Mari Okada (Japanese: 岡田 麿里) is a Japanese screenwriter, director, and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award. Okada was born in Chichibu. She was often bullied at school and skipped days to deal with social anxiety. After leaving middle school, she would spend most of her time confined at home. In spite of this, her proficiency at writing helped to get her into high school, although her social anxiety remained a problem. Nobody had high hopes for her, and as she was graduating, she was constantly told that she “wouldn't survive in the real world.” Okada enrolled at the Tokyo Amusement Media School to study games. Through her studies, Okada developed a passion for screenwriting, but found it difficult due to anxieties. Her earliest jobs included creating scenarios for direct-to-video pornography and transcribing interviews for a magazine. It was through this latter job that she met Tetsurō Amino, who asked her to contribute some of her ideas for the plot of DT Eightron. She went on to write the script for five episodes, and the connection with Amino helped in kickstarting her career. Okada pitched an idea for her first original anime, based on her experience. The screenplay was never published, but several elements of it would be used in some of her works. After several years, her reputation within the industry had grown considerably, with the screenplay for numerous successful series. Okada wrote the script for her directorial debut anime film Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. It was well-received by critics and was awarded the prize for the best animated film at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mari Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 23, 1976 (50)
- Chichibu, Saitama, Japan
- Writer, also director
- 34 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
Known for
What are Mari Okada's films like?
Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 10
Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 7 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet19
- Ambiguous4
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 Mari Okada's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (18).
- Crunchyroll
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011) · writer
- Toradora! (2008) · writer
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015) · writer
- Basilisk (2005) · writer
- Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013) · writer
- Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) · writer
- Black Butler (2008) · writer
- Aria: The Animation (2005) · writer
- A Lull in the Sea (2013) · writer
- Gosick (2011) · writer
- Fureru (2024) · writer
- Kiznaiver (2016) · writer
- +6 more
Subscription and free streaming for Mari Okada'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
67 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 10th Anniversary Short Film - Wedge of Interposition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Glass Heart(2025)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Fureru(2024)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Sharehouse Cinderella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Maboroshi(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Hide from the Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Oni: Thunder God's Tale(2022)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
O Maidens in Your Savage Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
A Whisker Away(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Kimi dake ni Motetainda. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Her Blue Sky(2019)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Flowers of Evil(2019)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
My Teacher(2017)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Dark Maidens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Kiznaiver(2016)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
The Lost Village(2016)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
selector destructed WIXOSS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Anthem of the Heart(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Zorori the Naughty Hero: Heroes of Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Gourmet Girl Graffiti(2015)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
M3: The Dark Metal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Kuroshitsuji: The Most Beautiful Death in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Tokyo Halloween Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
A Lull in the Sea(2013)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran(2013)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Koitabi: True Tours Nanto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Blast of Tempest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: The Chirps of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
AKB0048 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Black Rock Shooter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: Cage of Flames (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Hanasaku Iroha(2011)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Fractale(2011)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Wandering Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Gosick(2011)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Canaan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Black Butler(2008)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Toradora!(2008)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Vampire Knight(2008)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
True Tears(2008)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Cinnamon the Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Kodomo no Jikan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Sketchbook ~full color's~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Red Garden: Dead Girls(2007)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Darker than Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Red Garden(2006)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Zorori the Naughty Hero: Quest For The Mysterious Treasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Fate/stay night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Aria: The Animation(2005)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Basilisk(2005)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Genesis of Aquarion(2005)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Kyô kara maô!(2004)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Angel Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Popolocrois Monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
A full career of 67 titles from 1998 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
Highest rated
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Most popular right now
Basilisk (2005)
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 Mari Okada's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
18 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser18
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Mari Okada's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.
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 Mari Okada work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mari Okada's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shigeru Nishiyama shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Tatsuyuki NagaiShared titles: Fureru (2024), Her Blue Sky (2019), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011), Toradora! (2008)See all 6 shared titles with Tatsuyuki Nagai
- Masahiro AndôShared titles: O Maidens in Your Savage Season (2019), Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013), Hanasaku Iroha (2011), True Tears (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Masahiro Andô
- Toshiya ShinoharaShared titles: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011), Hanasaku Iroha (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Toshiya Shinohara
- Hideyuki SatakeShared titles: Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018), Kiznaiver (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Hideyuki Satake
Writers
- Masayoshi TanakaShared titles: Her Blue Sky (2019), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Masayoshi Tanaka
- Keigo KoyanagiShared titles: Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018), The Lost Village (2016), Hanasaku Iroha (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Keigo Koyanagi
- Chouheiwa BustersShared titles: Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Chouheiwa Busters
- Tatsuto HiguchiShared titles: Hanasaku Iroha (2011), Toradora! (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Tatsuto Higuchi
Actors
- Misaki KunoShared titles: Maboroshi (2023), Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018), Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018), Kiznaiver (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Misaki Kuno
- Yûki KajiShared titles: Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018), Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018), Kiznaiver (2016), Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Yûki Kaji
- Haruka TomatsuShared titles: Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011), Hanasaku Iroha (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Haruka Tomatsu
- Ai KayanoShared titles: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Ai Kayano
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Shigeru NishiyamaShared titles: Fureru (2024), A Whisker Away (2020), Her Blue Sky (2019), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011), Toradora! (2008)See all 7 shared titles with Shigeru Nishiyama
- Masaru YokoyamaShared titles: Fureru (2024), Maboroshi (2023), Her Blue Sky (2019), The Lost Village (2016), The Anthem of the Heart (2015)See all 5 shared titles with Masaru Yokoyama
- Ayumu TakahashiShared titles: Maboroshi (2023), O Maidens in Your Savage Season (2019), Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018), Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Ayumu Takahashi
- Hiroyuki MoriyamaShared titles: Her Blue Sky (2019), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Hiroyuki Moriyama
Producers
- Hiroyuki ShimizuShared titles: Her Blue Sky (2019), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Hiroyuki Shimizu
- Mikihiro IwataShared titles: Her Blue Sky (2019), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Mikihiro Iwata
- Kenji HorikawaShared titles: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018), Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013), Hanasaku Iroha (2011), True Tears (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Kenji Horikawa
- Kôichirô NatsumeShared titles: The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day (Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiran (2013), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Kôichirô Natsume
Mixed roles
- Erica MendezShared titles: Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018), Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Erica Mendez
