Makoto Bessho

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Biography

Makoto Bessho (別所誠人, Bessho Makoto) is a Japanese animator, animation director, storyboard artist, and anime director.

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Biography

Makoto Bessho (別所誠人, Bessho Makoto) is a Japanese animator, animation director, storyboard artist, and anime director.

Best known for:

Filmography:

Touch(1985)

work as

Key Animation

Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki! poster

Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!(1986)

work as

Key Animation

Kimagure Orange Road(1987)

work as

Key Animation

Dragon Century(1988)

work as

Key Animation

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor(1989)

work as

Key Animation

Exper Zenon(1991)

work as

Key Animation

Tenchi Muyo!(1992)

work as

Key Animation

All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku poster

All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku(1992)

work as

Key Animation

Dirty Pair Flash(1994)

6.1

work as

Key Animation

Tenchi Universe(1995)

work as

Key Animation

El-Hazard: The Wanderers(1995)

work as

Director, Key Animation

Elementalors(1995)

work as

Key Animation

Magical Project S(1996)

work as

Director

Vampire Princess Miyu(1997)

work as

Animation Director

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040(1998)

work as

Storyboard Artist

Legend of Black Heaven(1999)

work as

Director, Animation Director

Azumanga Daioh(2002)

6.7

work as

Storyboard Artist

Death Note(2006)

work as

Director, Storyboard Artist

Origin: Spirits of the Past(2006)

5.7

work as

Key Animation

Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody poster

Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody(2006)

5.6

work as

Key Animation

Brave Story(2006)

4.9

work as

Animation

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit(2007)

6.6

work as

Storyboard Artist

Birdy the Mighty: Decode(2008)

work as

Storyboard Artist

Shangri-La(2009)

work as

Series Director, Director, Storyboard Artist

Amagami SS(2010)

6.1

work as

Storyboard Artist

Wandering Son(2011)

work as

Director

Kids on the Slope(2012)

6.5

work as

Storyboard Artist

Eat Miso if You are Sorcerer!(2012)

work as

Director

Attack on Titan(2013)

8.5

work as

Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 poster

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199(2013)

5.9

work as

Director

Aldnoah.Zero(2014)

6.4

work as

Director

Inari Kon Kon(2014)

work as

Director

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark poster

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark(2014)

work as

Key Animation, Second Unit Director

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation poster

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation(2015)

5.5

work as

Assistant Director, Storyboard Artist, Director

Re:Creators(2017)

5.2

work as

Director, Storyboard Artist

IDOLiSH7(2018)

work as

Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director

Bloom Into You(2018)

6.5

work as

Key Animation

7SEEDS(2019)

6.5

work as

Storyboard Artist

ATRI -My Dear Moments-(2024)

work as

Storyboard Artist

IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 1 poster

IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 1(2025)

work as

Director

IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 2 poster

IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 2(2025)

work as

Director