Fumiaki Usui

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 14 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 28% in 30 days

What are Fumiaki Usui's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

42%

Bonds

40%

Society

11%

Power

8%

Friendship2 Identity3 Purpose2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Romantic

2

Joyful

2

Warm

2

Hopeful

2

Contemplative

2

Other

3

How their films linger

Feel-good3 Hopeful3 Cozy2 Wistful2

How their films end

Bittersweet5

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 Fumiaki Usui's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (11).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE3 titles, show their 3 titles on HIDIVE

Subscription and free streaming for Fumiaki Usui'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

20 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

Sentenced to Be a Hero(2026)
Show 3 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
A Star Brighter Than the Sun(2025)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san(2025)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Rurouni Kenshin(2023)
Show 2 episodes · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Eternal Boys(2022)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Shachiku-san wa Yôjo-yûrei ni iyasaretai.(2022)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Farewell, My Dear Cramer(2021)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Magical Sempai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Boarding School Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Key Animation
Love and Lies(2017)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Poco's Udon World(2016)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo(2014)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Yatterman Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
No Game No Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Love Live! School Idol Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 2 episodes · Director
High School DxD(2012)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Chihayafuru(2011)
Show 2 episodes · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 1 episode · Director
Spice and Wolf(2008)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Naruto: Shippuden(2007)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 2007 to 2026.

Highest rated

Spice and Wolf (2008)

Midcredits 81^st

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing10 of 18 · 81^stOther crew12 of 18 · 76^th

18 titles, 4 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s10 · 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.

Who does Fumiaki Usui work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fumiaki Usui's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Seiki Takuno shares the most, 4.