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Katsuya Oshima

Director

Works as
Director
Titles
10 on Motif · 12 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 62% in 30 days

What are Katsuya Oshima's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
45%
Bonds
42%
Survival
13%
Friendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
2
Tense
1
Warm
1
Melancholic
1
Dread
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Hopeful3 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 Katsuya Oshima's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Katsuya Oshima's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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

12 credits, 10 with a Motif page.

  • Witch Hat Atelier(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist

    Motif score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Motif score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Stardust Telepath(2023)

    Show Director

    Motif score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Summer Time Rendering(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Motif score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Love Live! Superstar!!(2021)

    Show 5 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Motif score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Motif score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Shadowverse(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Motif score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Seton Academy: Join the Pack!(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Motif score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Z/X: Code Reunion(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Motif score: 3rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Aikatsu on Parade! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes(2019)

    Second Unit Director

    Motif score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Aikatsu Friends! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 2018 to 2026.

Highest rated

Summer Time Rendering (2022)

Motif 95th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing10 of 11: 3 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Motif score61stOther crew8 of 11: 1 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Motif score66th

11 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s7 · 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 Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Katsuya Oshima work with?

People who share at least 2 of Katsuya Oshima's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shin'ichirô Ueda shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors