🎬 director
Akihisa Shibata柴田彰久
Director and Episode Director on Horimiya, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou and Horimiya: The Missing Pieces.
- anime credits
- 16
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (3)
- 2012
- busiest year (3)

Best-known work
HorimiyaEpisode Director · 2021
The Pet Girl of SakurasouEpisode Director · 2012
Horimiya: The Missing PiecesEpisode Director · 2023
OreshuraEpisode Director · 2013
Girls und PanzerEpisode Director · 2012
PERSONA5 the AnimationEpisode Director · 2018
Dimension WEpisode Director · 2016
JoshirakuEpisode Director · 2012
Saekano the Movie: FinaleDirector · 2019
Plastic Elder SisterEpisode Director · 2011
Apocalypse HotelEpisode Director · 2025
Black Butler: Public School ArcEpisode Director · 2024
Credits per year
Anime Akihisa Shibata worked on, by premiere year
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3 in 2012
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 10 | 1 in 2010 |
| 11 | 1 in 2011 |
| 12 | 3 in 2012 |
| 13 | 1 in 2013 |
| 14 | 0 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 1 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 1 in 2018 |
| 19 | 1 in 2019 |
| 20 | 1 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 1 in 2023 |
| 24 | 2 in 2024 |
| 25 | 2 in 2025 |
All credits
- 2025
Apocalypse HotelEpisode Director - 2025
Black Butler: Emerald Witch ArcEpisode Director, Storyboard - 2024
Black Butler: Public School ArcEpisode Director - 2024
TrapeziumUnit Director - 2023
Horimiya: The Missing PiecesEpisode Director, Storyboard - 2021
HorimiyaEpisode Director, Storyboard - 2020
Norimono Man: Mobile Land no Car-kunStoryboard, Episode Director - 2019
Saekano the Movie: FinaleDirector, Unit Director, Storyboard - 2018
PERSONA5 the AnimationEpisode Director, Storyboard - 2016
Dimension WEpisode Director - 2013
OreshuraEpisode Director - 2012
The Pet Girl of SakurasouEpisode Director - 2012
Girls und PanzerEpisode Director - 2012
JoshirakuEpisode Director - 2011
Plastic Elder SisterEpisode Director, Production Assistant, Storyboard - 2010
Big Windup! 2Production Assistant
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Akihisa Shibata worked on?
Akihisa Shibata's best-known work includes Horimiya (Episode Director), The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (Episode Director), Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (Episode Director), Oreshura (Episode Director), Girls und Panzer (Episode Director), PERSONA5 the Animation (Episode Director).
What does Akihisa Shibata do?
Akihisa Shibata is credited most often as director, episode director, storyboard on anime.