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Naoyoshi Shiotani

Naoyoshi Shiotani

Director and writer · Born December 27, 1977 (48) · Yamaguchi, Japan

Born
December 27, 1977 (48)
From
Yamaguchi, Japan
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all

What are Naoyoshi Shiotani's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 7

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 6

Steady 0 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 4

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Thrilling
3
Cold
2
Contemplative
2
Dread
1
Other
1

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet5
  • 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 Naoyoshi Shiotani's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).

Subscription and free streaming for Naoyoshi Shiotani'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, 17 with a MovieCove page.

  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Heavenly Delusion(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Star Wars: Visions(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Character Designer · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.2 First Guardian(2019)

    Director · Original Story · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Laughing Under the Clouds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Guard

  • Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Phantom of the Kill: Zero's Rebellion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Screenplay · Storyboard Artist

  • Psycho-Pass: The Movie(2015)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Haikyuu!!(2014)

    Show 13 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Psycho-Pass(2012)

    Show 41 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Kuroko's Basketball(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • BLOOD-C (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · Conceptual Design

  • Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror(2009)

    Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

  • The Sky Crawlers(2008)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Real Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  • Tokyo Marble Chocolate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Art Designer · Creature Design · Layout · Series Director

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

    Show 1 episode · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

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

    Show 1 episode · Animation Director

  • Tsubasa Chronicle The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Key Animation

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

    Show 5 episodes · Key Animation

  • This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

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

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

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

    Show 3 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles from 2002 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 29: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting13 of 29: 3 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thWriting5 of 29: 0 only writing, 5 with another roleOther crew23 of 29: 15 only other crew, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score89th

29 titles, 10 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

2000s13 · crew2010s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2020s4 · 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 Naoyoshi Shiotani's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 17 titles divides audiences: 11 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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 Naoyoshi Shiotani work with?

People who share at least 2 of Naoyoshi Shiotani's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gen Urobuchi shares the most, 6.

Writers

Actors

  • Kenji Nojima6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Kenji Nojima
  • Ayane Sakura5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Ayane Sakura
  • Miyuki Sawashiro5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Miyuki Sawashiro
  • Hiroki Tôchi4 titles
    See all 4 shared titles with Hiroki Tôchi

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Eiji Arai6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Eiji Arai
  • Yoshinori Murakami6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Yoshinori Murakami
  • Yûgo Kanno5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Yûgo Kanno

Producers

  • Fumi Morihiro6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Fumi Morihiro
  • Katsuji Morishita6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Katsuji Morishita
  • Akitoshi Mori5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Akitoshi Mori
  • Kôji Yamamoto5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Kôji Yamamoto