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Kazuya Murata(I)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kazuya Murata is known for Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013), Only Yesterday (1991) and Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998).
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    Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013)
    Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Yoko Honna, Miki Imai, Alison Fernandez, and Daisy Ridley in Only Yesterday (1991)
    Only Yesterday
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1991
    Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
    Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
    6.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1998
    Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Koro, Haruka (2014)
    Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Koro, Haruka
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • Ryôta Takeuchi and Atsumi Tanezaki in The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
      The Ancient Magus' Bride
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director (opening)
      • 2023
    • Akio Ôtsuka, Naoya Uchida, Kenshô Ono, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Yûto Uemura, and Aleks Le in Vinland Saga (2019)
      Vinland Saga
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Director (opening)
      • 2019
    • Starlight Promises (2018)
      Starlight Promises
      6.6
      Video
      • Director
      • 2018
    • A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018)
      A.I.C.O. Incarnation
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • KADO: The Right Answer (2017)
      KADO: The Right Answer
      6.6
      TV Series
      • chief director
      • 2017
    • Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Koro, Haruka (2014)
      Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Koro, Haruka
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2015
    • Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013)
      Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
      Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Code Geass (2006)
      Code Geass
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006–2007
    • Kaori Nazuka and Yûko Sanpei in Eureka Seven (2005)
      Eureka Seven
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005–2006
    • Mars Daybreak (2004)
      Mars Daybreak
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Planetes (2003)
      Planetes
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003–2004
    • Rikiya Koyama, Akiko Yajima, and Fumiko Orikasa in Figure 17 (2001)
      Figure 17
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2001–2002
    • Steel Angel Kurumi (1999)
      Steel Angel Kurumi
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999–2000

    Writer

    • Starlight Promises (2018)
      Starlight Promises
      6.6
      Video
      • original work
      • screenplay
      • 2018
    • A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018)
      A.I.C.O. Incarnation
      6.3
      TV Series
      • creator
      • original plan
      • 2018
    • Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Koro, Haruka (2014)
      Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Koro, Haruka
      7.1
      TV Series
      • creator
      • original plan
      • 2014–2015
    • Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013)
      Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
      7.3
      TV Series
      • creator
      • original idea
      • original plan ...
      • 2013
    • Tôkyô magunichûdo 8.0 (2009)
      Tôkyô magunichûdo 8.0
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • composition cooperation
      • script cooperation
      • 2009

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution: Anemone (2018)
      Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution: Anemone
      7.2
      • unit director: TV staff
      • 2018
    • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (2017)
      Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation
      7.3
      • assistant director: original staff
      • unit director: original staff
      • 2017
    • Code Geass (2006)
      Code Geass
      8.7
      TV Series
      • assistant director: series
      • 2006
    • Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003)
      Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker
      5.7
      • assistant director
      • 2003
    • Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)
      Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown
      5.8
      • supporting unit director
      • 2000
    • Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
      Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
      6.3
      • assistant unit director
      • 1998
    • Nobutoshi Canna, Yûko Miyamura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, and Kenji Utsumi in Berserk (1997)
      Berserk
      8.7
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1997–1998
    • Ocean Waves (1993)
      Ocean Waves
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1993
    • Yoko Honna, Miki Imai, Alison Fernandez, and Daisy Ridley in Only Yesterday (1991)
      Only Yesterday
      7.6
      • unit director
      • 1991

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