Naoto Hosoda

DIRECTING

1976-01-01 (50)

Japan

Biography

Naoto Hosoda (細田直人, Hosoda Naoto, born in 1976) is a Japanese animator, character designer, animation director and director. Formerly he belonged to AIC, J.C.STAFF, Studio Hibari and WHITE FOX.

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Biography

Best known for:

Filmography:

Photon: The Idiot Adventures(1997)

work as

Key Animation

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040(1998)

work as

Key Animation

Hunter x Hunter(1999)

7.3

work as

Key Animation

Samurai: Hunt for the Sword(1999)

work as

Key Animation

Descendants of Darkness(2000)

work as

Key Animation

Boogiepop Phantom(2000)

work as

Key Animation

Fighting Spirit(2000)

7.7

work as

Key Animation

Hurricane Touchdown(2000)

5.6

work as

Key Animation

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex(2002)

work as

Key Animation

Please Teacher!(2002)

6.7

work as

Key Animation

Digimon Frontier: Revival of Ancient Digimon poster

Digimon Frontier: Revival of Ancient Digimon(2002)

work as

Key Animation

Ai Yori Aoshi(2002)

6.4

work as

Key Animation

Kanon(2002)

work as

Key Animation

RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio(2003)

work as

Key Animation

The Place Promised in Our Early Days poster

The Place Promised in Our Early Days(2004)

5.2

work as

Key Animation

Elfen Lied(2004)

7.3

work as

Key Animation

Aquarion(2005)

work as

Key Animation

Jinki: Extend(2005)

work as

Animation Director

Shuffle!(2005)

work as

Series Director

Aria(2005)

work as

Storyboard Artist

Gurren Lagann(2007)

work as

Key Animation

Bamboo Blade(2007)

work as

Character Designer

Nagasarete Airanto(2007)

work as

Animation Director

5 Centimeters per Second(2007)

6.2

work as

Key Animation

Minami-ke(2007)

work as

Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Animation Director

Sekirei(2008)

6.1

work as

Key Animation

Tears to Tiara(2009)

work as

Storyboard Artist, Director, Key Animation

Koe de Oshigoto(2010)

work as

Director

The Future Diary(2011)

6.3

work as

Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Key Animation

Children Who Chase Lost Voices(2011)

5.9

work as

Key Animation

Kokoro Connect(2012)

5.3

work as

Storyboard Artist

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!(2013)

6.2

work as

Series Director

The Garden of Words(2013)

6.5

work as

Key Animation

Arve Rezzle: Mechanized Fairies(2013)

work as

Key Animation

Soni-Ani: Super Sonico The Animation poster

Soni-Ani: Super Sonico The Animation(2014)

work as

Key Animation

In Search of the Lost Future(2014)

work as

Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- poster

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-(2016)

6.6

work as

Storyboard Artist

Rewrite(2016)

work as

Storyboard Artist

Seiren(2017)

6.6

work as

Character Designer

Juni Taisen: Zodiac War(2017)

6.4

work as

Series Director, Director

Hello World(2019)

work as

Storyboard Artist

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. poster

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.(2020)

6.1

work as

Storyboard Artist

Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst(2020)

work as

Series Director, Screenplay, Series Composition, Storyboard Artist

Remake Our Life!(2021)

work as

Opening/Ending Animation

Vampire in the Garden(2022)

5.8

work as

Prop Designer, Mechanical Designer

Suicide Squad Isekai(2024)

work as

Character Designer, Storyboard Artist

Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames(2026)

work as

Storyboard Artist