---
name: "Hiroyuki Seshita"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hiroyuki-seshita"
fi1m_id: "hiroyuki-seshita"
imdb_id: "nm2670218"
tmdb_id: 1503508
wikidata_id: "Q17160304"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-28T21:13:20.606645+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hiroyuki Seshita

## Identity

Hiroyuki Seshita

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hiroyuki-seshita
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hiroyuki-seshita
- **IMDb ID:** nm2670218
- **TMDB ID:** 1503508
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17160304
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Seshita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17160304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2670218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1503508

Director. Born 1 January 1967 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1967, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2017–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Gen Urobuchi](https://film.one/person/gen-urobuchi.md), [Kōbun Shizuno](https://film.one/person/kobun-shizuno.md), [Mamoru Miyano](https://film.one/person/mamoru-miyano.md), [Takahiro Sakurai](https://film.one/person/takahiro-sakurai.md), [Takashi Yoshizawa](https://film.one/person/takashi-yoshizawa.md), [Tomokazu Sugita](https://film.one/person/tomokazu-sugita.md), [Yuki Kaji](https://film.one/person/yuki-kaji.md), [Kana Hanazawa](https://film.one/person/kana-hanazawa.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Seshita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17160304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2670218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1503508

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Godzilla: The Planet Eater*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md) (58), [*Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hiroyuki Seshita is a Japanese animation and visual effects director. Born in Tokyo in 1967, he joined the CG production company Links in 1989 and later worked at Square USA as art director on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001). He has been with Polygon Pictures since 2010.

Seshita co-directed the animated Godzilla trilogy with Kobun Shizuno: Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017), Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) and Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018). He has also directed BLAME! (2017) and served as series director or chief director on Knights of Sidonia (2014–2015), Ajin: Demi-Human (2016) and Levius (2019). In 2023 he directed and co-wrote Gamera -Rebirth-.

*Sources: wikizilla.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018), Fi1m 55, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md)
- *Godzilla: The Planet Eater* (2018), Fi1m 58, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Thunder 3* (2026), series, as Other
- *KamiErabi GOD.app* (2023), series, Series Director
- *GAMERA -Rebirth-* (2023), series, as Series Composition · Series Director
- *LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT'S EYE* (2023), Director
- *Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars* (2021), Director
- *Levius* (2019), series, Series Director
- *Godzilla: The Planet Eater* (2018), Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md)
- *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018), Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md)
- *Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters* (2017), Director
- *BLAME!* (2017), Director
- *Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide* (2016), Director
- *Ajin: Demi-Human – Confront* (2016), Director
- *Ajin: Nakamura Shinya Incident* (2016), Director
- *Ajin* (2016), series, Director, Series Director
- *Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel* (2015), Director
- *Knights of Sidonia: The Movie* (2015), Co-Director
- *Knights of Sidonia* (2014), series, Co-Director

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