Makoto Bessho
Makoto Bessho (別所 誠人, Bessho Makoto) is a Japanese animator, animation director, storyboard artist, and anime director.
Biography from TMDB.
- Director
- 17 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Known for
What are Makoto Bessho's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Ideas.
Moods and endings
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 Makoto Bessho's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).
- Crunchyroll
- Attack on Titan (2013) · director
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012) · director
- Kimagure Orange Road (1985) · key animation
- Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006) · key animation
- Aldnoah.Zero (2014) · director
- IDOLiSH7 (2017) · director
- Ga-Rei-Zero (2008) · director
- ATRI: My Dear Moments (2024) · storyboard artist
- Shangri-La (2009) · director
Subscription and free streaming for Makoto Bessho'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
43 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.
IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
ATRI: My Dear Moments(2024)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
7Seeds(2019)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Bloom Into You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
IDOLiSH7(2017)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Re:Creators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Aldnoah.Zero(2014)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha(2014)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Attack on Titan(2013)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Eat Miso if You are Sorcerer! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Kids on the Slope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Wandering Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Amagami SS(2010)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Shangri-La(2009)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Birdy the Mighty: Decode (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Ga-Rei-Zero(2008)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Death Note(2006)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Brave Story(2006)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Petite Princess Yucie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Azumanga Daioh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Legend of Black Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Vampire Princess Miyu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Magical Project S (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
El-Hazard: The Wanderers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Tenchi Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Elementalors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Dirty Pair Flash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Tenchi Muyo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Exper Zenon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Dragon Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Kimagure Orange Road(1985)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Career shape
A full career of 42 titles from 1985 to 2025.
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 Makoto Bessho work with?
People who share at least 2 of Makoto Bessho's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Akihiro Enomoto shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Akihiro EnomotoShared titles: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Akihiro Enomoto
- Yutaka IzubuchiShared titles: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Yutaka Izubuchi
Actors
- Daisuke OnoShared titles: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Daisuke Ono
- Hochu OtsukaShared titles: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Hochu Otsuka
- Houko KuwashimaShared titles: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Houko Kuwashima
- Ken'ichi SuzumuraShared titles: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ken'ichi Suzumura
