Portrait of Sadayuki Murai

Writing

Sadayuki Murai

Career

Active from 1996 to 2024, busiest in 1997 and 1998 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop
GoodWatch score94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sadayuki Murai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Historical
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Cringe Humor
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • World-Building 4
  • Philosophical Themes 3
  • Found Family 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Bleak Atmosphere 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Space Opera 2
  • Visually Stunning 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Atmospheric 2
  • Japanese Animation 2
  • Supernatural Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Zegapain STA
Zegapain STA (2024)

Screenplay

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage (2023)

Screenplay

Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars
Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

2010s

8 titles ยท average score 62
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay, Series Composition

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond
Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Godzilla: The Planet Eater
Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

Series Composition

BLAME!
BLAME! (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

Series Composition

Zegapain ADP
Zegapain ADP (2016)

Screenplay

Knights of Sidonia: The Movie
Knights of Sidonia: The Movie (2015)

Screenplay, Series Composition

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember (2014)

Screenplay

2000s

10 titles ยท average score 64
Abashiri Family The Movie
Abashiri Family The Movie (2009)

Writer

Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next (2007)

Screenplay

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay

Kino's Journey: Life Goes On
Kino's Journey: Life Goes On (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: The Wish
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: The Wish (2005)

Screenplay

Steamboy
Steamboy (2004)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Millennium Actress
Millennium Actress (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay

Boogiepop and Others
Boogiepop and Others (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay

Reign: The Conqueror Movie
Reign: The Conqueror Movie (2000)

Screenplay

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 80
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue (1998)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

The Dimension Travelers
The Dimension Travelers (1998)

Writer

Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club ~ Junior High School Edition 4
Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club ~ Junior High School Edition 4 (1998)

Writer

Ultra Nyan: Extraordinary Cat who Descended from the Starry Sky
Ultra Nyan: Extraordinary Cat who Descended from the Starry Sky (1997)

Screenplay

Toilet Hanako-san: Secret of the Disappearing Girl
Toilet Hanako-san: Secret of the Disappearing Girl (1997)

Screenplay

Toilet Hanako-san: School of Fear
Toilet Hanako-san: School of Fear (1996)

Screenplay