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Yoshitomo Yonetani

Director and writer · Born May 12, 1963 (63) · Tokyo, Japan

Yoshitomo Yonetani (米たに ヨシトモ, real name: 米谷 良知, Yonetani Yoshitomo, born May 12, 1963) is a Japanese director and animator from Tokyo. He also writes and sings anime theme songs under the name ※-mai-. He graduated from Tokyo Designer Gakuin.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 12, 1963 (63)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 36 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 65 days to Oct 28Up 6% in 30 days

What are Yoshitomo Yonetani's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
35%
Morality
17%
Power
4%
Friendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
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 2 · Intense 1

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

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · 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 2 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Easy watch: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their easy watch movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 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 are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
4
Tense
2
Absurd
1
Joyful
1
Warm
1
Other
5

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet1

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 Yoshitomo Yonetani's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yoshitomo Yonetani'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

36 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

  • Astro Note(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Lupin Zero(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Writer · as Animals (voice)

  • Vatican Miracle Examiner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · Series Director

  • Mob Psycho 100(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • One Punch Man(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma(2015)

    Show 37 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Yona of the Dawn(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Tiger & Bunny: The Rising(2014)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Space Dandy(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning(2012)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Composition

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Tiger & Bunny(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • 30th Gundam Perfect Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Storyboard

  • Urusei Yatsura: Za Shougaibutsu Suiei Taikai(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Certain Magical Index(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Amuri in Star Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL: GRAND GLORIOUS GATHERING (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 12 episodes · Series Director

  • Planetes(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Last Exile(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Final Fantasy: Unlimited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

  • Brigadoon: Marin & Melan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Original Story

  • King of the Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Series Director · Writer

  • Betterman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Creator · Original Story

  • Doraemons: Strange, Sweet, Strange? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Writer

  • Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • The King of the Braves GaoGaiGar(1997)

    Show 61 episodes · Director · Creator · Series Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Dorami & Doraemons: Robot School's Seven Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • 2112: The Birth of Doraemon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Writer

  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director

  • Dorami-chan: Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits / The☆Doraemons: Strange, Sweets, Strange? / Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director

  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water(1990)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Laughing Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 44 episodes · Director

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

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Storyboard

Career shape

A full career of 36 titles from 1988 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)

$6.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990)

Midcredits 80th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 36: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting21 of 36: 7 only directing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thWriting11 of 36: 1 only writing, 10 with another roleOther crew21 of 36: 14 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

36 titles, 14 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · crew1990s9 · crew2000s10 · crew2010s12 · 1 acting · 12 crew2020s3 · 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 Yoshitomo Yonetani's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 3; 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

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · director, writer

The King of the Braves GaoGaiGar (1997)

73rd percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2015)

Midcredits 90th · 86% 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 Yoshitomo Yonetani work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yoshitomo Yonetani's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kazuhiko Tamura shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers