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Eisaku Kawanami

Eisaku Kawanami

Director and writer

Works as
Director and writer
Titles
32 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 2% in 30 days

What are Eisaku Kawanami's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
45%
Self
41%
Society
12%
Morality
2%
Friendship11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Hopeful
6
Warm
5
Contemplative
4
Bittersweet
2
Other
9

How their films linger

Hopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet8

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 Eisaku Kawanami's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Eisaku Kawanami'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

34 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page.

  • Goodbye, Lara(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Opening/Ending Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway(2026)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Dandadan(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Free! The Final Stroke Part 2(2022)

    Director · Key Animation · Screenplay · Second Unit Director · Series Composition · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Free! the Final Stroke(2021)

    Director · Key Animation · Screenplay · Second Unit Director · Series Composition · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Free! Road to the World - The Dream(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day(2019)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Tsurune(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Violet Evergarden(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Free! Take your Marks(2017)

    Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You!(2017)

    Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Free! Timeless Medley: The Promise(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Free! Timeless Medley: The Bond(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • A Silent Voice: The Movie(2016)

    Key Animation · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band(2016)

    Key Animation · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Myriad Colors Phantom World(2016)

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

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • High Speed! Free! Starting Summer(2015)

    Key Animation · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future(2015)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Sound! Euphonium(2015)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Free! OVA: Forbidden All Hard! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Amagi Brilliant Park(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Tamako Love Story(2014)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Boundary(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Free!(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Key Animation · Opening/Ending Animation · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Tamako Market(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Opening/Ending Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions(2012)

    Show 5 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Hyouka(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • K-On! The Movie(2011)

    Animation · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Nichijou: My Ordinary Life(2011)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Key Animation · Opening/Ending Animation · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya(2010)

    Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • K-On!(2009)

    Show 36 episodes · Key Animation · Opening/Ending Animation

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Lucky Star(2007)

    Show 24 episodes · Key Animation · Opening/Ending Animation

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya(2006)

    Show 6 episodes · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Key Animation

Career shape

A full career of 34 titles from 2005 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Free! the Final Stroke (2021)

$4.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Sound! Euphonium (2015)

Midcredits 88th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing18 of 34: 4 only directing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score82ndWriting2 of 34: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew30 of 34: 16 only other crew, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score85th

34 titles, 14 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 14 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · crew2010s25 · 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.

How do Eisaku Kawanami's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 32 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 32 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · director

Free! Timeless Medley: The Promise (2017)

67th percentile spread · 11% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)

Midcredits 94th · 88% 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.

Is Eisaku Kawanami's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 2 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity5 titles20–55 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 20 · mildMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Eisaku Kawanami work with?

People who share at least 2 of Eisaku Kawanami's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Noriyuki Kitanohara shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers