Directed credits
20
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Tetsuro Araki
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 9All crew credits: 29
TMDB ID: 1148353
IMDb ID: nm2013928
Known for: Directing
Born: November 5, 1976
Age: 49
Place of birth: Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2003 - 2026
Years active: 24
Average TMDB rating: 7.65
Wikidata: Q1101038
Also known as
Араки Тэцуро • Tetsuroh Araki • Tetsurou Araki • Tetsurō Araki • あらき てつろう • Saburou Mochizuki • 望月三郎 • 荒木哲朗 • تتسورو آراکی
Frequent jobs
Director (16)Series Director (4)Storyboard Artist (5)Key Animation (2)Screenplay (2)
Biography
Tetsuro Araki (荒木 哲郎, Araki Tetsuro) is a Japanese anime director, best known as the director of the Death Note anime adaptation. He is married to editor Aya Hida. Araki is a graduate at Senshu University and worked with Madhouse before moving with Production I.G and later Wit Studio. His directorial debut was 2005's original video animation Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin. He is best known as the director of the Death Note, Highschool of the Dead and Attack on Titan anime adaptations. He is also the director of two original anime series Guilty Crown and Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and the original anime fiilm Bubble. Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, appeared at Anime Expo 2007.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Tetsuro Araki.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Mumei Ranman
Director
2026 Movie
COLORs
Director
2023 Movie
Attack on Titan: Chronicle
Director
2020 Movie
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening
Director
2018 Movie
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns
Director
2017 Movie
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers
Director
2016 Movie
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
Director
2015 Movie
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Director
2014 Movie
High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead
Director
2011 Movie
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
Director
2007 Movie
Otogi-Juushi Akazukin
Director
2005 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Tetsuro Araki.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Director • 1 eps
2025 Series
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Series Director • 12 eps
2016 Series
Attack on Titan
Director • 5 eps
2013 Series
Guilty Crown
Director • 2 eps
2011 Series
High School of the Dead
Series Director • 12 eps
2010 Series
Kurozuka
Series Director • 12 eps
2008 Series
Death Note
Series Director • 37 eps
2006 Series
Black Lagoon
Director • 4 eps
2006 Series
Gungrave
Director • 4 eps
2003 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tetsuro Araki.
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening
Director
2018 Movie
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
Director
2015 Movie
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Director
2014 Movie
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
Director
2007 Movie
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral
Key Animation
2008 Movie
Attack on Titan: Chronicle
Director
2020 Movie
High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead
Director
2011 Movie
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
Screenplay
2009 Movie
Bubble
Storyboard Artist
2022 Movie
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Screenplay
2019 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Tetsuro Araki.
Attack on Titan
Director • 5 eps
2013 Series
Death Note
Series Director • 37 eps
2006 Series
High School of the Dead
Series Director • 12 eps
2010 Series
Black Lagoon
Director • 4 eps
2006 Series
Gungrave
Director • 4 eps
2003 Series
Guilty Crown
Director • 2 eps
2011 Series
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Series Director • 12 eps
2016 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Tetsuro Araki.
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
Director
2007 Movie
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Director
2014 Movie
Bubble
Storyboard Artist
2022 Movie
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
Director
2015 Movie
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening
Director
2018 Movie
Attack on Titan: Chronicle
Director
2020 Movie
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
Screenplay
2009 Movie
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Screenplay
2019 Movie
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers
Director
2016 Movie
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral
Key Animation
2008 Movie
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns
Director
2017 Movie
Otogi-Juushi Akazukin
Director
2005 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tetsuro Araki.
Death Note
Series Director • 37 eps
2006 Series
Attack on Titan
Director • 5 eps
2013 Series
Black Lagoon
Director • 4 eps
2006 Series
Guilty Crown
Director • 2 eps
2011 Series
High School of the Dead
Series Director • 12 eps
2010 Series
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Director • 1 eps
2025 Series
Gungrave
Director • 4 eps
2003 Series
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2006 Series
Michiko & Hatchin
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2008 Series
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Series Director • 12 eps
2016 Series
Moonrise
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2025 Series
Aoi Bungaku Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2009 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tetsuro Araki.
Bubble
Storyboard Artist
2022 Movie
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Screenplay
2019 Movie
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
Screenplay
2009 Movie
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral
Key Animation
2008 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tetsuro Araki.
Moonrise
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2025 Series
Aoi Bungaku Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2009 Series
Michiko & Hatchin
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2008 Series
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2006 Series
Futakoi Alternative
Key Animation • 1 eps
2005 Series
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Tetsuro Araki.
THE ANIME STUDIO
as Self - Director • 1 eps
2021 Series