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Hideaki Murai

Editor

Works as
Editor
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 63 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 8% in 30 days

What are Hideaki Murai's films like?

Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
49%
Self
20%
Morality
8%
Survival
7%
Ideas
7%
Society
5%
Power
2%
Friendship15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 18 · Serious 10 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 15

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 22 · Intense 4

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

Steady 17 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 13

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

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 23 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
18
Thrilling
16
Warm
13
Tense
7
Bittersweet
5
Other
15

How their films linger

Feel-good16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy21
  • Bittersweet10

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 Hideaki Murai's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hideaki Murai'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

63 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 46 titles from 1984 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)

$28M worldwide

Highest rated

Shin Chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Magic Knight Rayearth (1994)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing45 of 46: 45 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thOther crew1 of 46: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s5 · crew1990s9 · crew2000s13 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s11 · 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 Hideaki Murai's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 36; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 50 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved13
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · editor

Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu (2021)

92nd percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Shin Chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 Hideaki Murai work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hideaki Murai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yumiko Nakaba shares the most, 27.

Directors

  • Tsutomu Shibayama11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Tsutomu Shibayama
  • Keiichi Hara7 titles · 5 as director    See all 7 shared titles with Keiichi Hara
  • Mitsuru Hongô4 titles · 3 as director    See all 4 shared titles with Mitsuru Hongô
  • Takashi Watabe2 titles    See all 2 shared titles with Takashi Watabe

Writers

  • Yoshito Usui12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Yoshito Usui
  • Fujio F. Fujiko11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Fujio F. Fujiko
  • Nobuaki Kishima7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Nobuaki Kishima
  • Takashi Yamada3 titles    See all 3 shared titles with Takashi Yamada

Actors

  • Miki Narahashi12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Miki Narahashi
  • Keiji Fujiwara11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Keiji Fujiwara
  • Kaneta Kimotsuki11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Kaneta Kimotsuki
  • Michiko Nomura11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Michiko Nomura

Editors

  • Yumiko Nakaba27 titles    See newest 12 of 27 shared titles with Yumiko Nakaba
  • Toshihiko Kojima25 titles    See newest 12 of 25 shared titles with Toshihiko Kojima
  • Akihiro Kawasaki24 titles    See newest 12 of 24 shared titles with Akihiro Kawasaki
  • Hajime Okayasu24 titles    See newest 12 of 24 shared titles with Hajime Okayasu

Producers

  • Toshihide Yamada10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Toshihide Yamada
  • Kenji Ôta9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Kenji Ôta
  • Jun'ichi Kimura9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Jun'ichi Kimura
  • Hiroshi Mogi8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Hiroshi Mogi

Mixed roles