Masaaki Yuasa Directed Anime Watchlist
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Masaaki Yuasa is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from this role in 2020. Recognized for his idiosyncratic art style and directorial voice, Yuasa began his career as an animator working on a variety of anime before turning to directing with the feature film Mind Game (2004), which gained a cult following.
Yuasa spent much of the 2000s and early 2010s working in television directing, helming a trio of series, Kemonozume (2006), Kaiba (2008), and The Tatami Galaxy (2010), before releasing the crowdfunded short film Kick-Heart (2013). During the production of Kick-Heart, Choi proposed the establishment of Science SARU, and the resultant works created at the studio, combined with increased international distribution, led to mainstream breakout successes in the 2010s and saw Yuasa rise to prominence as one of Japan's foremost independent creators. At Science SARU, Yuasa focused on directing both television and feature film productions, with projects including Ping Pong the Animation (2014), Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017), Lu Over the Wall (2017), Devilman Crybaby (2018), Ride Your Wave (2019), Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020), Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020), and Inu-Oh (2021).
Yuasa spent much of the 2000s and early 2010s working in television directing, helming a trio of series, Kemonozume (2006), Kaiba (2008), and The Tatami Galaxy (2010), before releasing the crowdfunded short film Kick-Heart (2013). During the production of Kick-Heart, Choi proposed the establishment of Science SARU, and the resultant works created at the studio, combined with increased international distribution, led to mainstream breakout successes in the 2010s and saw Yuasa rise to prominence as one of Japan's foremost independent creators. At Science SARU, Yuasa focused on directing both television and feature film productions, with projects including Ping Pong the Animation (2014), Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017), Lu Over the Wall (2017), Devilman Crybaby (2018), Ride Your Wave (2019), Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020), Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020), and Inu-Oh (2021).
Movie, 2004,
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The film is based on Robin Nishi's manga of the same name. It was planned, produced and primarily animated by Studio 4°C, and adapted and directed by Masaaki Yuasa in his directorial debut.
TV, 2006,
13 eps
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The TV series was created, directed and written by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Madhouse.
Movie, 2007,
7 eps
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The film was produced by STUDIO 4℃ and is an anthology of seven short films by seven directors. The "Happy Machine" segment was directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
TV, 2008,
12 eps
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The TV series was produced by Madhouse and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, who also wrote the screenplay.
TV, 2010,
11 eps
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The TV series is an adaptation of the 2004 Japanese varsity novel written by Tomihiko Morimi and was produced by Madhouse, with Masaaki Yuasa as director.
Movie, 2013,
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The short film was directed by Masaaki Yuasa through Production I.G studios, who ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the short.
TV, 2014,
11 eps
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The TV series is an adaptation of the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, produced by Tatsunoko Production and directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
Movie, 2017,
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The film is based on the 2006 novel The Night is Short, Walk on Girl written by Tomihiko Morimi and illustrated by Yusuke Nakamura, directed by Masaki Yuasa and animated by Science Saru. It is a spiritual sequel to The Tatami Galaxy, also based on a novel written by Morimi and directed by Yuasa.
Movie, 2017,
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The film was produced by Science Saru, directed by Masaaki Yuasa, and written by Yuasa and Reiko Yoshida.
ONA, 2018,
10 eps
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The ONA series is based on the manga series Devilman by Go Nagai. The web anime is directed by Masaki Yuasa, animated by Science SARU, and published by Netflix. It is one of the most faithful adaptations of the manga series, some changes have been made for the sake of the following storyline.
Movie, 2019,
1 ep
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The film was produced by Science Saru and directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
TV, 2020,
12 eps
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The TV series is an adaptation of the manga series of the same title written and illustrated by Sumito Ōwara. The series was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, who also handled series composition and animated by Science Saru.
ONA, 2020,
10 eps
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The ONA series was animated by Science Saru, with Ho Pyeon-gang and Masaaki Yuasa served as directors. The series is based on the disaster novel "Japan Sinks" written by Sakyo Komatsu.
Movie, 2022,
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The film was directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science SARU, and is based on Hideo Furukawa's novel The Tale of the Heike: Inu-oh.
