Tsutomu Nihei

What are Tsutomu Nihei's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

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 Tsutomu Nihei's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (3).

• Crunchyroll3 titles
  • Knights of Sidonia (2014) · writer
  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage (2023) · writer
  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (2023) · writer
• Netflix1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Blame! (2017) · writer

Subscription and free streaming for Tsutomu Nihei'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

6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

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  Kaina of the Great Snow Sea(2023)

  Show Writer

  Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows25^th
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  Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage(2023)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
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  Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars(2021)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th
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  Blame!(2017)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films66^th
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  Knights of Sidonia: The Movie(2015)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
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  Knights of Sidonia(2014)

  Show Writer

  Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows82^nd

Career shape

Across their 6 MovieCove titles from 2014 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage (2023)

$318K worldwide

Highest rated

Knights of Sidonia (2014)

Midcredits 82^nd

How do Tsutomu Nihei's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66^th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Cult Classic1
• Crowd Pleaser3
• Mixed2

Most divisive · writer

Knights of Sidonia: The Movie (2015)

84^th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Knights of Sidonia (2014)

Midcredits 82^nd · 84% liked

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 Tsutomu Nihei work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tsutomu Nihei's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sadayuki Murai shares the most, 6.