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Masayuki Yoshihara

  • Animation Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
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Masayuki Yoshihara is known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Komada - A Whisky Family (2023) and RD: Sennô chôsashitsu (2008).
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      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Ghost in the Shell (1995)
    Ghost in the Shell
    7.9
    • Animation Department
    • 1995
    Komada - A Whisky Family (2023)
    Komada - A Whisky Family
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2023
    RD: Sennô chôsashitsu (2008)
    RD: Sennô chôsashitsu
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998)
    Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission
    6.8
    • Animation Department
    • 1998

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    Animation Department

    • Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (2024)
      Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
      6.1
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2024
    • Masaya Matsukaze, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Mai Nakahara, Yuri Yamaoka, Ayane Sakura, Haruka Chisuga, Asami Takano, Hitomi Ôwada, Juri Kimura, and Haruka Yoshimura in Shirobako: The Movie (2020)
      Shirobako: The Movie
      7.1
      • key animator
      • 2020
    • Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
      Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
      7.4
      • key animator: P.A.Works
      • 2018
    • Hiroshi Yanaka, Kikuko Inoue, Tetsuo Kanao, Shôto Kashii, Motomu Kiyokawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Nobuo Tobita, Hideyuki Umezu, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Atsushi Ono, Mamiko Noto, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Yutaka Aoyama, Mai Nakahara, Ryôkichi Takahashi, Ryô Sugisaki, Bon Ishihara, Yasuhiro Mamiya, Kôichi Sôma, Haruo Yamagishi, Takehiko Higuchi, Kôsuke Hatakeyama, and Shûya Nishiji in The Eccentric Family (2013)
      The Eccentric Family
      7.5
      TV Series
      • animator: ending animation
      • 2013
    • Banno Yasai Ninninman (2011)
      Banno Yasai Ninninman
      5.1
      Short
      • character designer
      • 2011
    • Mai no Maho to Katei no Hi (2011)
      Mai no Maho to Katei no Hi
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • character designer
      • 2011
    • Scrapped Princess (2003)
      Scrapped Princess
      7.3
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2003
    • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
      Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
      7.3
      • animator
      • 1999
    • Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998)
      Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission
      6.8
      • key animator
      • 1998
    • Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997)
      Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness
      6.9
      • key animator
      • 1997
    • Hâmerun no baiorin hiki
      Short
      • key animator
      • 1996
    • Ghost in the Shell (1995)
      Ghost in the Shell
      7.9
      • animator
      • 1995
    • Ninku the Movie (1995)
      Ninku the Movie
      7.2
      Short
      • key animator
      • 1995
    • Ninku (1994)
      Ninku
      7.7
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 1994
    • Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992)
      Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files
      8.5
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 1993–1994

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Higashi no Eden Gekijôban II: Paradise Lost (2010)
      Higashi no Eden Gekijôban II: Paradise Lost
      6.8
      • assistant director
      • 2010
    • Higashi no Eden Gekijoban I: The King of Eden (2009)
      Higashi no Eden Gekijoban I: The King of Eden
      6.8
      • assistant director
      • 2009
    • Ryohei Kimura and Saori Hayami in Eden of the East (2009)
      Eden of the East
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • assistant director
      • 2009
    • Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007)
      Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
      8.2
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2007

    Director

    • Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (2024)
      Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Komada - A Whisky Family (2023)
      Komada - A Whisky Family
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Hiroshi Yanaka, Kikuko Inoue, Tetsuo Kanao, Shôto Kashii, Motomu Kiyokawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Nobuo Tobita, Hideyuki Umezu, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Atsushi Ono, Mamiko Noto, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Yutaka Aoyama, Mai Nakahara, Ryôkichi Takahashi, Ryô Sugisaki, Bon Ishihara, Yasuhiro Mamiya, Kôichi Sôma, Haruo Yamagishi, Takehiko Higuchi, Kôsuke Hatakeyama, and Shûya Nishiji in The Eccentric Family (2013)
      The Eccentric Family
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Banno Yasai Ninninman (2011)
      Banno Yasai Ninninman
      5.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Mai no Maho to Katei no Hi (2011)
      Mai no Maho to Katei no Hi
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • RD: Sennô chôsashitsu (2008)
      RD: Sennô chôsashitsu
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007)
      Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006)
      Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
      Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002–2005
    • .hack//Liminality (2002)
      .hack//Liminality
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2002

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