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name: "Tetsuaki Matsuda"
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updated: "2026-09-17T22:09:10.415005+00:00"
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# Tetsuaki Matsuda

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** 松田哲明, 茉田哲明
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2059013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2135309

## Streaming the US now

- **Crunchyroll:** [*Attack on Titan*](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md) (83)

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## Biography

Tetsuaki Matsuda is a Japanese anime director, episode director and storyboard artist. He has worked on numerous television series and films, beginning his career in animation before moving into directing roles.

Matsuda is credited as director or episode director on series including *Attack on Titan* (2013), *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal* (2011), *Terra Formars* (2014), *Poco's Udon World* (2016), *Great Pretender* (2020), *Princess Connect! Re:Dive* (2020), *Digimon Adventure:* (2020), *Rurouni Kenshin* (2023) and *Unnamed Memory* (2024). He has also contributed storyboards and unit direction to projects such as *Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions* (2016). Earlier credits include key animation and in-between work on films including *Howl's Moving Castle* (2004) and *Cowboy Bebop: The Movie* (2001). He has been affiliated with studios such as Doga Kobo.

*Sources: yugipedia.com, keyframe-staff-list.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Attack on Titan* (2013), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Unnamed Memory* (2024), series, Director
- *Rurouni Kenshin* (2023), series, Director
- *Great Pretender* (2020), series, Director
- *Princess Connect! Re:Dive* (2020), series, Director
- *Digimon Adventure:* (2020), series, Director
- *Lost Song* (2018), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Poco's Udon World* (2016), series, Director
- *Terra Formars* (2014), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V* (2014), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)
- *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal* (2011), series, Director
- *Skip Beat!* (2008), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Myself; Yourself* (2007), series, Director
- *Eureka Seven* (2005), series, Key Animation
- *Howl's Moving Castle* (2004), Animation — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/howls-moving-castle.md)

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