Yoshihide Ibata

Director · Japan

Yoshihide Ibata is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist known for his work on various anime series. Ibata's direction in the Fruits Basket series has been acclaimed for its faithful adaptation and emotional depth.

Biography from TMDB.

From: Japan
Works as: Director
Titles: 22 on Motif · 25 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28

What are Yoshihide Ibata's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

50%

Self

27%

Survival

9%

Morality

8%

Power

3%

Ideas

3%

Romantic love3 Family bonds3 Identity3 Purpose2 Coming of age2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Romantic

3

Joyful

3

Thrilling

2

Tense

2

Warm

2

Other

10

How their films linger

Hopeful5 Feel-good3 Fun2 Rousing2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy3
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 Yoshihide Ibata's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 22 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (17).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE1 title, show their title on HIDIVE

Subscription and free streaming for Yoshihide Ibata's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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

25 credits, 22 with a Motif page.

Sakamoto Days(2025)
Show 5 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Motif score: 86th percentile of all shows
Kaiju No. 8(2024)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 96th percentile of all shows
Whisper Me a Love Song(2024)
Show Director
Motif score: 48th percentile of all shows
My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer(2023)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 27th percentile of all shows
THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS U149 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Show 1 episode · Director
The Klutzy Witch: Fuka and the Witch of Darkness(2023)
Second Unit Director
Motif score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World(2023)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Motif score: 30th percentile of all shows
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki(2022)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Motif score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Fruits Basket: Prelude(2022)
Director
Motif score: 94th percentile of all films
The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt(2022)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 65th percentile of all shows
Fruits Basket(2019)
Show 63 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist
Motif score: 95th percentile of all shows
FLCL Progressive (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
Director
After the Rain(2018)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 69th percentile of all shows
Ace Attorney(2016)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Motif score: 38th percentile of all shows
Schwarzesmarken(2016)
Show Director
Motif score: 20th percentile of all shows
Attack on Titan: Junior High(2015)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer
Motif score: 71st percentile of all shows
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo(2014)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Your Lie in April(2014)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Motif score: 97th percentile of all shows
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis(2014)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 71st percentile of all shows
Haikyuu!!(2014)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 98th percentile of all shows
White Album 2(2013)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 61st percentile of all shows
Kill La Kill(2013)
Show 1 episode · Director
Motif score: 87th percentile of all shows
Attack on Titan(2013)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Motif score: 96th percentile of all shows
Ashiaraiyashiki no Juunin-tachi (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
Director
Naruto: Shippuden(2007)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Motif score: 91st percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 23 titles from 2007 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Fruits Basket: Prelude (2022)

$538K worldwide

Highest rated

Fruits Basket: Prelude (2022)

Motif 94^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing21 of 23 · 80^thWriting2 of 23Other crew7 of 23 · 86^th

23 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s9 · 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 Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Yoshihide Ibata work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yoshihide Ibata's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kiyoshi Hirose shares the most, 3.