Directed credits
5
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Satoru Utsunomiya
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 3All crew credits: 51
TMDB ID: 1154862
IMDb ID: nm0882585
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: April 17, 1959
Age: 67
Place of birth: Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2018
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.98
Wikidata: Q11260589
Also known as
うつのみやさとる • うつのみや さとる • うつのみや 理 • 宇都宮智
Frequent jobs
Animation Director (3)3D Director (1)Director (1)Key Animation (42)Animation (1)Art Designer (1)Screenplay (1)Storyboard Artist (1)
Biography
Satoru Utsunomiya was born in 1959 in Matsuyama, Ehime. He joined Telecom Animation in 1982 because his idol Yasuo Otsuka worked there, after graduating from the design department in Nishinoda Technical High School in Osaka. Leading member of the realist school. Has had as big an impact on the industry as his contemporaries Mitsuo Iso and Shinya Ohira. Sent shockwaves through the industry with his character design and animation direction for Mamoru Oshii’s Gosenzosama Banbanzai.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Satoru Utsunomiya.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Satoru Utsunomiya.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Satoru Utsunomiya.
Key Animation
Akira
1988 • Movie
Key Animation
Giovanni's Island
2014 • Movie
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
2014 • Movie
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004 • Movie
Key Animation
Beyond
2003 • Movie
Key Animation
Lu Over the Wall
2017 • Movie
Key Animation
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
2011 • Movie
Key Animation
The Sky Crawlers
2008 • Movie
Animation
Batman Ninja
2018 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Satoru Utsunomiya.
Key Animation • 2 eps
Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Fullmetal Alchemist
2003 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Paranoia Agent
2004 • Series
Key Animation • 26 eps
Around the World with Willy Fog
1983 • Series
Key Animation • 3 eps
Blade
2011 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Terra Formars
2014 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Satoru Utsunomiya.
Key Animation
Akira
1988 • Movie
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004 • Movie
Animation
Batman Ninja
2018 • Movie
Screenplay
Three Fallen Witnesses
2015 • Movie
Key Animation
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
2011 • Movie
Key Animation
X
1996 • Movie
Key Animation
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
2009 • Movie
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
2014 • Movie
Key Animation
The Sky Crawlers
2008 • Movie
Key Animation
Lu Over the Wall
2017 • Movie
Key Animation
Venus Wars
1989 • Movie
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
1985 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Satoru Utsunomiya.
3D Director • 1 eps
Kingdom
2012 • Series
Key Animation • 2 eps
Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Mister Ajikko
1987 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Aquarion
2005 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Fullmetal Alchemist
2003 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
1986 • Series
Animation Director • 1 eps
Japan Animator Expo
2014 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Terra Formars
2014 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors
1990 • Series
Key Animation • 4 eps
Noein: To Your Other Self
2005 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
2004 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Paranoia Agent
2004 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Satoru Utsunomiya.
Animation
Batman Ninja
2018 • Movie
Key Animation
Lu Over the Wall
2017 • Movie
Art Designer
Lupin the Third: Italian Game
2016 • Movie
Screenplay
Three Fallen Witnesses
2015 • Movie
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
2014 • Movie
Key Animation
Giovanni's Island
2014 • Movie
Key Animation
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
2011 • Movie
Key Animation
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
2009 • Movie
Key Animation
The Sky Crawlers
2008 • Movie
Key Animation
The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game
2005 • Movie
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004 • Movie
Key Animation
Beyond
2003 • Movie
Key Animation
X
1996 • Movie
Key Animation
Legend of Crystania: The Motion Picture
1995 • Movie
Key Animation
Willy Fog: Around the World in 80 Days
1995 • Movie
Key Animation
Ninku: Tomb of Knives
1994 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Satoru Utsunomiya.
Key Animation • 1 eps
Matoi the Sacred Slayer
2016 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Terra Formars
2014 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement
2014 • Series
Key Animation • 3 eps
Blade
2011 • Series
Key Animation • 4 eps
Noein: To Your Other Self
2005 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Aquarion
2005 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
2004 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Fullmetal Alchemist
2003 • Series
Key Animation • 2 eps
Macross Zero
2002 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Armitage III
1995 • Series
Key Animation • 3 eps
Phantom Quest Corp.
1994 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
1993 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Ellcia
1992 • Series
Key Animation • 2 eps
Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors
1990 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!
1989 • Series