Tetsuo Hirakawa

ArtDirectingWriterDirectorVisual Effects Nov 13 (age 46) Chiba, Japan 2002–2025 (23 year career)

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Biography

Tetsuo Hirakawa (平川哲生, Hirakawa Tetsuo, November 13, 1979) is a Japanese animator, screenwriter and anime director born in Chiba Prefecture. He joined Madhouse in 2002 after graduating from college. After participating in many works as an animator, he made his directorial debut in 2009 with The River's Light (Kawa no Hikari). Since then, he has been active as a freelance director and screenwriter.

Known For

Film

Attack on Titan

Storyboard Artist

Film

Naruto

Key Animation

Film

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Storyboard Artist

Film

Sword Art Online

Storyboard Artist

Film

ERASED

Storyboard Artist

Film

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Key Animation

Film

Noragami

Director

Film

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

Storyboard Artist

Filmography

Crew (67)

Movies (10)

Bubble

2022

Storyboard Artist

7.3

Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy

Key Animation

Colorful

Key Animation

Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Key Animation

The River's Light

Director

Summer Days with Coo

Key Animation

Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Dance! Amigo!

2006

Key Animation

7.5

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

2006

Key Animation

7.8

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

2005

Key Animation

7.2

Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge

2005

Key Animation

7.2

Television (57)

SAKAMOTO DAYS

2025

Storyboard Artist

8.1

Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!

Series Director

My Melody & Kuromi

Story Artist

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill

Storyboard Artist

Spy Classroom

Storyboard Artist

Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys!

2022

Series Composition

6.1

Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys!

2022

Series Director

6.1

The Case Study of Vanitas

Storyboard Artist

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Storyboard Artist

YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World

2019

Series Director

7.4

DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan

2018

Storyboard Artist

7.0

The Ancient Magus' Bride

2017

Director

8.4

The Ancient Magus' Bride

2017

Key Animation

8.4

The Ancient Magus' Bride

Storyboard Artist

Fate/Apocrypha

Storyboard Artist

Grimoire of Zero

Director

Grimoire of Zero

Series Composition

Grimoire of Zero

Series Director

Grimoire of Zero

Storyboard Artist

Grimoire of Zero

Writer

ERASED

Storyboard Artist

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

2016

Director

6.9

Blood Blockade Battlefront

Storyboard Artist

Seraph of the End

Director

Seraph of the End

Key Animation

Seraph of the End

Storyboard Artist

The Rolling Girls

Director

The Rolling Girls

Key Animation

The Rolling Girls

Storyboard Artist

Noragami

Director

Noragami

Storyboard Artist

Trinity Seven

Storyboard Artist

Ai Tenchi Muyo!

Storyboard Artist

Attack on Titan

Storyboard Artist

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

2013

Storyboard Artist

8.2

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199

Storyboard Artist

Flowers of Evil

Director

Sword Art Online

Storyboard Artist

Kids on the Slope

Key Animation

Place to Place

Storyboard Artist

The Knight in the Area

2012

Writer

8.0

Hori-san and Miyamura-kun

2012

Director

8.2

Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl

2011

Key Animation

7.7

Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl

2011

Storyboard Artist

7.7

Seikimatsu Occult Academy

2010

Director

7.0

Seikimatsu Occult Academy

2010

Key Animation

7.0

Seikimatsu Occult Academy

Storyboard Artist

Saki

Key Animation

Birdy the Mighty: Decode

Key Animation

Nodame Cantabile

Key Animation

Den-noh Coil

Key Animation

Bokurano

Key Animation

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Key Animation

xxxHOLiC

Key Animation

Trinity Blood

Key Animation

Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama

Key Animation

Naruto

Key Animation