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Akiyuki Shinbo profile
Director

Akiyuki Shinbo

Directing

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Directed credits

48

Prolific

Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.6

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Directed movies: 15Directed series: 33All crew credits: 66

TMDB ID: 555094

IMDb ID: nm0793840

Known for: Directing

Born: September 27, 1961

Age: 64

Place of birth: Koori, Fukushima, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 2021

Years active: 37

Average TMDB rating: 7.13

Wikidata: Q50036

Also known as

Akiyuki Shinbou • Futoshi Shiiya • 新房 昭之 • 椎谷 太志 • 帆村 壮二 • 신보 아키유키 • Akiyuki Shinbō • 帆村壮二 • Homura Souji • 南澤十八 • +7 more

Frequent jobs

Director (22)Series Director (17)Co-Director (9)Key Animation (5)Storyboard Artist (5)Creator (2)Animation (1)General Manager (1)Other (1)Series Composition (1)Storyboard (1)

Biography

Akiyuki Shinbo (Japanese: 新房 昭之, Hepburn: Shinbō Akiyuki, born September 27, 1961) is a Japanese animator, director, producer and storyboard artist who started his career in 1981 at Studio One Pattern. He then made his directorial debut with Metal Fighter Miku in 1994. He is most notable for his involvement in a number of Shaft works since 2004. He has received the 11th Tokyo Anime Award as well as the 2011 Newtype Anime Award for Best Director for his work on the acclaimed anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica. When working on the ero OVAs he uses the name Minamizawa Juuhachi (Juuhachi means 18 in Japanese).

Series

Directed Series

Series directed by Akiyuki Shinbo.

Fate/Extra Last Encore poster
7.3

Fate/Extra Last Encore

Series Director • 13 eps

2018 Series
Kubikiri Cycle -  Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai poster
7.6

Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai

Series Director • 8 eps

2016 Series
March Comes In Like a Lion poster
8.0

March Comes In Like a Lion

Series Director • 44 eps

2016 Series
Gourmet Girl Graffiti poster
6.2

Gourmet Girl Graffiti

Series Director • 12 eps

2015 Series
Mekakucity Actors poster
5.7

Mekakucity Actors

Series Director • 12 eps

2014 Series
Nisekoi poster
8.2

Nisekoi

Series Director • 32 eps

2014 Series
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai poster
4.4

Sasami-san@Ganbaranai

Director • 12 eps

2013 Series
Kid Icarus poster

Kid Icarus

Director • 2 eps

2012 Series
Katte ni Kaizou poster
4.5

Katte ni Kaizou

Series Director • 6 eps

2011 Series
Puella Magi Madoka Magica poster
8.1

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Series Director • 12 eps

2011 Series
And Yet the Town Moves poster
6.7

And Yet the Town Moves

Director • 12 eps

2010 Series
Arakawa Under the Bridge poster
6.4

Arakawa Under the Bridge

Series Director • 26 eps

2010 Series
Dance in the Vampire Bund poster
6.7

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Series Director • 12 eps

2010 Series
Maria Holic poster
4.7

Maria Holic

Series Director • 24 eps

2009 Series
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei poster
7.2

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Series Director • 38 eps

2007 Series
Hidamari Sketch poster
6.1

Hidamari Sketch

Series Director • 49 eps

2007 Series
Negima!? Magister Negi Magi poster
6.0

Negima!? Magister Negi Magi

Director • 26 eps

2006 Series
MoonPhase poster
7.8

MoonPhase

Director • 25 eps

2004 Series
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha poster
7.2

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Series Director • 13 eps

2004 Series
Le Portrait de Petite Cossette poster
5.5

Le Portrait de Petite Cossette

Series Director • 3 eps

2004 Series
Swallowtail Inn poster
5.0

Swallowtail Inn

Director • 2 eps

2003 Series
Blood Royale poster
4.0

Blood Royale

Director • 2 eps

2002 Series
Unbalance poster

Unbalance

Director • 3 eps

2002 Series
The SoulTaker poster
7.0

The SoulTaker

Series Director • 13 eps

2001 Series
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