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Osamu Nabeshima

Osamu Nabeshima

Director

Works as
Director
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 4% in 30 days

What are Osamu Nabeshima's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
43%
Bonds
36%
Morality
11%
Survival
11%
Friendship4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · 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 4 · 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 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
3
Triumphant
2
Warm
2
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1

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 Osamu Nabeshima's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Osamu Nabeshima'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

55 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page.

  • Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram(2024)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Stone(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Yowamushi Pedal Re:GENERATION (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare(2016)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Gekijouban Yowamushi pedaru(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Yowamushi Pedal Re: Road(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Yowamushi Pedal Re: Ride(2014)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Yowamushi Pedal(2013)

    Show 137 episodes · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea(2013)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the III: Another Page(2012)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Zetman(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Seinto Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meio Shinwa(2009)

    Show 26 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • D.Gray-man(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem(2006)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love(2006)

    Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths(2005)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

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

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Hamtaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes(2000)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Crest of the Stars: Birth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Storyboard

  • Gosho Aoyama’s Collection of Short Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Popolocrois Monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target(1998)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • CLAMP School Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Story Artist

  • Saint Tail(1995)

    Show 43 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Magic Knight Rayearth(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Yu Yu Hakusho: Fight for the Netherworld(1994)

    Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • New Cutey Honey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - The Golden Seal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Key Animation

  • Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · Key Animation

  • Hisashi Eguchi's Kotobuki Goro Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director

  • Valis III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Art Direction

  • Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Animation

  • Yawara! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland(1989)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Akira(1988)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Ronin Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

  • Ladius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Storyboard

  • Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Key Animation

  • Space Fantasia 2001 Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Storyboard

  • Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Key Animation

  • The Phoenix (Chapter of Ho-o)(1986)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Castle in the Sky(1986)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight(1985)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind(1984)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Harmagedon(1983)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Queen Millennia(1982)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Space Warriors Baldios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Key Animation

  • Six God Combination Godmars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • The New Adventures of Gigantor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 3 episodes · Key Animation

  • Josephina the Whale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 24 episodes · Animation

  • Mobile Suit Gundam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation

  • Lupin the Third Part 1(1971)

    Show 50 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 54 titles from 1971 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Gekijouban Yowamushi pedaru (2015)

$8.8M worldwide

Most popular right now

Zetman (2012)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing12 of 54: 6 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thWriting5 of 54: 3 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing1 of 54: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew43 of 54: 38 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score82nd

54 titles, 6 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1970s3 · crew1980s17 · crew1990s14 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s10 · 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 Osamu Nabeshima's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 23; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · director

Yowamushi Pedal Re: Road (2015)

90th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Dr. Stone (2019)

Midcredits 94th · 89% liked

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 Osamu Nabeshima work with?

People who share at least 2 of Osamu Nabeshima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shôtarô Morikubo shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors