Portrait of Tensai Okamura

Directing

Tensai Okamura

Career

Active from 1989 to 2024, with a break from 2012 to 2023, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tensai Okamura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Historical
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Crime
    2.5, average 3.6
  • Biographical
    0.1, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Apocalyptic Sci-Fi 3
  • Existential Dread 2
  • Tragic Heroism 2
  • Visceral Action 2
  • Existential Crisis 2
  • Iconic Soundtrack 2
  • Trauma and Healing 2
  • Cultural Phenomenon 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • High-Energy Battle Sequences 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 68
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (2026)
GoodWatch score 76

Storyboard Artist

Alice in Wonderland –Dive in Wonderland–
Alice in Wonderland –Dive in Wonderland– (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

Storyboard Artist

My Hero Academia: You're Next
My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Second Unit Director

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2022)
GoodWatch score 60

Storyboard Artist

SHIROBAKO the Movie
SHIROBAKO the Movie (2020)
GoodWatch score 53

Key Animation

2000s

4 titles · average score 66
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

Key Animation

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Storyboard Artist

RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

Storyboard Artist

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
GoodWatch score 73

Key Animation

1990s

12 titles · average score 74
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

Key Animation

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Revival of Evangelion
Revival of Evangelion (1998)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Key Animation

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
GoodWatch score 86

Key Animation

Memories
Memories (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

Key Animation

Ninja Scroll
Ninja Scroll (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

Key Animation

Sleepless Oedo
Sleepless Oedo (1993)

Key Animation

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon (1992)
GoodWatch score 69

Key Animation

Run, Melos!
Run, Melos! (1992)

Key Animation

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991)
GoodWatch score 61

Key Animation

1980s

10 titles · average score 74
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese (1989)

Director, Writer

My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
GoodWatch score 84

Animation, Key Animation

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars (1988)
GoodWatch score 78

Key Animation

Bride of Deimos
Bride of Deimos (1988)

Key Animation

Wicked City
Wicked City (1987)
GoodWatch score 65

Key Animation

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
GoodWatch score 86

Key Animation

Junk Boy
Junk Boy (1987)
GoodWatch score 55

Key Animation

Yap! Bun Bun
Yap! Bun Bun (1987)

Key Animation

Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger
Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger (1986)

Key Animation

Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986)

Key Animation