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Toshiyuki Kubooka

Toshiyuki Kubooka

Director · Born December 19, 1963 (62) · Hokkaido, Japan

Toshiyuki Kubooka is a Japanese animator, character designer, and director. He is particularly known for his work on the Giant Robo OVA series, as well as his work on the Lunar series and iDOLM@STER.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 19, 1963 (62)
From
Hokkaido, Japan
Works as
Director
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 47 credits in all

What are Toshiyuki Kubooka's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 4

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
7
Dread
4
Joyful
3
Thrilling
3
Other
6

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

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 Toshiyuki Kubooka's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).

Subscription and free streaming for Toshiyuki Kubooka'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

47 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Shangri-La Frontier(2023)

    Show 50 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Handyman Saitou in Another World(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
  • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition(2022)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Puraore! Pride of Orange(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Additional Storyboarding · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
  • Harukana Receive(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
  • Rage of Bahamut: Genesis(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Character Designer

  • Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • THE iDOLM@STER (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 25 episodes · Character Designer

  • Genius Party Beyond(2008)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Batman: Gotham Knight(2008)

    Director · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Time-Jam - Valérian & Laureline(2007)

    Show 40 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
  • Genius Party(2007)

    Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Den-Noh Coil(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • Mina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Gunbuster: The Movie(2006)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Origin: Spirits of the Past(2006)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo(2004)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Key Animation

  • RahXephon(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Lunar 2 Eternal Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Art Direction

  • Gin Rei's Blue Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Animation Director · Character Designer

  • The Mighty Gin Rei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Animation Director · Character Designer

  • Barefoot Gin Rei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Animation Director · Character Designer

  • Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 7 episodes · Animation Director · Character Designer · Key Animation

  • Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Animation Director · Character Designer

  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Animation Director

  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director · Animation Director

  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Animation Director

  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water(1990)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Baoh the Caller(1989)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Animation Director

  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 3 episodes · Animation Director

  • Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Key Animation

  • Gunbuster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation Director · Key Animation

  • Dirty Pair OVA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

  • Scoopers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Key Animation

  • Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Project A-Ko(1986)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 47 titles from 1982 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing9 of 47: 3 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score87thOther crew44 of 47: 38 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score65th

47 titles, 6 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1980s13 · crew1990s10 · crew2000s12 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s5 · 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.

How do Toshiyuki Kubooka's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 15; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 91st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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.

Is Toshiyuki Kubooka's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles63–97 · median 90 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles17–89 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles37–63 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles8–42 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles60–95 · median 90 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Toshiyuki Kubooka work with?

People who share at least 2 of Toshiyuki Kubooka's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shirô Sagisu shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers