
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Director · Born December 19, 1963 (62) · Hokkaido, Japan
Toshiyuki Kubooka is a Japanese animator, character designer, and director. He is particularly known for his work on the Giant Robo OVA series, as well as his work on the Lunar series and iDOLM@STER.
Biography from TMDB.
- December 19, 1963 (62)
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Director
- 27 on MovieCove · 47 credits in all
Known for
What are Toshiyuki Kubooka's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 4
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Toshiyuki Kubooka's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).
- Crunchyroll
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022) · director
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004) · director
- Shangri-La Frontier (2023) · director
- Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (2020) · director
- Time-Jam - Valérian & Laureline (2007) · animation director
- Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006) · key animation
- Handyman Saitou in Another World (2023) · director
- Harukana Receive (2018) · director
- Puraore! Pride of Orange (2021) · additional storyboarding · second unit director
Subscription and free streaming for Toshiyuki Kubooka's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
47 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Shangri-La Frontier(2023)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Puraore! Pride of Orange(2021)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Harukana Receive(2018)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis(2014)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
THE iDOLM@STER (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Genius Party Beyond(2008)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Batman: Gotham Knight(2008)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Genius Party(2007)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Den-Noh Coil(2007)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Mina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Gunbuster: The Movie(2006)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

RahXephon(2002)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Lunar 2 Eternal Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Gin Rei's Blue Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The Mighty Gin Rei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Barefoot Gin Rei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Baoh the Caller(1989)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Gunbuster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Dirty Pair OVA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Scoopers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Project A-Ko(1986)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 47 titles from 1982 to 2023.

Biggest box office
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)

Highest rated
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)

Most popular right now
Shangri-La Frontier (2023)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Toshiyuki Kubooka's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 15; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 91st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up13
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Toshiyuki Kubooka's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Toshiyuki Kubooka work with?
People who share at least 2 of Toshiyuki Kubooka's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shirô Sagisu shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Hiroki IkeshitaShared titles: Handyman Saitou in Another World (2023), Shangri-La Frontier (2023), Harukana Receive (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Hiroki Ikeshita
- Hiro ÔkiShared titles: Handyman Saitou in Another World (2023), Shangri-La Frontier (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Hiro Ôki
- Mahiro MaedaShared titles: Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004), Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Mahiro Maeda

Writers
- Ichirô ÔkouchiShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Ichirô Ôkouchi

- Kentaro MiuraShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Kentaro Miura

Actors
- Hiroaki IwanagaShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Hiroaki Iwanaga

- Takahiro FujiwaraShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Takahiro Fujiwara

- Takahiro SakuraiShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Takahiro Sakurai

- Toa YukinariShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Toa Yukinari

Composers and editors
- Shirô SagisuShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012), Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990)See all 5 shared titles with Shirô Sagisu

- Kengo ShigemuraShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition (2022), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004)See all 4 shared titles with Kengo Shigemura
- Keisuke YanagiShared titles: Handyman Saitou in Another World (2023), Harukana Receive (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Keisuke Yanagi
Producers
- Eiko TanakaShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012), Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Eiko Tanaka

- Akira ShimadaShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Akira Shimada
- Eiichi KamagataShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Eiichi Kamagata

- Eiji MatsuoShared titles: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013), Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Eiji Matsuo