Portrait of Mamoru Hosoda

Directing

Mamoru Hosoda

Career

Active from 1989 to 2025, busiest in 2000 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Wolf Children
Wolf Children
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mamoru Hosoda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.2, average 3.3
  • Historical
    0.4, average 2.6
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Fantasy Adventure 2
  • Visually Stunning Anime 2
  • Time Travel 2
  • Japanese Animation 2
  • Action 2
  • Fast-Paced Action 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Emotional Resonance 2
  • Digital Monsters 2
  • Nostalgic Anime 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

2 titles ยท average score 75
Scarlet
Scarlet (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Belle
Belle (2021)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Story, Screenplay

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 80
Mirai
Mirai (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Writer

The Boy and the Beast
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
GoodWatch score 78

Character Designer, Director

Wolf Children
Wolf Children (2012)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Story, Director

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 67
Summer Wars
Summer Wars (2009)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Story, Director

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

Superflat Monogram
Superflat Monogram (2003)

Director, Writer

Digimon: The Movie
Digimon: The Movie (2000)
GoodWatch score 45

Director

Our War Game
Our War Game (2000)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix!
Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix! (2000)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

1990s

15 titles ยท average score 71
Digimon Adventure
Digimon Adventure (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999)
GoodWatch score 79

Storyboard Artist

Gegege no Kitaro: Kitaro's Ghost Train
Gegege no Kitaro: Kitaro's Ghost Train (1999)

Director

Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (1998)
GoodWatch score 63

Key Animation

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)
GoodWatch score 72

Key Animation

Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole (1995)
GoodWatch score 76

Key Animation

Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School
Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

Key Animation

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

Key Animation

Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice
Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice (1994)
GoodWatch score 77

Key Animation

Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

Key Animation

Slam Dunk 2: National Tournement
Slam Dunk 2: National Tournement (1994)
GoodWatch score 68

Key Animation

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993)
GoodWatch score 73

Key Animation

1980s

1 title
SILENT
SILENT (1989)

Director, Writer