Shinji Ishihira

Director

Works as: Director
Titles: 36 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 5% in 30 days

What are Shinji Ishihira's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

32%

Bonds

25%

Survival

16%

Morality

10%

Society

Power

Ideas

Identity4 Survival3 Romantic love2 Purpose2 Community2 Friendship2 Coming of age2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful

Tense

Dread

Warm

Thrilling

Other

How their films linger

Hopeful6 Feel-good3 Fun4 Unsettling2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy5
Bittersweet4
Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Shinji Ishihira's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (30).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE3 titles, show their 3 titles on HIDIVE

Subscription and free streaming for Shinji Ishihira's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

45 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page.

Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!(2026)
Show 12 episodes · Other
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table(2026)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Isekai Office Worker: The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter(2026)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Gachiakuta(2025)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Farmagia(2025)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Other · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Duel Masters LOST (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest(2024)
Show 25 episodes · Other · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
T-P Bon(2024)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Welcome Home(2024)
Show 12 episodes · Series Director
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation(2023)
Director
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Reincarnated as a Sword(2022)
Show 24 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero(2022)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Skeleton Knight in Another World(2022)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Sasaki and Miyano(2022)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Ancient Girl's Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy(2021)
Show 12 episodes · Series Director
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Edens Zero(2021)
Show 50 episodes · Other · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Talentless Nana(2020)
Show 13 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising(2019)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Ahiru no Sora(2019)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Carole & Tuesday(2019)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes(2018)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Seven Heavenly Virtues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 10 episodes · Series Director
Black Clover(2017)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations(2017)
Show 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Heybot!(2016)
Show 50 episodes · Director · Series Director
Super Lovers(2016)
Show 20 episodes · Director · Series Director
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
My Hero Academia(2016)
Show 4 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Flowering Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 26 episodes · Director
Concrete Revolutio(2015)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Tiger & Bunny: The Rising(2014)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Log Horizon(2013)
Show 62 episodes · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Wagnaria!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Fairy Tail(2009)
Show 328 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Director · Storyboard Artist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood(2009)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Soul Eater(2008)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Blue Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Darker than Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Tokyo Majin(2007)
Show 26 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Basilisk(2005)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Speed Grapher(2005)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Judgment! XX Angel Rabbie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Director
Ichi the Killer: Episode 0(2002)
Director
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Gensomaden Saiyuki(2000)
Show 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 45 titles from 2000 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation (2023)

$21K worldwide

Highest rated

Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation (2023)

Midcredits 97^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing8 of 45 · 81^stOther crew39 of 45 · 71^st

By decade

2000s12 · crew2010s15 · crew2020s18 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Is Shinji Ishihira's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 29 · mild

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Shinji Ishihira work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shinji Ishihira's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hiromichi Tezuka shares the most, 3.