Norio Kashima

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 8 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 13% in 30 days

What are Norio Kashima's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

52%

Survival

22%

Ideas

10%

Self

8%

Morality

8%

Survival3

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling

3

Tense

3

Melancholic

2

Contemplative

1

Romantic

1

How their films linger

Hopeful3 Cathartic2 Fun2

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 Norio Kashima's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (5).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE1 title, show their title on HIDIVE

Subscription and free streaming for Norio Kashima'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

21 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

Miru(2025)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Blue Lock(2022)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Laid-Back Camp(2018)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Macross Frontier(2008)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit(2007)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Noein: To Your Other Self(2005)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Genesis of Aquarion(2005)
Show 4 episodes · Director · Storyboard
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Angel Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Show 11 episodes · Series Director
Refrain Blue: Chapter 3 - Eternal Blue Waves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Director
Refrain Blue: Chapter 2 - Beneath the Moon... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Director
Refrain Blue: Chapter 1 - Scarlet Remembrance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Director
Kakyuusei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 13 episodes · Series Director
Kakyuusei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 14 episodes · Director
Kakyuusei: Elf Version (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 4 episodes · Director
School Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Show 7 episodes · Director
Bomberman: Yuuki o Arigatou Watashi ga Mimi ni Naru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director
Huck and Tom's Mississippi Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director
The Adventures of Huck Finn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Show 26 episodes · Director
Dirty Pair: From Lovely Angels with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Director
Dirty Pair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Show 24 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Giant Gorg(1984)
Show 26 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 1984 to 2025.

Highest rated

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007)

Midcredits 91^st

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing18 of 20 · 71^stWriting1 of 20Other crew5 of 20

20 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · crew1990s7 · crew2000s7 · crew2010s1 · crew2020s2 · 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.

Who does Norio Kashima work with?

People who share at least 2 of Norio Kashima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shôji Kawamori shares the most, 2.