Takuya Igarashi

Director, also writer · Born December 21, 1965 (60) · Saitama, Japan

Takuya Igarashi (五十嵐卓哉, Igarashi Takuya, born December 21, 1965) is a Japanese anime director and storyboard writer from Saitama Prefecture. He also works under the pseudonym Jugo Kazeyama (風山十五, Kazeyama Jūgo).

Biography from TMDB.

Born: December 21, 1965 (60)
From: Saitama, Japan
Works as: Director, also writer
Titles: 17 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 1130% in 30 days

What are Takuya Igarashi's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

43%

Self

34%

Morality

13%

Power

11%

Friendship2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling

3

Tense

1

Romantic

1

Joyful

1

Hopeful

2

How their films linger

Hopeful2

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 Takuya Igarashi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (13).

Also on these channels

RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Takuya Igarashi'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

28 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

Gachiakuta(2025)
Show 3 episodes · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Metallic Rouge(2024)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
SK8 the Infinity(2021)
Show 4 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple(2018)
Director
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Bungo Stray Dogs(2016)
Show 60 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Captain Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 25 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Noragami(2014)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
STAR DRIVER: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Director
Blue Exorcist(2011)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Star Driver(2010)
Show 25 episodes · Director · Creator · Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Soul Eater(2008)
Show 51 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Darker than Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 5 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Ouran High School Host Club(2006)
Show 26 episodes · Series Director
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Mushi-Shi(2005)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Zatch Bell! Attack of Mechavulcan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Director
Eureka Seven(2005)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Pretty Cure(2004)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Ashita no Nadja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 50 episodes · Director · Series Director
Magical DoReMi Sharp: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Director
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena(1999)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Magical DoReMi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Director
Magical DoReMi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 154 episodes · Director · Series Director
Revolutionary Girl Utena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Sailor Moon SuperS Plus: Ami's First Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director
Sailor Moon SuperS: Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director
Sailor Moon R: The Movie: The Promise of the Rose(1993)
Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Sailor Moon(1992)
Show 34 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The Transformers: The Movie(1986)
Production Manager
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 28 titles from 1986 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018)

$2.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018)

Midcredits 94^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing17 of 28 · 83^rdWriting1 of 28Other crew20 of 28 · 88^th

28 titles, 10 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s3 · crew

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.

Who does Takuya Igarashi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takuya Igarashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yôji Enokido shares the most, 2.