🎬 director
Jouji Shimura志村錠児
Director and Character Design on Utawarerumono, Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! and Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
- anime credits
- 18
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 2006
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
UtawarerumonoEpisode Director · 2006
Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!Director · 2025
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky WarriorStoryboard Assistance · 2008
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!Unit Director · 2017
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the JungleUnit Director · 2020
MASTER KeatonStoryboard · 1998
Professor Layton and the Eternal DivaUnit Director · 2009
Doubutsu no MoriDirector · 2006
Hanada Shounen-shiStoryboard · 2002
Delusional Monthly MagazineProp Design · 2024
Guyver: The Bioboosted ArmorStoryboard · 2005
LET'S Nupu NupuEpisode Director · 1998
Credits per year
Anime Jouji Shimura worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 2006
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 97 | 1 in 1997 |
| 98 | 2 in 1998 |
| 99 | 0 in 1999 |
| 00 | 0 in 2000 |
| 01 | 1 in 2001 |
| 02 | 1 in 2002 |
| 03 | 0 in 2003 |
| 04 | 1 in 2004 |
| 05 | 1 in 2005 |
| 06 | 2 in 2006 |
| 07 | 0 in 2007 |
| 08 | 1 in 2008 |
| 09 | 2 in 2009 |
| 10 | 0 in 2010 |
| 11 | 0 in 2011 |
| 12 | 0 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 0 in 2016 |
| 17 | 2 in 2017 |
| 18 | 0 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 1 in 2020 |
| 21 | 0 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 1 in 2024 |
| 25 | 1 in 2025 |
All credits
- 2025
Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!Director - 2024
Delusional Monthly MagazineProp Design - 2020
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the JungleUnit Director - 2017
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!Unit Director - 2017
PriPri Chi-chan!!Storyboard, Episode Director - 2014
GO-GO Tamagotchi!Character Design - 2009
Professor Layton and the Eternal DivaUnit Director, Storyboard - 2009
Tamagotchi!Director - 2008
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky WarriorStoryboard Assistance - 2006
UtawarerumonoEpisode Director, Storyboard - 2006
Doubutsu no MoriDirector - 2005
Guyver: The Bioboosted ArmorStoryboard - 2004
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and MarpleEpisode Director, Storyboard - 2002
Hanada Shounen-shiStoryboard - 2001
MistinEpisode Director, Storyboard - 1998
MASTER KeatonStoryboard, Episode Director - 1998
LET'S Nupu NupuEpisode Director, Storyboard - 1997
Tokyo PigStoryboard
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Jouji Shimura worked on?
Jouji Shimura's best-known work includes Utawarerumono (Episode Director), Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! (Director), Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (Storyboard Assistance), Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (Unit Director), Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (Unit Director), MASTER Keaton (Storyboard).
What does Jouji Shimura do?
Jouji Shimura is credited most often as director, character design, storyboard on anime.
When was Jouji Shimura born?
Jouji Shimura was born on May 2.