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Tetsuya Yanagisawa

Director · Okayama, Japan

Tetsuya Yanagisawa (柳沢 テツヤ, Yanagisawa Tetsuya, born May 28) is a Japanese animator, director, and character designer from Okayama Prefecture.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Okayama, Japan
Works as
Director
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all

What are Tetsuya Yanagisawa's films like?

Across their 10 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 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
3
Romantic
4
Warm
2
Tense
3
Thrilling
3
Other
7

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous3

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 Tetsuya Yanagisawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (11).

Subscription and free streaming for Tetsuya Yanagisawa'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

29 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Berserk of Gluttony(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
  • 「おかあさんといっしょ」スペシャルステージ ~やっとあえたね!さあ、でかけよう!!~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as シュッシュ

  • ORIENT(2022)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
  • Redo of Healer(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
  • Sengoku Night Blood(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
  • The Moment You Fall in Love(2016)

    Director · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • I Want to Let You Know That I Love You(2016)

    Director · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire(2014)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
  • Tanken Driland - 1000-nen no Mahō - (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 51 episodes · as Mekki (voice)

  • Senran Kagura: Ninja Flash!(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
  • High School DxD (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • High School DxD(2012)

    Show 36 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • World War Blue(2012)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Shattered Angels(2007)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
  • When They Cry(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Fate/stay night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 5 episodes · Storyboard Artist

  • The Law of Ueki(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
  • Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Devil Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director

  • Eat-Man(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
  • New Legend of Lyon: Jet-black Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Key Animation

  • Hell Teacher Nube (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Key Animation

  • The Brave of the Sun Fighbird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director · Key Animation

  • Brave Exkaiser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

  • Armored Trooper VOTOMS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles from 1983 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 27: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting7 of 27: 2 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thOther crew23 of 27: 18 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score49th

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

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s6 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s10 · 1 acting · 9 crew2020s5 · 1 acting · 4 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 Tetsuya Yanagisawa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th5

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 Tetsuya Yanagisawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tetsuya Yanagisawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Natsuki Hanae shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers