Tetsuro Araki Director - Attack on Titan

Tetsuro Araki is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director born on November 5, 1976, in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture. Some of his works are also recorded under the pseudonym Saburo Mochizuki.

Biography

Araki graduated from Senshu University in Tokyo and began his animation career with Madhouse, though he eventually moved to Production IG and later Studio Wit. He made his directorial debut in 2005 with the original video animation Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin , though he is best known as the director of the anime adaptations of Attack on Titan, None , Death Note , and Highschool of the Dead . To date, Araki has also been the director of two original anime series, Guilty Crown in 2011 and Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress in 2016.

Filmography

Tetsuro Araki has appeared in several television series, films, and OVAs, many of which have achieved great success with critics and fans:

• Aoi Bungaku Series (TV): He was the director and storyboard designer for episodes 5 and 6, and also did the key animation for episode 6.

• Attack on Titan: Season 1 (TV): He was the chief director, storyboard designer, and director of episodes 1 through 25.

• Attack on Titan: Season 2 (TV): He was the chief director, worked as a writer and key animator for the opening theme, and acted as a unit director for episode 37 and the ending theme of that season.

• Attack on Titan: Season 3 (First Half): He was the series' chief director and also worked on the storyboard for the opening theme while serving as episode director for episodes 54 and 59.

• Attack on Titan - Part 1: Scarlet Bow and Arrow (film): Served as chief director.

• Attack on Titan - Part 2: Wings of Freedom (film): Served as chief director.

• Attack on Titan: Ilse's Notebook (OVA): Acted as the chief director.

• Attack on Titan: No Regrets (OVA): He was the chief director. Araki also wrote the storyboard and served as director for Episode 2.

• Black Lagoon (TV): Wrote the storyboards for episodes 9 and 12; directed episodes 3 and 9.

• Blade (TV): Wrote the storyboards for episodes 9 and 12; directed episodes 3 and 9.

• Death Note (TV): He served as director and wrote the storyboards for four episodes, as well as the opening themes for seasons 1 and 2. He also directed episodes 1 and 37. Araki also wrote the lyrics for an insert song and worked on the animation for the opening themes.

• Death Note Relight 1: L's Successors (Special): Acted as director and created scenarios and storyboards.

• Di Gi Charat Nyo (TV): Created the storyboards for episodes 54 and 63 and directed episode 54.

• Galaxy Angel (TV): Created storyboards for four episodes and acted as unit director for four others; Araki is also credited as assistant episode director for episode 18 and "set production."

• Galaxy Angel S (Special): Created the storyboard for Episode 2 and acted as Unit Director for Episodes 1 and 2.

• Galaxy Angel X (TV): Created storyboards for five episodes and acted as unit director for episodes 5, 6 and 25.

• Galaxy Angel Z (TV): Created storyboards for four episodes and is credited as unit director for those four episodes and episode 18.

• Guilty Crown (TV): He acted as chief director, created the storyboards for both opening credits and all four episodes. He is also credited with directing episodes 1 and 22 (as an assistant), acted as unit director for the opening credits, illustrated the end card for episode 22, and animated episode 22.

• Gundam Reconguista in G (TV): Created the storyboards for episode 10. Araki also acted as unit director for this episode.

• Gungrave (TV): Created storyboards for episodes 13 and 25, directed 5 episodes, and worked on episode 26 as an assistant director.

• High School of the Dead (TV): Acted as chief director; created the storyboards for the first opening theme and episodes 1, 4, and 12; directed the opening theme and episodes 1 and 12; acted as unit director for the opening theme and key animation episode 12.

• Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (OVA): Acted as chief director and episode director.

• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Compilation Film): Acted as chief director.

• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (TV): Acted as chief director; created storyboards for the second opening theme and episodes 1 and 2; directed episode 1; worked on the key animation for the first opening theme.

• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (film): Served as director and screenwriter.

• Kaiji (TV): Created the storyboards for episode 14.

• Kurozuka (TV): Acted as chief director, series composer, scriptwriter for the opening theme and episodes 1 and 12, and directed episode 12.

• New Cutey Honey (OVA): I worked on the key animation for episode 7.

• Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (OVA): Acted as chief director, scriptwriter, and episode director.

• Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat (TV): Created storyboards for episodes 31, 45 and 46; directed 7 episodes.

• Psychic School Wars (film): Acted as Unit Director.

• Sword Art Online (TV): Creating storyboards for episode 23.

Under the pseudonym Saburō Mochizuki, Tetsuro Araki has also participated in the production of other anime projects, notably as a key animator and storyboard artist, including:

• A Certain Scientific Railgun (TV): Ker animator for episode 13.

• (Le) Chevalier D'Eon (TV): Creation of the storyboards for episode 4.

• Futakoi Alternative (TV): Creation of storyboards for episode 8.

• Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (TV): Main Animator of Episode 2

• (The) Garden of Sinners (film series): Main Animator of Episode 5

• Michiko & Hatchin (TV): Created the storyboards for episodes 7 and 21. Araki also acted as unit director for episode 21.