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Takuya Satō

Writer and director, also actor · Born May 19, 1984 (42) · Miyagi, Japan

Takuya Sato (佐藤 卓哉, Satō Takuya) is a Japanese anime director and screenwriter from Miyagi prefecture.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 19, 1984 (42)
From
Miyagi, Japan
Works as
Writer and director, also actor
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 52% in 30 days

What are Takuya Satō's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
42%
Bonds
35%
Society
8%
Survival
6%
Morality
5%
Power
4%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Romantic
4
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
6
Warm
4
Other
11

How their films linger

Bittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous4
  • Other1

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 Satō's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Takuya Satō'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

56 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sekiro: No Defeat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Script

  • May I Ask for One Final Thing?(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Harmony of Mille-Feuille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · Creative Consultant · Writer

  • Pseudo Harem(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Sound Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie(2022)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Otherside Picnic(2021)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Music Producer · Series Composition · Series Director · Sound Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Happy-Go-Lucky Days(2020)

    Director · Screenplay · Sound Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Fragtime(2019)

    Director · Screenplay · Sound Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Original Story · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Kase-san and Morning Glories(2018)

    Director · Key Animation · Screenplay · Sound Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Cardfight!! Vanguard(2018)

    Show 97 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Rokuhoudou Yotsuio Biyori(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · Sound Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed by the Sexiest Man of the Year-(2018)

    Show as Chihiro Ayagi

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Your Light: Kase-san and Morning Glories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Children of the Whales(2017)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Great Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 11 episodes · Series Composition

  • selector destructed WIXOSS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Girls Beyond the Wasteland(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Upon the Interface of the Missing Link -Open the Missing Link- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End and the Beginning(2015)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Haikyuu!!(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • A Lull in the Sea(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu(2013)

    Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Say "I Love You." (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · Series Composition · Series Director · Writer

  • Inu x Boku Secret Service(2012)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Steins; Gate(2011)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Case;Irvine(2010)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works(2010)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Fate/stay night TV reproduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer · Actor

  • Student Council's Discretion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 12 episodes · Storyboard Artist

  • Toradora!(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Code-E (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Fate/stay night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 24 episodes · Series Composition · Writer

  • Strawberry Marshmallow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Composition · Series Director

  • Emma: A Victorian Romance(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Midori Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist · Writer

  • Ninja Scroll: The Series(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Twelve Kingdoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · Storyboard Artist

  • Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • NieA_7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Legend of Himiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • Serial Experiments Lain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • Armitage III: Poly-Matrix(1996)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Street Fighter II: V (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 29 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Armitage III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Yu Yu Hakusho: Fight for the Netherworld(1994)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Miracle Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Afterglow of Zeon(1992)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Matchless Raijin-Oh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 51 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Key Animation

  • Jushin Liger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Ronin Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Sekiro: No Defeat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 53 titles, 52 of them dated from 1988 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)

$4.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Steins; Gate (2011)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 53: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting14 of 53: 5 only directing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdWriting21 of 53: 8 only writing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thMusic1 of 53: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew36 of 53: 23 only other crew, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

53 titles, 16 with more than one role — other crew and writing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · crew1990s11 · crew2000s12 · crew2010s19 · 2 acting · 18 crew2020s8 · 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 Takuya Satō's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Cardfight!! Vanguard (2018)

83rd percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Steins; Gate (2011)

Midcredits 98th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 54, detractors 26. 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.

Is Takuya Satō's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 2 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 63 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles26–56 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32

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 Takuya Satō work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takuya Satō's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Masahiro Gotô shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles