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Kei Umabiki

Director · Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Kei Umabiki (馬引 圭, Umabiki Kei, born 1977) is a Japanese anime director and storyboarder born in Osaka Prefecture. His works include the Gintama series, Battle Spirits, the Aikatsu franchise, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes, and Gintama: The Final.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Director
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 20% in 30 days

What are Kei Umabiki's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
42%
Self
25%
Ideas
21%
Power
13%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Melancholic
2
Joyful
1
Romantic
1
Thrilling
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Hopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Kei Umabiki's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kei Umabiki'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

13 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • Black Torch(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Quality Assurance in Another World(2024)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Ayakashi Triangle(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Assistant Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Gintama: The Final(2021)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes(2019)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • ClassicaLoid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 25 episodes · Series Director

  • Aikatsu! The Movie(2014)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Aikatsu! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

  • Maid Sama!(2010)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Gintama(2005)

    Show 22 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles from 2006 to 2026.

Highest rated

Maid Sama! (2010)

Midcredits 89th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing5 of 12: 2 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thWriting1 of 12: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew10 of 12: 7 only other crew, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

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

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s7 · 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 Kei Umabiki work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kei Umabiki's MovieCove titles; Nobuhiko Okamoto shares the most, 2.