Hironori Tanaka

Known for
Visual Effects
Born
June 1, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Japan
IMDb

Biography

Hironori Tanaka (田中 宏紀) is a Japanese freelance anime director and animator. Hironori began his career at 'Eagle's Nest' (イーグルネスト) and worked under the subcontract studio for Toei Animation where he made his key animation debut in 2004.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Sekiro: No Defeat poster

Sekiro: No Defeat

Movie · Key Animation

2026
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- poster

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-

Movie · Key Animation

2026
Sentenced to Be a Hero poster

Sentenced to Be a Hero

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2026
NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun poster

NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2026
A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA poster

A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2026
Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk poster

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 1 ep

2026
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL poster

THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 2 eps

2025
VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl poster

VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl

Movie · Key Animation

2025
Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 Part 2 poster

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 Part 2

Movie · Key Animation

2025
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes poster

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2025
Ruri Rocks poster

Ruri Rocks

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2025
YAIBA: Samurai Legend poster

YAIBA: Samurai Legend

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2025
Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 poster

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2024
Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation poster

Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation

Movie · Key Animation

2024
My Hero Academia: You're Next poster

My Hero Academia: You're Next

Movie · Key Animation

2024
The Elusive Samurai poster

The Elusive Samurai

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2024
Terminator Zero poster

Terminator Zero

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2024
Dan Da Dan poster

Dan Da Dan

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2024
Ranma1/2 poster

Ranma1/2

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King poster

Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King

Movie · Key Animation

2023
Tengoku Daimakyo poster

Tengoku Daimakyo

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister! poster

ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2023
Magical Destroyers poster

Magical Destroyers

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
Fufu Kokan: Modorenai Yoru poster

Fufu Kokan: Modorenai Yoru

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
My Happy Marriage poster

My Happy Marriage

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End poster

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2023
UNDER NINJA poster

UNDER NINJA

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
The Dangers in My Heart poster

The Dangers in My Heart

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night poster

Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night

Movie · Key Animation

2022
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai poster

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

TV · Opening/Ending Animation · 12 eps

2022
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki poster

In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki

TV · Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation · 13 eps

2022
Chainsaw Man poster

Chainsaw Man

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation, Layout Supervisor · 2 eps

2022
LUPIN ZERO poster

LUPIN ZERO

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night poster

Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

Movie · Key Animation

2021
Hula Fulla Dance poster

Hula Fulla Dance

Movie · Key Animation

2021
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet poster

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet

Movie · Key Animation

2021
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 poster

Jujutsu Kaisen 0

Movie · Animation Director

2021
Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood poster

Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess poster

Fena: Pirate Princess

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
takt op.Destiny poster

takt op.Destiny

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation poster

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

TV · Creature Design · 1 ep

2021
Those Snow White Notes poster

Those Snow White Notes

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
Vlad Love poster

Vlad Love

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2020
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna poster

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

Movie · Key Animation

2020
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song poster

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song

Movie · Key Animation

2020
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train poster

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

Movie · Key Animation

2020
JUJUTSU KAISEN poster

JUJUTSU KAISEN

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 5 eps

2020
Princess Connect! Re:Dive poster

Princess Connect! Re:Dive

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2019
BlackFox poster

BlackFox

Movie · Key Animation

2019
Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire poster

Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire

Movie · Key Animation

2019
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia poster

Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2019
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba poster

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2019
Azur Lane poster

Azur Lane

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 2 - The Tragedy of Fuuma Ninja Tribe poster

Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 2 - The Tragedy of Fuuma Ninja Tribe

Movie · Key Animation

2018
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes poster

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

Movie · Key Animation

2018
Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative poster

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative

Movie · Key Animation

2018
Modest Heroes poster

Modest Heroes

Movie · Key Animation

2018
The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky poster

The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky

Movie · Key Animation

2018
Banana Fish poster

Banana Fish

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
Hakumei and Mikochi poster

Hakumei and Mikochi

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 poster

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

Movie · Key Animation

2017
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale poster

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

Movie · Key Animation

2017
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 poster

Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1

Movie · Key Animation

2017
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King poster

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King

Movie · Key Animation

2017
Frame Arms Girl poster

Frame Arms Girl

TV · Opening/Ending Animation · 12 eps

2017
Kakegurui poster

Kakegurui

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Made in Abyss poster

Made in Abyss

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 2 eps

2017
GARO -VANISHING LINE- poster

GARO -VANISHING LINE-

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2017
Saga of Tanya the Evil poster

Saga of Tanya the Evil

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Sakura Quest poster

Sakura Quest

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas poster

Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Black Clover poster

Black Clover

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
GARO: Divine Flame poster

GARO: Divine Flame

Movie · Key Animation

2016
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones poster

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones

Movie · Key Animation

2016
Fate/Grand Order -First Order- poster

Fate/Grand Order -First Order-

Movie · Key Animation

2016
Mob Psycho 100 poster

Mob Psycho 100

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2016
March Comes In Like a Lion poster

March Comes In Like a Lion

TV · Opening/Ending Animation · 22 eps

2016
My Hero Academia poster

My Hero Academia

TV · Key Animation · 4 eps

2016
Taboo Tattoo poster

Taboo Tattoo

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- poster

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
Flip Flappers poster

Flip Flappers

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
Kubikiri Cycle -  Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai poster

Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2015
The Anthem of the Heart poster

The Anthem of the Heart

Movie · Key Animation

2015
Seiyu's Life! poster

Seiyu's Life!

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2015
Blood Blockade Battlefront poster

Blood Blockade Battlefront

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2015
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid poster

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2015
Concrete Revolutio poster

Concrete Revolutio

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2014
TIGER & BUNNY: The Rising poster

TIGER & BUNNY: The Rising

Movie · Key Animation

2014
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher poster

Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Movie · Key Animation

2014
Space Dandy poster

Space Dandy

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2014
Akame ga Kill! poster

Akame ga Kill!

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2014
Terror in Resonance poster

Terror in Resonance

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2014
Tokyo Ghoul poster

Tokyo Ghoul

TV · Key Animation · 6 eps

2014
The Seven Deadly Sins poster

The Seven Deadly Sins

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2014
Captain Earth poster

Captain Earth

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2014
Rage of Bahamut poster

Rage of Bahamut

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2014
Barakamon poster

Barakamon

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2013
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- poster

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-

Movie · Key Animation

2013
STAR DRIVER: The Movie poster

STAR DRIVER: The Movie

Movie · Key Animation

2013
Attack on Titan poster

Attack on Titan

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2013
Kill la Kill poster

Kill la Kill

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2013
Outbreak Company poster

Outbreak Company

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2013
Encouragement of Climb poster

Encouragement of Climb

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2013
Gatchaman Crowds poster

Gatchaman Crowds

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2012
Marimo no Hana: Saikyou Butouha Shougakusei Densetsu poster

Marimo no Hana: Saikyou Butouha Shougakusei Densetsu

Movie · Key Animation

2012
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure poster

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 3 eps

2012
Kids on the Slope poster

Kids on the Slope

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2012
Tsuritama poster

Tsuritama

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2012
So, I Can't Play H! poster

So, I Can't Play H!

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2012
From the New World poster

From the New World

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos poster

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

Movie · Key Animation

2011
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell poster

Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell

Movie · Key Animation

2011
A-Channel poster

A-Channel

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
Deadman Wonderland poster

Deadman Wonderland

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
Un-Go poster

Un-Go

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day poster

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
Dragon Crisis! poster

Dragon Crisis!

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
PERSONA 4 the Animation poster

PERSONA 4 the Animation

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
Puella Magi Madoka Magica poster

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2011
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl poster

Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2011
Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up poster

Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2010
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse poster

Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse

Movie · Key Animation

2010
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer- poster

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-

Movie · Key Animation

2010
Welcome to the Space Show poster

Welcome to the Space Show

Movie · Key Animation

2010
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works poster

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

Movie · Key Animation

2010
Black★Rock Shooter poster

Black★Rock Shooter

Movie · Key Animation

2010
The Tatami Galaxy poster

The Tatami Galaxy

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2010
Okami-san and Her Seven Companions poster

Okami-san and Her Seven Companions

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 1 ep

2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt poster

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2010
Star Driver poster

Star Driver

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2010
Halo Legends poster

Halo Legends

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2010
The Qwaser of Stigmata poster

The Qwaser of Stigmata

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2009
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire poster

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire

Movie · Key Animation

2009
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress poster

Macross Frontier: The False Songstress

Movie · Key Animation

2009
Fresh Precure! Movie: The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!? poster

Fresh Precure! Movie: The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!?

Movie · Key Animation

2009
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars poster

Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars

Movie · Key Animation

2009
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood poster

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

TV · Key Animation · 11 eps

2009
Needless poster

Needless

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2009
Saki poster

Saki

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 2 eps

2009
Monogatari poster

Monogatari

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2009
Electromagnetic Girlfriend poster

Electromagnetic Girlfriend

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2008
One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom poster

One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom

Movie · Key Animation

2008
Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets poster

Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets

Movie · Key Animation

2008
The Hill Dyed Rose Madder poster

The Hill Dyed Rose Madder

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2008
Birdy the Mighty: Decode poster

Birdy the Mighty: Decode

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2008
Psychic Squad poster

Psychic Squad

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2008
Kure-nai poster

Kure-nai

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2008
Rosario + Vampire poster

Rosario + Vampire

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2007
One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta poster

One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta

Movie · Key Animation

2007
Yes! Precure 5: The Great Miracle Adventure in the Country of Mirrors poster

Yes! Precure 5: The Great Miracle Adventure in the Country of Mirrors

Movie · Key Animation

2007
School Days poster

School Days

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2007
Naruto Shippūden poster

Naruto Shippūden

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 2 eps

2006
Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! poster

Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!

Movie · Key Animation

2006
Red Garden poster

Red Garden

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2006
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion poster

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2005
Eureka Seven poster

Eureka Seven

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2004
Bleach poster

Bleach

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps