Portrait of Yasuomi Umetsu

Directing

Yasuomi Umetsu

Career

Active from 1987 to 2025, with a break from 1988 to 1997, busiest in 1987 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl
VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 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: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yasuomi Umetsu Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Family Dynamics
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Visually Striking 3
  • Female Protagonist 3
  • Dystopian Future 2
  • Action-Packed 2
  • Visual Spectacle 2
  • Experimental Animation 2
  • Robot Themed 2
  • Revenge 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 75
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- (2026)
GoodWatch score 78

Key Animation

VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl
VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

Series Director, Character Designer

Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn-
Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

Key Animation

2010s

9 titles ยท average score 63
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

Key Animation

Fireworks
Fireworks (2017)
GoodWatch score 49

Key Animation

Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (2017)
GoodWatch score 81

Key Animation

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
GoodWatch score 79

Key Animation

PERSONA5 the Animation - THE DAY BREAKERS -
PERSONA5 the Animation - THE DAY BREAKERS - (2016)
GoodWatch score 69

Key Animation

Kite
Kite (2014)
GoodWatch score 23

Original Story

Blood-C: The Last Dark
Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

Key Animation

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Book Girl
Book Girl (2010)
GoodWatch score 62

Key Animation

2000s

4 titles ยท average score 57
Kite Liberator
Kite Liberator (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Story, Storyboard Artist

A Tree of Palme
A Tree of Palme (2002)
GoodWatch score 54

Key Animation

Nakoruru: A Gift from That Person
Nakoruru: A Gift from That Person (2002)

Character Designer

Mezzo Forte
Mezzo Forte (2000)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Character Designer

1990s

10 titles ยท average score 62
Kite
Kite (1998)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Character Designer

Spriggan
Spriggan (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

Key Animation

Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive
Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996)
GoodWatch score 67

Key Animation

Darkside Blues
Darkside Blues (1994)
GoodWatch score 53

Key Animation

GATCHAMAN
GATCHAMAN (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

Character Designer

I'm Not an Angel!
I'm Not an Angel! (1994)

Character Designer, Animation Director

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

Key Animation

Baku Yumemakura's Twilight Theatre
Baku Yumemakura's Twilight Theatre (1991)

Animation Director

Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird
Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird (1990)
GoodWatch score 70

Key Animation

A Wind Named Amnesia
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)
GoodWatch score 61

Key Animation

1980s

13 titles ยท average score 67
Akira
Akira (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

Key Animation

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
GoodWatch score 61

Key Animation

Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
GoodWatch score 92

Key Animation

Robot Carnival
Robot Carnival (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

Animation, Director

Lily C.A.T.
Lily C.A.T. (1987)
GoodWatch score 59

Character Designer

Megazone 23 II
Megazone 23 II (1986)
GoodWatch score 64

Animation Director

Outlanders
Outlanders (1986)
GoodWatch score 55

Key Animation

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

Key Animation

Megazone 23
Megazone 23 (1985)
GoodWatch score 66

Storyboard Artist

The Dagger of Kamui
The Dagger of Kamui (1985)
GoodWatch score 66

Key Animation

Barefoot Gen
Barefoot Gen (1983)
GoodWatch score 75

Key Animation

Harmagedon
Harmagedon (1983)
GoodWatch score 47

Key Animation