Shinichi Omata

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese director, storyboard artist, and former producer best known for directing Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2016) and Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019).

Career

Omata began his career in the industry in the mid-1990s as a producer at Phoenix Entertainment, which he worked with until 2001. He mainly worked as either an animation producer for hentai series, or as an assistant production manager on series Phoenix Entertainment produced. In 2009, he became an active storyboard artist with Shaft, first serving on the 9th episode of Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū. During his tenure with Shaft, he worked mainly under the direction of Akiyuki Shinbo and Yukihiro Miyamoto, with whom he directed and storyboarded several episodes to Arakawa Under the Bridge, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl. In 2012, Omata left Shaft's ranks and began working mainly for Studio Deen, where he would make his first series directorial debut with Sankarea: Undying Love under the pseudonym Template:Nihongo. Shinbo's own style with Shaft is regarded to be a sort of "artistic renaissance" within the anime industry, and Omata's own directorial works after his leave from the studio have also been regarded as such. Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, for example, has been praised for its storytelling and direction despite limited and inconsistent animation from the studio's animation team. Following his work with Studio Deen, Omata began a relationship with A-1 Pictures in 2018, where he directed the fantasy war series Record of Grancrest War, and the following year was given directorial responsibilities for Kaguya-sama: Love is War. The series garnered immediate success and was included as a runner-up for Funimation's "Decade of Anime" fan-poll award for "Favorite Romance Series of the Decade" was nominated at the 2020 Crunchyroll Anime Awards for Best Comedy. The second season garnered seven awards at the 2020 Newtype Anime Awards, including Best Director for Omata.

Works

Television series

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

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
1998	Princess Nine	Tomomi Mochizuki	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
2009	Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū (#9)	Akiyuki Shinbo Kenichi Ishikura Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
2010	Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu	Akiyuki Shinbo Kenichi Ishikura Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Arakawa Under the Bridge	Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2011	Puella Magi Madoka Magica	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Lotte no Omocha!	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Diomedéa	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Key animator
	Phi Brain: Puzzle of God	Junichi Sato	Sunrise	Template:No	Template:Yes
	The World's Greatest First Love	Chiaki Kon	Studio Deen	Template:No	Template:Yes
2012	Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb	Akiyuki Shinbo Yuki Yase Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Sankarea: Undying Love	Template:Yes	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Opening director and storyboard Ending director and storyboard As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2013	Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen	Template:Yes	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East	Osamu Yamasaki Template:Small Mitsue Yamazaki	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
	Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East 2	Osamu Yamasaki Template:Small Mitsue Yamazaki	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Da Capo III	Kenichi Ishikura	Actas	Template:Yes	Template:No
2014	Sakura Trick	Kenichi Ishikura	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Wake Up, Girls!	Yutaka Yamamoto	Ordet Tatsunoko Production	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Dramatical Murder	Kazuya Miura	NAZ	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Black Butler: Book of Circus	Noriyuki Abe	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:No	Ending director and storyboard
2016	The Asterisk War	Kenji Seto	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju	Template:Yes	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2017	Hell Girl: The Fourth Twilight	Takahiro Omori	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
	Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 2nd Season	Template:Yes	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2018	Record of Grancrest War	Mamoru Hatakeyama	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Opening storyboard Ending storyboard As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2019	Teasing Master Takagi-san 2	Hiroaki Akagi	Shin-Ei Animation	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Kaguya-sama: Love Is War	Template:Yes	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2020	I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level	Nobukage Kimura	Revoroot	Template:Yes	Template:No
	Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?	Template:Yes	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2021	Visual Prison	Takeshi Furuta Template:Small Tomoya Tanaka	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:No
2022	Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic	Template:Yes	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2023	Undead Girl Murder Farce	Template:Yes	Lapin Track	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama

OVAs/ONAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
1995	Giant Robo Gaiden Ginrei (#3)	Takeshi Mori	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Production assistant
1996	Shin Kaitei Gunkan	Mitsuo Fukuda	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Production assistant
1998	Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (#7)	Yasuhiro Imagawa	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Production manager
1999	Mechiku	Mitsuhiro Yoneda	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Production manager
	Ikenie	Teruaki Murakami	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Kiss Yori...	Rion Kujou	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	MeiKing	Teruaki Murakami Sougetsu Mimura	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Shimai Ijiri	Mitsuhiro Yoneda	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
2000	Ai Doll (#3–4)	Rion Kujou	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Bondage Mansion	Norihiko Nagahama	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Endless Serenade	Teruaki Muruakami	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (#3–5)	Various	A.P.P.P.	Template:No	Template:No	Production desk
	Tonari no Onee-san	Teruaki Murakami Sougetsu Mimura	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Dark	Norihiko Nagahama	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Campus	Haruo Oogawara Yoshiki Ozu	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
2001	Holy Virgins	Kansaburou Oda	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Private Sessions	Yuuji Yanase	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Punishment	Teruaki Murakami Mitsuhiro Yoneda	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Sex Ward	Kuboyama 1862	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
	Slaves to Passion (#1)	Kansaburou Oda	Phoenix Entertainment	Template:No	Template:No	Animation producer
2011	Starry Sky	Kiyoko Sayama	Studio Deen	Template:No	Template:Yes
2012	Sankarea: Undying Love	Template:Yes	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Opening director and storyboard Ending director and storyboard As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2013	Hetalia: The Beautiful World	Hiroshi Watanabe	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:No
2015	Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Yotaro Hourou-hen	Template:Yes	Studio Deen	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2021	Kaguya-sama: Love Is War	Template:Yes	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama
2022	Onna no Sono no Hoshi	Template:Yes	Lapin Track	Template:No	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2011	Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Finale	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft Studio Pastoral	Template:Yes	Template:No
2012	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Beginnings	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
2017	Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic	Noriyuki Abe	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:No
2022	Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends	Template:Yes	A-1 Pictures	Template:Yes	Template:No	As Mamoru Hatakeyama

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