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Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Director and writer · Born December 9, 1947 (78) · Engaru, Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and occasional director in the anime industry.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 9, 1947 (78)
From
Engaru, Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all

What are Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 9

A split, not a type: Grounded 0 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 7

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 9

Steady 4 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 4

Casual 0 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 3

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 5

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
5
Thrilling
5
Dread
2
Contemplative
3
Other
7

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

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 Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Crunchyroll (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Yoshikazu Yasuhiko'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.

Filmography

35 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island(2022)

    Director · Character Designer · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Making Gundam: The Inside Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 13 episodes · Character Designer · Series Director

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI - Rise of the Red Comet(2018)

    Director · Character Designer · Original Story · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V - Clash at Loum(2017)

    Director · Character Designer · Comic Book · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV - Eve of Destiny(2016)

    Director · Character Designer · Original Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion(2016)

    Director · Character Designer · Original Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 22 episodes · Character Designer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow(2015)

    Director · Character Designer · Original Story · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I - Blue-Eyed Casval(2015)

    Director · Character Designer · Comic Book · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Yoshikazu Yasuhiko & Ichiro Itano: Collection of KeyAnimation Films (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Animation · Screenstory · Actor

  • Japan Animator Expo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation · Layout

  • Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Super Atragon - Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Character Designer

  • Super Atragon - Part I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Character Designer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91(1991)

    Mechanical & Creature Designer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Crusher Joe: The OVAs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Character Designer

  • Venus Wars(1989)

    Director · Comic Book · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director

  • Arion(1986)

    Director · Animation Director · Character Designer · Original Story · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 50 episodes · Character Designer

  • Giant Gorg(1984)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Character Designer · Creator · Original Story

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Crusher Joe: The Movie(1983)

    Director · Animation · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • White Fang Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Character Designer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space(1982)

    Director · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow(1981)

    Director · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam I(1981)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Mobile Suit Gundam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 43 episodes · Animation Director · Character Designer · Supervising Animation Director

  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love(1978)

    Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Kaji to Kouma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Character Designer

  • Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 23 episodes · Character Designer

  • ろぼっ子ビートン (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 50 episodes · Character Designer

  • Kum Kum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 26 episodes · Character Designer · Original Story

  • The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Animation · Key Animation

Career shape

A full career of 35 titles from 1972 to 2022.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 35: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting15 of 35: 1 only directing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score93rdWriting12 of 35: 0 only writing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score94thOther crew32 of 35: 18 only other crew, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rd

35 titles, 15 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 13 of them.

By decade

1970s7 · crew1980s11 · crew1990s3 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s11 · 2 acting · 10 crew2020s1 · 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 Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 17; across their 12 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 12

Approval · how many liked their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 7 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.

Who does Yoshikazu Yasuhiko work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yoshiyuki Tomino shares the most, 10.

Directors

  • Takashi Imanishi4 titles
    See all 4 shared titles with Takashi Imanishi
  • Yoshiyuki Tomino10 titles · 3 as director
    See all 10 shared titles with Yoshiyuki Tomino
  • Nana Harada3 titles
    See all 3 shared titles with Nana Harada
  • Kiyoshi Egami3 titles
    See all 3 shared titles with Kiyoshi Egami

Writers

Actors

  • Shûichi Ikeda9 titles
    See all 9 shared titles with Shûichi Ikeda
  • Banjo Ginga6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Banjo Ginga
  • Jin Urayama6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Jin Urayama
  • Kenta Miyake6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Kenta Miyake

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Takayuki Hattori7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Takayuki Hattori
  • Takeshi Katsurayama6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Takeshi Katsurayama
  • Masato Yoshitake5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Masato Yoshitake
  • Kazuo Inoue3 titles
    See all 3 shared titles with Kazuo Inoue

Producers

  • Osamu Taniguchi6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Osamu Taniguchi
  • Hideyuki Tomioka5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Hideyuki Tomioka
  • Kôichi Kamiyama5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Kôichi Kamiyama
  • Shin Sasaki5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Shin Sasaki