Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox person Template:Nihongo is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He goes by the alias Template:Nihongo when working as an episode director and key animator. He is best known as the director of the widely acclaimed anime adaptations of Death Note and the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.
Biography
Tetsurō Araki was born in Saitama Prefecture on November 5, 1976.[1] After graduating from Seibugakuenbunri Junior High School,Template:Citation needed Araki went on to study at Senshu UniversityTemplate:'s School of Letters where he also graduated. After graduation, Araki joined Madhouse where he made his television directorial debut on the series Cardcaptor Sakura and where he directed his first original video animation (OVA) Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin.[1]
His wife is Template:Nihongo,[2] who is also a staff member of the animation production company Gonzo.Template:Citation needed
Araki worked with animation director Takayuki Hirao when Hirao was at Madhouse,[3] and he has occasionally worked as a key animator in projects that Hirao has directed. An article featuring him and Hirao was published in the monthly anime magazine Animage.Template:Citation needed
In October 2013, Araki won the Best Director award at the 3rd Newtype Anime Awards.[4] He also won the Best Director award at the 2014 Tokyo Anime Award Festival.[5] Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, also appeared at Anime Expo 2007.Template:Citation needed
Works
TV series
- Death Note (2006–2007) – Director[6]
- Kurozuka (2008) – Director and series composition
- Aoi Bungaku (2009, #5–6) – Director
- Highschool of the Dead (2010) – Director
- Guilty Crown (2011–2012) – Director[7]
- Attack on Titan (2013) – Director[8][9]
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016) – Director[9][10]
- Attack on Titan Season 2 (2017) – Chief director[9][11]
- Attack on Titan Season 3 (2018–2019) – Chief director[9]
Films
- Death Note: Relight (2007–2008) – Director
- Attack on Titan: Crimson Arrows (2014) – Director
- Attack on Titan: The Wings of Freedom (2015) – Director
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Recap 1: Gathering Light (2016) – Director
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Recap 2: Burning Life (2017) – Director
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019) – Director
- Bubble (2022) – Director[9][8][12]
OVA
- Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (2005) – Director
- Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011) – Director
- Attack on Titan: Ilse's Notebook (2013–2014, 3 episodes) – Director
- Attack on Titan: No Regrets (2014–2015, 2 episodes) – Director
References
External links
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- Tetsuro Araki anime Template:Webarchive at Media Arts Database Template:In lang
- Template:Twitter
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