Nobuyoshi Nagayama

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 18 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 10% in 30 days

What are Nobuyoshi Nagayama's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

44%

Bonds

33%

Survival

15%

Power

4%

Society

4%

Identity4 Family bonds2 Survival2 Friendship2 Purpose3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

3

Hopeful

4

Warm

2

Joyful

2

Tense

1

Other

4

How their films linger

Feel-good3 Hopeful3 Bittersweet2 Fun2

How their films end · 2 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet4
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 Nobuyoshi Nagayama's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (16).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE2 titles, show their 2 titles on HIDIVE

Subscription and free streaming for Nobuyoshi Nagayama'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

21 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

Nukitashi the Animation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 11 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter(2025)
Show 12 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Vampire Dormitory(2024)
Show 12 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf(2024)
Show Series Director
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds(2023)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World(2023)
Show 13 episodes · Director · Series Director
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Love Flops(2022)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan(2021)
Show 13 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Ranwei de Waratte(2020)
Show 12 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Are You Lost?(2019)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist · Storyboard Designer
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Happy Sugar Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
My Girlfriend Is Shobitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations(2017)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Hinako Note(2017)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress(2016)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World(2016)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Plastic Memories(2015)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Seraph of the End(2015)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Gourmet Girl Graffiti(2015)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Kill La Kill(2013)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Bakemonogatari(2009)
Show 2 episodes · Animation Director · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 2009 to 2025.

Highest rated

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016)

Midcredits 58^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing4 of 20Other crew19 of 20 · 50^th

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

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s10 · 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 Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Is Nobuyoshi Nagayama's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 58 · moderate

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Nobuyoshi Nagayama work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nobuyoshi Nagayama's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hitomi Ezoe shares the most, 2.