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Kazuaki Imai

Kazuaki Imai

Director, also writer

Works as
Director, also writer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 62% in 30 days

What are Kazuaki Imai's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
54%
Ideas
20%
Society
17%
Self
8%
Friendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
3
Warm
2
Hopeful
2
Thrilling
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Kazuaki Imai's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Kazuaki Imai'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

20 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Doraemon: Nobita and the New Castle of the Undersea Devil(2026)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Key Animation

  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony(2024)

    Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Ranking of Kings(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur(2020)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration(2019)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island(2018)

    Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Paroru's Future Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

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

    Key Animation

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

    Key Animation

  • Cobra: The Animation(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

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

    Show 1 episode · Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Den-Noh Coil(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Death Note(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Emma: A Victorian Romance(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Monster(2004)

    Show 9 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Paranoia Agent(2004)

    Show 6 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Gungrave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 5 episodes · Key Animation

  • Texhnolyze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Key Animation

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 2003 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018)

$81M worldwide

Highest rated

Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You (2009)

Midcredits 84th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 20: 1 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score84thOther crew19 of 20: 14 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score85th

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

By decade

2000s9 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s5 · 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 Kazuaki Imai work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kazuaki Imai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fujio F. Fujiko shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors