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Shin'ya Matsui

Cinematographer · Born January 20, 1972 (54)

Born
January 20, 1972 (54)
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all

What are Shin'ya Matsui's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
5
Tense
3
Joyful
2
Thrilling
2
Warm
1
Other
7

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1

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 Shin'ya Matsui's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (11).

Subscription and free streaming for Shin'ya Matsui'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

22 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2205: The New Voyage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Bullbuster(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer · Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
  • Shine Post(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Onipan!(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Koikimo(2021)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
  • A Whisker Away(2020)

    Cinematographer · Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Prisma☆Phantasm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Compositing Artist

  • RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Penguin Highway(2018)

    Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • How to Keep a Mummy(2018)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
  • Fate/Grand Order: First Order(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Endride(2016)

    Show 24 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
  • Comet Lucifer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Compositing Artist

  • World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
  • Walkure Romanze(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
  • Blue Exorcist(2011)

    Show 36 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • ChäoS;HEAd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Spice and Wolf(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • Strawberry Panic(2006)

    Show 26 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 21 titles from 2006 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography16 of 21: 14 only cinematography, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thOther crew7 of 21: 5 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

By decade

2000s3 · crew2010s9 · crew2020s9 · 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 Shin'ya Matsui's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 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 3

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th5

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 Shin'ya Matsui work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shin'ya Matsui's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ayako Kawasumi shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors