Portrait of Soichi Masui

Directing

Soichi Masui

Career

Active from 1995 to 2026, busiest in 2000 and 2023 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Soichi Masui Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.1, average 3.3
  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Supernatural Slice-of-Life 2
  • Supernatural 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • Visual Spectacle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles Β· average score 79
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend (2026)
GoodWatch score 87

Director

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out (2023)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Storyboard Artist

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Storyboard Artist

2010s

6 titles Β· average score 70
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Storyboard Artist

Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!!
Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!! (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

Storyboard Artist

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy
Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

UN-GO episode:0 INGA-RON
UN-GO episode:0 INGA-RON (2011)

Storyboard Artist

Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)
GoodWatch score 75

Storyboard Artist

2000s

8 titles Β· average score 71
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
GoodWatch score 72

Storyboard Artist

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

Storyboard Artist

Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb
Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb (2007)
GoodWatch score 61

Storyboard Artist

PokΓ©mon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
PokΓ©mon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
GoodWatch score 72

Storyboard Artist

Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

Storyboard Artist

RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness
RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness (2003)

Director

The Truth of Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales
The Truth of Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales (2000)

Director

The Truth of Japanese Fairy Tales
The Truth of Japanese Fairy Tales (2000)

Director

1990s

1 title
True School Ghosts
True School Ghosts (1999)

Director