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Gorô Taniguchi

Gorô Taniguchi

Writer and director, also producer · Born October 18, 1966 (60) · Aichi, Japan

Born
October 18, 1966 (60)
From
Aichi, Japan
Works as
Writer and director, also producer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 48 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 38 days to Oct 27Up 36% in 30 days

What are Gorô Taniguchi's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
33%
Bonds
18%
Power
17%
Morality
15%
Survival
11%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Identity10 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 10

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 12 · 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 2 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Thrilling
9
Hopeful
8
Melancholic
8
Dread
5
Other
9

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous9

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 Gorô Taniguchi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (21).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gorô Taniguchi'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

48 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page.

  • DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 11 episodes · Creative Producer

  • Paris ni Saku Etoile(2026)

    Director · Original Story · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Final Act (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Original Story

  • Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Original Story

  • Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Original Story

  • Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Original Story

  • Enter the Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Creative Producer · Story

  • Bloody Escape: Bats out of Hell(2024)

    Director · Original Story · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture(2024)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Estab Life: Revengers' Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Writer

  • One Piece Film: Red(2022)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Estab Life: Great Escape(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · Creative Director · Creator · Original Story

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Skate Leading Stars(2020)

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

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Back Arrow(2021)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Original Story · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection(2019)

    Director · Original Film Writer · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Revisions(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Emperor(2018)

    Director · Original Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion II - Transgression(2018)

    Director · Original Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation(2017)

    Director · Original Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • ID-0(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Code Geass: Akito the Exiled Final - To Beloved Ones(2016)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Active Raid(2016)

    Show 24 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4 - From the Memories of Hatred(2015)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3 - The Brightness Falls(2015)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Maria the Virgin Witch(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Haikyuu!!(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Space Dandy(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2 - The Torn-Up Wyvern(2013)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Fantasista Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · Producer

  • Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Arrives(2012)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Scryed Alteration II: Quan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Original Story

  • Scryed Alteration I: Tao (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Original Story · Storyboard Artist

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Jungle Emperor: The Brave Can Change the Future(2009)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Special Edition - Zero Requiem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Special Edition Black Rebellion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Original Story

  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 50 episodes · Original Story · Series Director · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist

  • Gun x Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 26 episodes · Director

  • Honey and Clover(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Planetes(2003)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • s-CRY-ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

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

  • Infinite Ryvius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 26 episodes · Series Director

  • One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Writer

  • Virus Buster Serge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The King of the Braves GaoGaiGar(1997)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Wild Knights Gulkeeva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Mobile Fighter G Gundam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Energetic Explosion Ganbaruger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 47 episodes · Director

Career shape

A full career of 46 titles from 1992 to 2026.

Biggest box office

One Piece Film: Red (2022)

$171M worldwide

Highest rated

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection (2019)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

The King of the Braves GaoGaiGar (1997)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing24 of 46: 6 only directing, 18 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thWriting27 of 46: 11 only writing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thProducing1 of 46: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew20 of 46: 8 only other crew, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score38th

46 titles, 20 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 14 of them.

By decade

1990s6 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s19 · crew2020s13 · 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 Gorô Taniguchi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 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 13

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 27 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · writer

Estab Life: Great Escape (2022)

81st percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Emperor (2018)

Midcredits 93rd · 81% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 42/100 and the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 3 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.

Is Gorô Taniguchi's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 20 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Gorô Taniguchi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gorô Taniguchi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ichirô Ôkouchi shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

  • Ichirô Ôkouchi11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Ichirô Ôkouchi
  • Hiroshi Ônogi5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Hiroshi Ônogi
  • Miya Asakawa3 titles    See all 3 shared titles with Miya Asakawa
  • Noboru Kimura2 titles    See all 2 shared titles with Noboru Kimura

Actors

  • Jun Fukuyama8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Jun Fukuyama
  • Kaori Nazuka6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Kaori Nazuka
  • Maaya Sakamoto5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Maaya Sakamoto
  • Miyu Irino5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Miyu Irino

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Hiroyuki Chiba8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Hiroyuki Chiba
  • Sôta Ôya7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Sôta Ôya
  • Ichiko Hashimoto5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Ichiko Hashimoto
  • Yuri Tamura5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Yuri Tamura

Producers

  • Jun Yukawa7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Jun Yukawa
  • Naoko Endô6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Naoko Endô
  • Yoshitaka Kawaguchi5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Yoshitaka Kawaguchi
  • Satoshi Kôno4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Satoshi Kôno