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Masaharu Okuwaki

Director · Born March 19, 1958 (68) · Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Masaharu Okuwaki (奥脇 雅晴, Okuwaki Masaharu, March 19, 1958), currently known by his alias Masaki Oozora (大宙 征基, Oozora Masaki), is a Japanese anime director and storyboarder born in Yamanashi prefecture. Currently freelance, previously he worked at Oh! Production, Knack Productions (currently known as ICHI Corporation) and Toei Animation. His representative works include Lupin the 3rd: Dragon of Doom, Cheeky Angel and Kirarin Revolution.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 19, 1958 (68)
From
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Director
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 27 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 64 days to Oct 27Down 82% in 30 days

What are Masaharu Okuwaki's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
41%
Bonds
19%
Ideas
16%
Society
14%
Self
5%
Power
4%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

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

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

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 2 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
4
Tense
3
Joyful
1
Warm
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Masaharu Okuwaki's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Masaharu Okuwaki'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

27 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Unnamed Memory(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Management of a Novice Alchemist(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • To Your Eternity(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Rent-a-Girlfriend(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Demon Lord, Retry! R(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • 7O3X Fastest Finger First (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Anonymous Noise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • 12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 24 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Stitch and the Planet of Sand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Storyboard Artist

  • Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser(2009)

    Additional Storyboarding

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky(2004)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Aishiteruze Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 26 episodes · Director

  • Mermaid's Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 11 episodes · Director

  • Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Roll and Lola's Floating Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Storyboard Artist

  • Cheeky Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 50 episodes · Director

  • City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Eikou e no Spur: Igaya Chiharu Monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Detective Conan(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Key: The Metal Idol(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom(1994)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and His Pleasant Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • The Mischievous Twins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 26 episodes · as Director

  • Girl Detective Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Dirty Pair: Mystery of Norlandia(1985)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Cat's Eye(1983)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Space Cobra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Director

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles from 1982 to 2024.

Highest rated

Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom (1994)

Midcredits 69th

Most popular right now

Cat's Eye (1983)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 26: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting10 of 26: 7 only directing, 3 with another roleOther crew18 of 26: 15 only other crew, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

26 titles, 3 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · crew1990s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew2000s6 · crew2010s5 · 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 Masaharu Okuwaki's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Mixed5

Most loved · director

City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (1999)

Midcredits 70th · 55% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 55/100 and the pacing 32/100 in their films, across 3 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 Masaharu Okuwaki work with?

People who share at least 2 of Masaharu Okuwaki's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nobuaki Kishima shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Editors