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Hideki Itô

Director

Works as
Director
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 62 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 7% in 30 days

What are Hideki Itô's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Survival
28%
Self
18%
Ideas
9%
Society
8%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

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

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

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 2 · Intense 1

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

Steady 1 · 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 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Warm
2
Melancholic
3
Bittersweet
2
Contemplative
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • 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 Hideki Itô's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hideki Itô'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

62 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Obsessed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Animation Director · Key Animation

  • Space Camper Chicchi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Animation Director · Character Designer · Key Animation

  • The Orbital Children(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • The House of the Lost on the Cape(2021)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Shabake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor(2021)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Wonderland(2019)

    Animation Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2(2018)

    Supervising Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond(2018)

    Director · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern(2017)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Atom: The Beginning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director · Supervising Animation Director

  • Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Kuromukuro(2016)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • The Asterisk War(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Supervising Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • The Seven Deadly Sins(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Barakamon(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Ping Pong the Animation(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Animation Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Black Bullet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation Director

  • Haikyuu!!(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Giovanni's Island(2014)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Gatchaman Crowds(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • The Eccentric Family(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Psycho-Pass(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

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

    Key Animation

  • A Letter to Momo(2011)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Tsuritama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

  • Magic Tree House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Key Animation

  • Blue Exorcist(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Princess Jellyfish(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Star Driver(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Durarara!!(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Miyori's Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Animation Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Eden of the East(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Sky Crawlers(2008)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Natsume's Book of Friends(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Supervising Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Antique Bakery(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Soul Eater(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • The Piano Forest(2007)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Darker than Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Animation Director

  • Death Note(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Le Chevalier D'Eon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Ergo Proxy(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · Animation Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa(2005)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Eureka Seven(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Basilisk(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow(2004)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Fullmetal Alchemist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Animation Director · Key Animation

  • RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Key Animation

  • Wolf's Rain(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Duel Masters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 125 episodes · Character Designer

  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Overman King Gainer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Digimon: Island of Lost Digimon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Key Animation

  • Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Key Animation

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

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

  • Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers(2001)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Key Animation

  • Earth Maiden Arjuna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown!! The Golden Digimentals(2000)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 59 titles from 2000 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)

$17M worldwide

Highest rated

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (2021)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Kuromukuro (2016)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing14 of 59: 1 only directing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score84thOther crew58 of 59: 45 only other crew, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score80th

59 titles, 13 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 13 of them.

By decade

2000s30 · crew2010s23 · crew2020s6 · 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 Hideki Itô's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 17; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · director

Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2018)

77th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Death Note (2006)

Midcredits 99th · 94% 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 Hideki Itô work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hideki Itô's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hisatoshi Shimizu shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers