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Hikaru Murata村田光

Director and Script on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind and BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War.

anime credits: 12; anime credits
most credited as: Director; most credited as
busiest year (2): 2016; busiest year (2)

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Hikaru Murata worked on, by premiere year

012

2 in 2016

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Item	Credits
13	2 in 2013
14	0 in 2014
15	0 in 2015
16	2 in 2016
17	1 in 2017
18	1 in 2018
19	0 in 2019
20	1 in 2020
21	1 in 2021
22	1 in 2022
23	1 in 2023
24	1 in 2024
25	0 in 2025
26	1 in 2026

All credits

2026BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The CalamityDirector
2024BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The ConflictDirector, Episode Director, Storyboard
2023BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The SeparationChief Episode Director, Storyboard, Episode Director, Assistant Episode Director
2022BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood WarEpisode Director, Chief Episode Director, Storyboard
2021JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEANEpisode Director
2020Akudama DriveScript, Storyboard, Episode Director
2018JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden WindEpisode Director
2017Sagrada ResetEpisode Director
2016JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is UnbreakableEpisode Director
2016NEW GAME!Assistant Episode Director
2013VANQUISHED QUEENSEpisode Director
2013VANQUISHED QUEENS Bonus ContentChief Animation Director, Episode Director

Frequently asked questions

What anime has Hikaru Murata worked on?

Hikaru Murata's best-known work includes JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (Episode Director), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (Episode Director), BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (Episode Director), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEAN (Episode Director), Akudama Drive (Script), BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation (Chief Episode Director).

What does Hikaru Murata do?

Hikaru Murata is credited most often as director, script, episode director on anime.