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Susumu Kudô

Susumu Kudô

Director · Japan

Susumu Kudo is a Japanese anime director.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Japan
Works as
Director
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all

What are Susumu Kudô's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

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

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
7
Hopeful
6
Warm
4
Thrilling
4
Other
11

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous8

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 Susumu Kudô's films?

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

Subscription and free streaming for Susumu Kudô'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

32 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

  • Turkey!(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
  • The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today(2023)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses(2023)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • To Every You I've Loved Before(2022)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Jouran: The Princess of Snow and Blood(2021)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
  • Cinderella Nine(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
  • Dies Irae(2017)

    Show 17 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
  • Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

  • Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Magic Kaito 1412(2014)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Gatchaman Crowds(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
  • Coppelion(2013)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
  • K (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Mardock Scramble: The First Compression(2010)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • They Are My Noble Masters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Loving Angel Angelique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Project Blue Earth SOS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Blood+ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist

  • Genesis of Aquarion(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
  • Macross Zero(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
  • RahXephon(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Mirage of Blaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Chance Pop Session (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Initial D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Sakura Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show Director

  • Baby Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles from 1997 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing20 of 29: 14 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thWriting1 of 29: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew15 of 29: 9 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score34th

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

By decade

1990s3 · crew2000s10 · crew2010s11 · 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 Susumu Kudô's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
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

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th6

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 Susumu Kudô work with?

People who share at least 2 of Susumu Kudô's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tow Ubukata shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers