Mitsutoshi Satô

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 23 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 11% in 30 days

What are Mitsutoshi Satô's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

45%

Bonds

38%

Society

11%

Ideas

7%

Friendship3 Romantic love3 Identity3 Coming of age3 Community2 Purpose2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

5

Warm

5

Hopeful

2

Romantic

2

Tense

1

Other

5

How their films linger

Feel-good4 Fun4 Hopeful4 Bittersweet3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet6
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 Mitsutoshi Satô's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (17).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE4 titles, show their 4 titles on HIDIVE

Subscription and free streaming for Mitsutoshi Satô'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

31 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

Yaiba: Samurai Legend(2025)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Shangri-La Frontier(2023)
Show 3 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
My Tiny Senpai(2023)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Kizuna no Allele (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 1 episode · Director
My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex(2022)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Engage Kiss(2022)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki(2022)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Love of Kill(2022)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Ranking of Kings(2021)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Saikyou Kamizmode! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 26 episodes · Series Director
Pet(2020)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
BAKUMATSU 크라이시스 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 12 episodes · Director
Outburst Dreamer Boys(2019)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Interviews with Monster Girls(2017)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Soul Buster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Dream Festival(2016)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Osomatsu-san(2015)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma(2015)
Show 24 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Rin-ne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist
Love Stage!!(2014)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior(2014)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Kingdom(2012)
Show 13 episodes · Director · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist · Writer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 1 episode · Director
Dragon Crisis!(2011)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Bakuman.(2010)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The World God Only Knows(2010)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee Reverse(2010)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Blue Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 11 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Naruto: Shippuden(2007)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Bleach(2004)
Show 4 episodes · Co-Director · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Texhnolyze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 3 episodes · Key Animation

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles from 2003 to 2025.

Highest rated

Shangri-La Frontier (2023)

Midcredits 80^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing22 of 26 · 55^thWriting1 of 26Other crew13 of 26 · 49^th

26 titles, 9 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

2000s5 · crew2010s10 · crew2020s11 · 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.

Who does Mitsutoshi Satô work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mitsutoshi Satô's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Masayuki Matsumoto shares the most, 2.