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name: "Tensai Okamura"
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# Tensai Okamura

Director. Born 13 December 1961 in Fukushima, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 December 1961, Fukushima, Japan
- **Active:** 1988–1995
- **Also known as:** Yutaka Okamura, 岡村豊

## Biography

Tensai Okamura, also credited as Yutaka Okamura, is a Japanese anime director and animator. He was born on 13 December 1961 in Fukushima Prefecture and grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University’s department of science and engineering, joined the studio Madhouse as an animator, and began using the name Tensai Okamura in 1991. He later worked freelance.

Okamura made his directorial debut with the segment “Stink Bomb” in the anthology film *Memories* (1995). He contributed episode direction, storyboards and key animation to the television series *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995). His other directing credits include *Wolf’s Rain* (2003), *Darker than Black* (2007), *Blue Exorcist* (2011) and *The Seven Deadly Sins* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), Fi1m 83, Key Animation — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md)
- *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/neon-genesis-evangelion.md)
- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Fi1m 89, Animation, Key Animation — [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)

## Also known for

- *The Seven Deadly Sins* (2014), Series Director
- *Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow* (2004), Director
- *Memories* (1995), Director
- *Blue Exorcist* (2011), Series Director
- *Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth* (1997), Director
- *Soul Eater* (2008), Director
- *Darker than Black* (2007), Director, Series Director, Writer
- *My Hero Academia: You're Next* (2024), Director, Second Unit Director

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