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Takayuki Hamana

Takayuki Hamana

Director · Born November 3, 1967 (58) · Tokyo, Japan

Born
November 3, 1967 (58)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Director
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 61 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 31% in 30 days

What are Takayuki Hamana's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Bonds
28%
Morality
12%
Power
11%
Survival
11%
Ideas
3%
Society
3%
Friendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 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 2 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

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
6
Tense
4
Thrilling
3
Romantic
3
Melancholic
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Hopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2

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 Takayuki Hamana's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (21).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Takayuki Hamana'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

61 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page.

  • Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · Series Director

  • The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Days with My Stepsister(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • The Witch and the Beast(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Klutzy Witch: Fuka and the Witch of Darkness(2023)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Extreme Hearts(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Aoashi(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Cue!(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light(2021)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Arte(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Sorcerous Stabber Orphen(2020)

    Show 36 episodes · Key Animation · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Detonation(2018)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Joker Game(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Maho Tsukai PreCure!(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Osomatsu-san(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Zorori the Naughty Hero: Heroes of Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Storyboard Artist

  • Maria the Virgin Witch(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Psycho-Pass: The Movie(2015)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Last: Naruto the Movie(2014)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Giovanni's Island(2014)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Mushibugyo(2013)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Zorori the Naughty Hero: Super Adventure! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Key Animation

  • Psycho-Pass(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Library War: The Wings of Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Key Animation

  • Kuroko's Basketball(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Appleseed XIII: Ouranos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Appleseed XIII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • BLOOD-C (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Appleseed XIII: Tartaros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Moshidora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Loups=Garous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Key Animation

  • Chocolate Underground the Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

  • The Beast Player Erin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

  • Chocolate Underground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Library War(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Sisters of Wellber – Elegy for a Sad Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Wellber no Monogatari: Sisters of Wellber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 26 episodes · Director

  • Gekijô-ban Tennis no Ôjisama Futari no Samurai Za Fâsuto Gêmu(2005)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Prince of Tennis: A Gift from Atobe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

  • The Prince of Tennis: A Day on Survival Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

  • The Prince of Tennis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 178 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

  • PaRappa the Rapper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Good Morning Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade(1999)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Medabots(1999)

    Show 3 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Key Animation

  • Ultra Nyan 2: The Great Happy Operation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Key Animation

  • Ultra Nyan: Extraordinary Cat who Descended from the Starry Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Key Animation

  • Blue Seed Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

  • Baby and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

  • Blue Seed(1994)

    Show 3 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Bakuen Campus Guardress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Girl from Phantasia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Key Animation

  • Patlabor 2: The Movie(1993)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • KO Century Beast Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Video Girl Ai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Ranma ½(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 61 titles from 1989 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Detonation (2018)

$2M worldwide

Highest rated

The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)

Midcredits 67th

Most popular right now

Arte (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing30 of 61: 13 only directing, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdOther crew48 of 61: 31 only other crew, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score62nd

61 titles, 17 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 17 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s14 · crew2000s12 · crew2010s21 · crew2020s13 · 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 Takayuki Hamana's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 31 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · director

Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom (2023)

89th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Psycho-Pass (2012)

Midcredits 92nd · 90% 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 Takayuki Hamana work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takayuki Hamana's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yoko Hikasa shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers