🎬 director

Mamoru Hosoda細田守

Director and Original Creator on ONE PIECE, Samurai Champloo and Dragon Ball Z.

anime credits: 15; anime credits
most credited as: Director; most credited as
awards: 3; awards
busiest year (2): 1999; busiest year (2)

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Mamoru Hosoda worked on, by premiere year

012

2 in 1999

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Item	Credits
92	0 in 1992
93	2 in 1993
94	1 in 1994
95	0 in 1995
96	1 in 1996
97	1 in 1997
98	0 in 1998
99	2 in 1999
00	0 in 2000
01	0 in 2001
02	0 in 2002
03	0 in 2003
04	1 in 2004
05	0 in 2005
06	1 in 2006
07	0 in 2007
08	0 in 2008
09	1 in 2009
10	0 in 2010
11	0 in 2011
12	1 in 2012
13	0 in 2013
14	0 in 2014
15	1 in 2015
16	0 in 2016
17	0 in 2017
18	1 in 2018
19	0 in 2019
20	0 in 2020
21	1 in 2021

All credits

2021BELLEDirector, Original Creator, Script
2018MiraiDirector, Script, Original Creator
2015The Boy and the BeastDirector, Original Creator
2012Wolf ChildrenScript, Original Creator, Director
2009Summer WarsDirector, Original Creator
2006The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeDirector
2004Samurai ChamplooEpisode Director
1999ONE PIECEEpisode Director
1999Digimon: Digital MonstersEpisode Director, Storyboard
1997Revolutionary Girl UtenaStoryboard, Key Animation
1996Rurouni KenshinStoryboard
1994Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second ComingKey Animation
1993Slam DunkKey Animation
1993Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super SaiyanKey Animation
1989Dragon Ball ZKey Animation

Profile

Birthday: September 19, 1967
Age: 59
Hometown: Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Active since: 1989
Gender: Male

Awards & links

🏆 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year
🏆 Sitges Grand Honorary Award
🏆 Tokyo Anime Award Best Director

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About

Twitter Hosoda initially felt inspired to take up animation as a career after seeing The Castle of Cagliostro, the first film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. He majored in oil painting at the Kanazawa College of Art in Ishikawa Prefecture. After graduation, Hosoda was able to land an animation job at Toei Animation, after submitting a short film that he had animated in his spare time. He initially applied at Studio Ghibli; though he did not get the job, he received a rejection letter of praise from Hayao Miyazaki himself. During his time at Toei, Hosoda worked his way up, garnering public attention in the early 2000s with the first two films in the Digimon series. It was his first co-directed film, Digimon: The Movie, which attracted the eye of Ghibli head producer Toshio Suzuki. Studio Ghibli announced that Hosoda was to direct the film Howl's Moving Castle in September 2001. This was scheduled for a summer 2003 release. However, production on the film became strained due to creative differences. According to Hosoda, he "was told to make the movie similar to how Miyazaki would have made it, but he wanted to make his own film the way he wanted to make it". In the end, Hosoda left in the summer of 2002 during the early production stages, after failing to come up with a concept acceptable to Studio Ghibli bosses. Proceeding his departure from Ghibli, Hosoda returned to Toei and…

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Frequently asked questions

What anime has Mamoru Hosoda worked on?

Mamoru Hosoda's best-known work includes ONE PIECE (Episode Director), Samurai Champloo (Episode Director), Dragon Ball Z (Key Animation), Wolf Children (Script), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Director), Summer Wars (Director).

What does Mamoru Hosoda do?

Mamoru Hosoda is credited most often as director, original creator, script on anime.

When was Mamoru Hosoda born?

Mamoru Hosoda was born on September 19, 1967 in Kamiichi.

What awards has Mamoru Hosoda won?

Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year, Sitges Grand Honorary Award, Tokyo Anime Award Best Director.