Directed credits
17
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Tensai Okamura
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 10All crew credits: 73
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 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7.51
Wikidata: Q926096
Also known as
Yutaka Okamura • 岡村豊
Frequent jobs
Director (11)Series Director (5)Animation Director (1)Key Animation (28)Storyboard Artist (26)Animation (1)Creator (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.
7.2
My Hero Academia: You're Next
Director
2024 Movie
7.3
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Director
2004 Movie
6.7
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
Director
1998 Movie
7.7
Revival of Evangelion
Director
1998 Movie
7.4
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Director
1997 Movie
7.5
Memories
Director
1995 Movie
5.8
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
Director
1989 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Tensai Okamura.
6.4
Kuromukuro
Series Director • 26 eps
2016 Series
8.4
The Seven Deadly Sins
Series Director • 24 eps
2014 Series
6.3
World Conquest Zvezda Plot
Series Director • 12 eps
2014 Series
7.9
Blue Exorcist
Series Director • 25 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Soul Eater
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.6
Darker than Black
Director • 4 eps
2007 Series
5.7
Project Blue Earth SOS
Director • 6 eps
2006 Series
7.8
Wolf's Rain
Series Director • 26 eps
2003 Series
8.6
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Director • 2 eps
1995 Series
5.8
Persia, the Magic Fairy
Animation Director • 5 eps
1984 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tensai Okamura.
8.3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
1997 Movie
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
Animation
1988 Movie
7.9
Ghost in the Shell
Key Animation
1995 Movie
7.8
Ninja Scroll
Key Animation
1993 Movie
7.7
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Key Animation
2001 Movie
7.5
Memories
Director
1995 Movie
7.4
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Key Animation
1999 Movie
7.4
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Director
1997 Movie
7.4
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
Storyboard Artist
2022 Movie
7.3
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Director
2004 Movie
7.2
My Hero Academia: You're Next
Director
2024 Movie
6.8
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Key Animation
1987 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Tensai Okamura.
8.6
My Hero Academia
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2016 Series
8.6
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Director • 2 eps
1995 Series
8.5
DARLING in the FRANXX
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.5
Cowboy Bebop
Storyboard Artist • 7 eps
1998 Series
8.4
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Key Animation • 3 eps
2006 Series
8.4
The Seven Deadly Sins
Series Director • 24 eps
2014 Series
8.3
The Case Study of Vanitas
Storyboard Artist • 6 eps
2021 Series
8.3
Medabots
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
1999 Series
8.3
Samurai Champloo
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.2
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.0
Buddy Daddies
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.9
Blue Exorcist
Series Director • 25 eps
2011 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Tensai Okamura.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tensai Okamura.
8.5
Cowboy Bebop
Storyboard Artist • 7 eps
1998 Series
7.9
Blue Exorcist
Series Director • 25 eps
2011 Series
8.6
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Director • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.8
Soul Eater
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.2
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.6
My Hero Academia
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2016 Series
8.5
DARLING in the FRANXX
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.9
Astro Boy
Key Animation • 1 eps
2003 Series
8.0
Buddy Daddies
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2023 Series
8.4
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Key Animation • 3 eps
2006 Series
8.3
The Case Study of Vanitas
Storyboard Artist • 6 eps
2021 Series
8.3
Samurai Champloo
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2004 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tensai Okamura.
7.4
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
Storyboard Artist
2022 Movie
6.9
SHIROBAKO the Movie
Key Animation
2020 Movie
6.8
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
Key Animation
2005 Movie
5.8
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
Storyboard Artist
2003 Movie
7.7
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Key Animation
2001 Movie
7.4
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Key Animation
1999 Movie
8.3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
1997 Movie
7.9
Ghost in the Shell
Key Animation
1995 Movie
Sleepless Oedo
Key Animation
1993 Movie
7.8
Ninja Scroll
Key Animation
1993 Movie
7.1
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
Key Animation
1992 Movie
6.2
Run, Melos!
Key Animation
1992 Movie
5.5
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Key Animation
1991 Movie
5.8
Bride of Deimos
Key Animation
1988 Movie
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
Animation
1988 Movie
7.9
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
Key Animation
1988 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tensai Okamura.
7.7
Lazarus
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2025 Series
7.3
T・P BON
Storyboard Artist • 4 eps
2024 Series
8.0
Buddy Daddies
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.1
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2021 Series
6.5
The aquatope on white sand
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
2021 Series
8.3
The Case Study of Vanitas
Storyboard Artist • 6 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Scarlet Nexus
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.2
IRODUKU: The World in Colors
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2018 Series
8.5
DARLING in the FRANXX
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.6
My Hero Academia
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.7
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2013 Series
6.4
The Eccentric Family
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Tari Tari
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.3
Guilty Crown
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.6
Canaan
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.9
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2008 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tensai Okamura.
