
- Jun FukuyamaShared titles: Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom (2007), Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Jun Fukuyama
- Kikuko InoueShared titles: Kiddy Grade: Ignition (2007), Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom (2007), Kiddy Grade: Truth Dawn (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Kikuko Inoue
