Tôru Ishida

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 13 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 7% in 30 days

What are Tôru Ishida's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

42%

Self

42%

Survival

8%

Society

5%

Power

3%

Friendship3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Joyful

2

Melancholic

2

Warm

2

Dread

1

Other

4

How their films linger

Hopeful5 Bittersweet3

How their films end

Bittersweet4
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 Tôru Ishida's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (8).

Also on these channels

Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
Kartoon Channel1 title, show their title on Kartoon Channel
Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Tôru Ishida'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

15 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

Digimon Beatbreak(2025)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Dinner Table Detective(2025)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Trillion Game(2024)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Summer Time Rendering(2022)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Police in a Pod(2022)
Show 5 episodes · Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Komi Can't Communicate(2021)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Isuca(2015)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Designer
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Parasyte -the maxim- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 3 episodes · Director
Kingdom(2012)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee Reverse(2010)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Toradora!(2008)
Show 3 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters(2000)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost(1999)
Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Show 1 episode · Assistant Director
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island(1998)
Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles from 1998 to 2025.

Highest rated

Summer Time Rendering (2022)

Midcredits 94^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing11 of 15 · 72^ndOther crew7 of 15 · 92^nd

15 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s6 · 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.

Is Tôru Ishida's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 29 · mild

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 40 · moderate

Profanity3 titlesmedian 29 · mild

Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 8 · minimal

Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 21 · mild

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Tôru Ishida work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tôru Ishida's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ayumu Watanabe shares the most, 2.