Masaki Hinata

Visual EffectsArtDirector Apr 14 (age 55) Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan 1997–2025 (28 year career)

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Biography

Masaki Hinata (日向正樹, Hinata Masaki; born April 14, 1970) is a Japanese animator, animation director, and character designer from Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. After gaining experience working for Artland from 1991 to 2010, he moved to the animation studio Madhouse in 2006. Since then, he has been involved in many popular anime works, such as Death Note, Accel World, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, etc., where he serves as animation director, chief animation director, key animatpr, and character d…

Known For

Film

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Key Animation

Film

Death Note

Animation Director

Film

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

Key Animation

Film

Overlord

Animation Director

Film

Fullmetal Alchemist

Key Animation

Film

No Game No Life

Animation Director

Film

Black Lagoon

Animation Director

Film

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Key Animation

Filmography

Crew (95)

Movies (17)

Goodbye, Don Glees!

Animation Director

Goodbye, Don Glees!

Key Animation

Goodbye, Don Glees!

Prop Designer

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway

2021

Key Animation

7.2

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

2020

Key Animation

8.2

Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 3 - Conspiracy of the Military

2018

Animation Director

6.9

No Game, No Life: Zero

2017

Animation Director

7.8

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie

2015

Key Animation

7.0

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

2015

Animation Director

6.6

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

2015

Key Animation

6.6

Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker

2012

Key Animation

6.8

Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence

2011

Key Animation

7.1

Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell

Key Animation

Redline

Key Animation

Origin: Spirits of the Past

2006

Key Animation

6.9

Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

2005

Key Animation

7.3

RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio

2003

Key Animation

5.8

Television (78)

SAKAMOTO DAYS

2025

Supervising Animation Director

8.1

Gachiakuta

2025

Animation Director

8.6

The Dinner Table Detective

Animation Director

Wandance

Animation Director

Wandance

Key Animation

Anne Shirley

Animation Director

Rising Impact

Animation Director

Blue Box

Animation Director

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

2024

Animation Director

8.0

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc

2024

Animation Director

5.0

Negative Positive Angler

2024

Animation Director

7.8

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill

2023

Animation Director

8.3

My Home Hero

2023

Supervising Animation Director

7.0

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

2023

Supervising Animation Director

Aoashi

Animation Director

Dance Dance Danseur

Animation Director

AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline

2021

Key Animation

5.8

The Vampire Dies in No Time

Animation Director

Yasuke

Key Animation

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

2019

Key Animation

8.6

Afterlost

2019

Supervising Animation Director

4.8

Golden Kamuy

2018

Animation Director

7.5

A Place Further than the Universe

2018

Animation Director

7.8

A Place Further than the Universe

2018

Key Animation

7.8

Kokkoku, Moment by Moment

2018

Character Designer

7.0

Kokkoku, Moment by Moment

2018

Supervising Animation Director

Chronos Ruler

Animation Director

Qualidea Code

Prop Designer

Overlord

Animation Director

Overlord

Key Animation

Rage of Bahamut

Animation Director

Rage of Bahamut

Key Animation

No Game No Life

Animation Director

No Game No Life

Key Animation

HaNaYaMaTa

Key Animation

Ace of the Diamond

Director

Btooom!

Supervising Animation Director

Chihayafuru

Animation Director

Chihayafuru

Key Animation

Chihayafuru

Opening/Ending Animation

Fate/Zero

Key Animation

Deadman Wonderland

Animation Director

Dragon Crisis!

Key Animation

Wagnaria!!

Animation Director

From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke

Animation Director

Aoi Bungaku Series

Key Animation

Macross Frontier

Key Animation

One Outs

Key Animation

One Outs

Supervising Animation Director

Blassreiter

Key Animation

Kaiji

Animation Director

Kaiji

Key Animation

Devil May Cry

Animation Director

Mina

Key Animation

Death Note

Animation Director

Death Note

Key Animation

Black Lagoon

Animation Director

Black Lagoon

Key Animation

Blood+

Animation Director

Eureka Seven

Key Animation

Mushi-Shi

Animation Director

Mushi-Shi

Key Animation

Trinity Blood

Animation Director

Noein: To Your Other Self

2005

Key Animation

7.4

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

2004

Animation Director

7.7

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

Key Animation

GANTZ

Animation Director

GANTZ

Key Animation

Kurau Phantom Memory

Key Animation

Fullmetal Alchemist

Key Animation

Gungrave

Animation Director

Gungrave

Key Animation

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Key Animation

Demon Lord Dante

Animation Director

Earth Maiden Arjuna

Animation Director

Project Arms

Animation Director

Project Arms

Key Animation

Virus Buster Serge

Key Animation