Yutaka Izubuchi

What are Yutaka Izubuchi's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Ideas.

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 Yutaka Izubuchi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (8).

• Crunchyroll8 titles
  • Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) · storyboard artist
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995) · costume designer
  • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012) · director, writer
  • Record of the Lodoss War (1990) · character designer
  • Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2021) · mechanical designer
  • Bones 25: Dreaming Forwards (2024) · director
  • Metallic Rouge (2024) · director, writer
  • Shangri-La (2009) · writer
• Hulu1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995) · costume designer
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Shin Kamen Rider (2023) · conceptual design · costume design
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) · writer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Yutaka Izubuchi'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

69 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  Patlabor EZY File 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

  Series Director
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  Patlabor EZY File 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Series Director
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  Patlabor EZY File 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Series Director
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  Metallic Rouge(2024)

  Show 13 episodes · Director · Original Concept · Other · Series Composition · Technical Supervisor

  Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows16^th
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  Bones 25: Dreaming Forwards(2024)

  Show Director

  Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~23^rd
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  Special Broadcast Movie "Shin Kamen Rider" Premise/Act 1: Kumo-Aug (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  Art Designer
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  Shin Kamen Rider(2023)

  Conceptual Design · Costume Design

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Kamen Rider OOO 10th: The Core Medals of Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  Creature Design
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  Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution(2021)

  Mechanical Designer

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
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  Kamen Rider Zi-O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Show 49 episodes · Creature Design
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  Gravity Rush: The Animation - Overture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Character Designer
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  Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Original Story
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  The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War(2015)

  Original Story

  Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films21^st
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark(2014)

  Director · Screenplay · Storyboard Artist

  Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films81^st
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  Japan Animator Expo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Show 1 episode · Mechanical Designer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Director · Screenplay
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  The Next Generation: Patlabor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Show 13 episodes · Creator · Original Series Creator · Original Story
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: And Now the Warship Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Director · Writer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Offense and Defense on the Outer Reaches of the Galaxy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Director · Writer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Arrival! Large Magellanic Cloud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Director · Writer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: The Redolence of Intergalactic Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Director · Writer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199(2012)

  Show 26 episodes · Director · Layout Supervisor · Mechanical Designer · Series Composition · Series Director · Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows87^th
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Defense of the Galactic March (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Director · Writer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Endless Voyage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Director · Writer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Desperate Struggle in the Heliosphere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Director · Writer
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  Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Director · Writer
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  Kamen Rider Movie War Mega Max: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO(2011)

  Creature Design

  Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films80^th
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  Towanoquon 6: Eternal Quon(2011)

  Conceptual Design

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Towanoquon 5: The Return of the Invincible(2011)

  Conceptual Design

  Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films67^th
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  Towanoquon 4: The Roaring Anxiety(2011)

  Conceptual Design

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Towanoquon 3: The Complicity of Dreams(2011)

  Conceptual Design

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
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  Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  Creature Design
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  Towanoquon 2: Dancing Orchid in Chaos(2011)

  Conceptual Design

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Towanoquon 1: The Ephemeral Petal(2011)

  Conceptual Design

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
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  Kamen Rider Movie War Core: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull(2010)

  Creature Design

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
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  Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker(2009)

  Creature Design

  Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films71^st
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  Shangri-La(2009)

  Show 1 episode · Writer

  Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows15^th
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  Birdy the Mighty: Decode (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

  Show 1 episode · Writer
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  Cutie Honey: The Live(2007)

  Show 26 episodes · Character Designer

  Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~67^th
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  The Skull Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Show 13 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
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  Toward the Terra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Show 24 episodes · Conceptual Design · Writer
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  Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love(2006)

  Costume Design

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
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  Kamen Rider Hibiki The Movie: Hibiki & The Seven War Oni (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

  Creature Design
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  Cutie Honey(2004)

  Costume Design

  Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films66^th
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  RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Director · Original Story
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  RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Director · Original Story · Screenplay
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  MiniPato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Show 3 episodes · Creator · Original Series Creator
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  WXIII: Patlabor(2001)

  Mechanical Designer · Original Story

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  RahXephon(2002)

  Show 26 episodes · Director · Creator · Original Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer

  Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows57^th
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  Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Creature Design
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  Cowboy Bebop: The Movie(2001)

  Storyboard Artist

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  Mighty Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Character Designer
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  Kamen Rider Agito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Show 51 episodes · Creature Design
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  Mobile Suit Gundam Wing(1995)

  Show 49 episodes · Costume Designer

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows88^th
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  Patlabor 2: The Movie(1993)

  Mechanical Designer · Original Story

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II(1993)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films70^th
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  Patlabor: One Day of Noa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

  Original Story
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  Patlabor: The New Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

  Show 16 episodes · Author · Storyboard Artist
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  Record of the Lodoss War(1990)

  Show 13 episodes · Character Designer

  Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows73^rd
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  Patlabor: The TV Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

  Show 47 episodes · Author · Mechanical Designer
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  Patlabor: The Movie(1989)

  Mechanical Designer · Original Story · Story

  Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films84^th
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  Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

  Characters
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  Momoco Wonderland: Strange House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

  Special Effects · Special Props
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  Choushinsei Flashman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

  Show 50 episodes · Character Designer
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  All About Mighty Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

  Character Designer
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  Choudenshi Bioman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

  Show 51 episodes · Character Designer
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  Aura Battler Dunbine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

  Show 49 episodes · Mechanical Designer
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  Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

  Show 52 episodes · Mechanical Designer
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  Combat Mecha Xabungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

  Show 50 episodes · Mechanical Designer

Career shape

A full career of 67 titles, 66 of them dated from 1982 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015)

$1.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

Midcredits 94^th

Most popular right now

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)

How do Yutaka Izubuchi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67^th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 28 titles are Mixed.

1015

• Universally Loved2
• Cult Classic1
• Crowd Pleaser10
• Mixed15

Most divisive · director

Bones 25: Dreaming Forwards (2024)

89^th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

Midcredits 94^th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 55/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Yutaka Izubuchi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yutaka Izubuchi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shigeru Chiba shares the most, 5.