Directed credits
17
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Tensai Okamura
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.5
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 11All crew credits: 76
TMDB ID: 187
IMDb ID: nm0645513
Known for: Directing
Born: December 13, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: Fukushima, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2026
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 7.5
Wikidata: Q926096
Also known as
Yutaka Okamura • 岡村豊
Frequent jobs
Director (11)Series Director (5)Animation Director (1)Key Animation (29)Storyboard Artist (28)Animation (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Tensai Okamura (岡村 天斎, Okamura Tensai, December 13, 1961) is a Japanese anime director and animator born in Fukushima Prefecture and raised in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His real name is Yutaka Okamura (岡村 豊, Okamura Yutaka). He graduated from Waseda University department of science and engineering. In 1991, he began using the name Tensai Okamura.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Tensai Okamura.
My Hero Academia: You're Next
Director
2024 Movie
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Director
2004 Movie
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
Director
1998 Movie
Revival of Evangelion
Director
1998 Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Director
1997 Movie
Memories
Director
1995 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Tensai Okamura.
Kuromukuro
Series Director • 26 eps
2016 Series
The Seven Deadly Sins
Series Director • 24 eps
2014 Series
World Conquest Zvezda Plot
Series Director • 12 eps
2014 Series
Blue Exorcist
Series Director • 25 eps
2011 Series
Soul Eater
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
Darker than Black
Director • 4 eps
2007 Series
Project Blue Earth SOS
Director • 6 eps
2006 Series
Wolf's Rain
Series Director • 26 eps
2003 Series
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Director • 2 eps
1995 Series
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum Edition (Renewal of Evangelion)
Director • 30 eps
1995 Series
Vanessa Et La Magie Des Rêves
Animation Director • 5 eps
1984 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tensai Okamura.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
1997 Movie
My Neighbor Totoro
Animation
1988 Movie
Ghost in the Shell
Key Animation
1995 Movie
Ninja Scroll
Key Animation
1993 Movie
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Key Animation
2001 Movie
Memories
Director
1995 Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Director
1997 Movie
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Key Animation
1999 Movie
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
Storyboard Artist
2022 Movie
My Hero Academia: You're Next
Director
2024 Movie
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Director
2004 Movie
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Key Animation
1987 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Tensai Okamura.
My Hero Academia
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2016 Series
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Director • 2 eps
1995 Series
DARLING in the FRANXX
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2018 Series
Cowboy Bebop
Storyboard Artist • 7 eps
1998 Series
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Key Animation • 3 eps
2006 Series
The Seven Deadly Sins
Series Director • 24 eps
2014 Series
Samurai Champloo
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2004 Series
The Case Study of Vanitas
Storyboard Artist • 6 eps
2021 Series
Medabots
Storyboard Artist • 3 eps
1999 Series
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
Buddy Daddies
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2023 Series
Blue Exorcist
Series Director • 25 eps
2011 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Tensai Okamura.
My Neighbor Totoro
Animation
1988 Movie
Ghost in the Shell
Key Animation
1995 Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
1997 Movie
My Hero Academia: You're Next
Director
2024 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tensai Okamura.
Yawara!
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
1989 Series
Soul Eater
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
Blue Exorcist
Series Director • 25 eps
2011 Series
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Director • 2 eps
1995 Series
Cowboy Bebop
Storyboard Artist • 7 eps
1998 Series
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Key Animation • 3 eps
2006 Series
My Hero Academia
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2016 Series
Emma: A Victorian Romance
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2005 Series
The Case Study of Vanitas
Storyboard Artist • 6 eps
2021 Series
Guilty Crown
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2011 Series
Darker than Black
Director • 4 eps
2007 Series
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tensai Okamura.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea
Storyboard Artist
2026 Movie
Alice in Wonderland –Dive in Wonderland–
Storyboard Artist
2025 Movie
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
Storyboard Artist
2022 Movie
SHIROBAKO the Movie
Key Animation
2020 Movie
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
Key Animation
2005 Movie
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
Storyboard Artist
2003 Movie
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Key Animation
2001 Movie
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Key Animation
1999 Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
1997 Movie
Ghost in the Shell
Key Animation
1995 Movie
Sleepless Oedo
Key Animation
1993 Movie
Ninja Scroll
Key Animation
1993 Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
Key Animation
1992 Movie
Run, Melos!
Key Animation
1992 Movie
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Key Animation
1991 Movie
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
Writer
1989 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tensai Okamura.
Lazarus
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2025 Series
T・P BON
Storyboard Artist • 4 eps
2024 Series
Buddy Daddies
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2023 Series
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2021 Series
The aquatope on white sand
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
2021 Series
The Case Study of Vanitas
Storyboard Artist • 6 eps
2021 Series
Scarlet Nexus
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2021 Series
IRODUKU: The World in Colors
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2018 Series
DARLING in the FRANXX
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2018 Series
My Hero Academia
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2016 Series
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2013 Series
The Eccentric Family
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2013 Series
Tari Tari
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2012 Series
Guilty Crown
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2011 Series
Canaan
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2009 Series
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2008 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tensai Okamura.
Memories of Memories
as Self
2004 Movie