Hiroki Ikeshita

Director · Kagawa, Japan

Hiroki Ikeshita (池下博紀, Ikeshita Hiroki) is a Japanese animator, director and storyboard artist born in Kagawa prefecture, Japan in 1978. He belongs to C2C.

Biography from TMDB.

From: Kagawa, Japan
Works as: Director
Titles: 22 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 20% in 30 days

What are Hiroki Ikeshita's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

41%

Bonds

25%

Ideas

16%

Morality

9%

Society

9%

Self-worth2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

3

Hopeful

3

Melancholic

1

Thrilling

1

Warm

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Fun2 Hopeful3

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 Hiroki Ikeshita's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (16).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE1 title, show their title on HIDIVE
Pokémon1 title, show their title on Pokémon
RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Hiroki Ikeshita'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

27 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.

Shangri-La Frontier(2023)
Show 50 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Handyman Saitou in Another World(2023)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Reincarnated as a Sword(2022)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Puraore! Pride of Orange(2021)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Additional Storyboarding · Key Animation · Second Unit Director
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy(2021)
Show 12 episodes · Layout Supervisor
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina(2020)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
President, It's Time for Battle!(2020)
Show 12 episodes · Series Director
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist
Yo-kai Watch the Movie: Forever Friends(2018)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple(2018)
Second Unit Director
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Harukana Receive(2018)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King(2017)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
WorldEnd: What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?(2017)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel(2016)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Bungo Stray Dogs(2016)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth(2013)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Log Horizon(2013)
Show 4 episodes · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Sankarea(2012)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Hunter X Hunter(2011)
Show 3 episodes · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Steins; Gate(2011)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
X-Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Fairy Tail(2009)
Show 3 episodes · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Guin Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 3 episodes · Key Animation
Bokurano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 2 episodes · Key Animation
Genesis of Aquarion(2005)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Argento Soma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Great Teacher Onizuka(1999)
Show 2 episodes · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles from 1999 to 2023.

Highest rated

Shangri-La Frontier (2023)

Midcredits 80^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing9 of 26 · 64^thOther crew25 of 26 · 74^th

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

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s7 · 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.

Who does Hiroki Ikeshita work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hiroki Ikeshita's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Toshiyuki Kubooka shares the most, 3.