Shin'ya Matsui
Cinematographer · Born January 20, 1972 (54)
- January 20, 1972 (54)
- Cinematographer
- 18 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Known for
What are Shin'ya Matsui's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
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
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- 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).
- Crunchyroll
- Spice and Wolf (2008) · cinematographer
- Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021) · cinematographer
- How to Keep a Mummy (2018) · cinematographer
- Blue Exorcist (2011) · cinematographer
- Koikimo (2021) · cinematographer
- Strawberry Panic (2006) · cinematographer
- Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016) · cinematographer
- World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman (2015) · cinematographer
- Walkure Romanze (2013) · cinematographer
- Bullbuster (2023) · cinematographer
- RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time (2018) · cinematographer
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)

Bullbuster(2023)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Shine Post(2022)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Onipan!(2022)
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)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
A Whisker Away(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Prisma☆Phantasm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Penguin Highway(2018)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
How to Keep a Mummy(2018)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Endride(2016)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Comet Lucifer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Walkure Romanze(2013)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Blue Exorcist(2011)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
ChäoS;HEAd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Spice and Wolf(2008)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Strawberry Panic(2006)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles from 2006 to 2024.

Biggest box office
Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021)

Highest rated
A Whisker Away (2020)

Most popular right now
Walkure Romanze (2013)
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.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 18 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed11
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
- Kinoko NasuShared titles: Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021), Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Kinoko Nasu
Actors
- Ayako KawasumiShared titles: Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021), A Whisker Away (2020), Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Ayako Kawasumi

- Ken'ichi SuzumuraShared titles: Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021), Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ken'ichi Suzumura

- Nobunaga ShimazakiShared titles: Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021), Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Nobunaga Shimazaki

- Rie TakahashiShared titles: Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021), Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Rie Takahashi

Composers and editors
- Ryô KawasakiShared titles: Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021), Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ryô Kawasaki
- Megumi UchidaShared titles: Endride (2016), Walkure Romanze (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Megumi Uchida