Naoyuki Tatsuwa

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese animator. He worked as an in-between animator at Studio Giants. In 2004, he joined Shaft, where he worked as a director for 11 years. In 2015, he went freelance.

Career

Originating from Hokkaido, Tatsuwa joined the sub-contracting animation firm Studio Giants in 2000, where he mostly worked as a sub-contractor to Xebec. He joined Shaft in 2004. In 2007, he received his first job as a storyboard artist, and worked as an assistant director for several of Shinbo's series in 2008. 2011 saw Tatsuwa's debut as a series director with Shaft with the original video animation series Katte ni Kaizō under the chief direction of Shinbo. Tatsuwa would direct two more series with Shaft, and assist Shinbo once more, before leaving the studio in 2015. Tatsuwa became associated with studio Passione in 2018, where he first acted as chief unit director for Citrus.

Style

Although only a key animator at the time of its production, which was soon after he had joined Shaft, director Shin Oonuma commonly consulted with Tatsuwa about doing parody work on Pani Poni Dash, whom Oonuma said was good with parodies.

Works

Television series

Template:Color box In "Director(s)" column highlights Tatsuwa's directorial works.

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2003	Stellvia	Tatsuo Satō	Xebec	Template:No	Template:No	In-between animation check Key animator
2005	Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
	Pani Poni Dash!	Akiyuki Shinbo Shin Oonuma Template:Small	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	2nd key animator Key animator Eyecatch animator
2006	Rec	Ryūtarō Nakamura	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
	Negima!?	Akiyuki Shinbo Shin Oonuma Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No	Key animator Animation director Assistant animation director
2007	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No	Assistant director Key animator Extra animator Eyecatch Extra animation storyboard artist Opening director
2008	(Zoku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No	Assistant director Opening director Key animator
	Hidamari Sketch x 365	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
2009	(Zan) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamote Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Assistant director Ending director Template:Small
	Maria Holic	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Assistant director
	Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū	Akiyuki Shinbo Shin Oonuma Template:Small Kenichi Ishikura Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2010	Dance in the Vampire Bund	Akiyuki Shinbo Masahiro Sonoda Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Opening director and storyboard
	Arakawa Under the Bridge	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No	Opening director Ending storyboard
	And Yet the Town Moves	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Assistant director Key animator Ending director and storyboard
2011	Puella Magi Madoka Magica	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Assistant storyboard artist
	Maria Holic Alive	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Tomokazu Tokoro	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2012	Nisemonogatari	Akiyuki Shinbo Tomoyuki Itamura Template:Small	Shaft	Template:No	Template:Yes	Opening director and storyboard 2nd key animator Layout supervisor
	Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb	Akiyuki Shinbo Yuki Yase Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
2013	Monogatari Series Second Season	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Sasami-san@Ganbaranai	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Assistant director Opening director and storyboard Key animator
2014	Nisekoi	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Opening director and storyboard
	Mekakucity Actors	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yuki Yase	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
2015	Gourmet Girl Graffiti	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:No	Template:Yes
2016	Hitori no Shita: The OutcastTemplate:Efn	Wang Xin	Pandanium	Template:No	Template:Yes	Chief episode director (two episodes)
	Qualidea Code	Kenichi Kawamura	A-1 Pictures	Template:No	Template:No	Opening director and storyboard
2017	Hinako Note	Takeo Takahashi Template:Small Hijiri Sanpei Template:Small Tooru Kitahata	Passione	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	King's Game The Animation	Tokihiro Sasaki	Seven	Template:Yes	Template:No
2018	Citrus	Template:Yes	Passione	Template:No	Template:Yes
	Dakaichi	Template:Yes	CloverWorks	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Ending director and storyboard
2019	Fire Force	Yuki Yase	David Production	Template:No	Template:No	Ending director and storyboard
	Z/X Code: Reunion	Yoshifumi Sueda	Passione	Template:No	Template:Yes
2020	Interspecies Reviewers	Yūki Ogawa	Passione	Template:No	Template:Yes
	Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Passione	Template:No	Template:Yes	Key animator
2021	Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Passione	Template:No	Template:Yes
2022	Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation	Template:Yes	Liden Films	Template:Yes	Template:No	Ending director and storyboard
	Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World	Template:Yes	Passione	Template:Yes	Template:No	Opening director Ending storyboard
2025	Promise of Wizard	Template:Yes	Liden Films	Template:TBA	Template:TBA

OVAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2006	Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
	Rec	Ryūtarō Nakamura	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
	Negima!? Magister Negi Magi: Spring	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Shin Oonuma	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
2008	(Goku) Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No	Ending storyboard Key animator
2009	(Zan) Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Assistant director Ending director Opening storyboard
2011	Katte ni Kaizō	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Key animator
2012	Sayonara, Zestsubou-Sensei Special	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Assistant director
2014	Nisekoi	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:No	Template:Yes	Opening director and storyboard
2019	The Island of Giant Insects	Template:Yes	Passione	Template:No	Template:Yes

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2012	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Beginnings	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
2016	Dōkyūsei	Shōko Nakamura	A-1 Pictures	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
	Your Name	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films	Template:No	Template:No	Key animator
2020	The Island of Giant Insects	Template:Yes	Passione	Template:No	Template:Yes
2021	Dakaichi: Spain Arc	Template:Yes	CloverWorks	Template:No	Template:No
2024	Ōmuro-ke: Dear Sisters	Template:Yes	Passione Studio Lings	Template:Yes	Template:No	Opening director and storyboard
	Ōmuro-ke: Dear Friends	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes

Notes

Works cited

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