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# Tetsuya Wakano

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** 若野哲也
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2242984/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2313366

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Tetsuya Wakano, also credited as 若野哲也, is a Japanese anime director and former key animator. He is credited as director on episodes of the *Attack on Titan* television series (2013).

Wakano has directed episodes of *Hell's Paradise* (2023), *Dan Da Dan* (2024) and *Seraph of the End* (2015). Earlier credits include episode direction and storyboarding on *Attack on Titan* season 2 (2017) and assistant director work on season 3 part 2 (2019). He has also directed entries in the *Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden* series (2017–2018) and an episode of *The Rolling Girls* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, anime-planet.com, animenewsnetwork.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil* (2026), Second Unit Director
- *Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider* (2025), series, Storyboard
- *My Melody & Kuromi* (2025), series, Story Artist
- *Dan Da Dan* (2024), series, Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
- *Hell's Paradise* (2023), series, Storyboard Artist, Director, Key Animation, Animation Director
- *Vampire in the Garden* (2022), series, Assistant Director, Director
- *Pokémon Evolutions* (2021), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai* (2020), series, Director
- *Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes* (2020), Key Animation
- *Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~* (2019), Key Animation
- *Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 3 - Conspiracy of the Military* (2018), Storyboard Artist, Action Director, Second Unit Director, Director
- *Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 2 - The Tragedy of Fuuma Ninja Tribe* (2018), Action Director, Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 1 - One Year After the Battle* (2017), Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director, Director
- *Seraph of the End* (2015), series, Key Animation, Director
- *The Rolling Girls* (2015), series, Key Animation, Director
- *Yo-kai Watch: The Movie* (2014), Key Animation
- *Space Dandy* (2014), series, Key Animation
- *Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie* (2013), Key Animation
- *Kill la Kill* (2013), series, Key Animation
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), series, Director, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)
- *Blue Exorcist: The Movie* (2012), Key Animation
- *Sword Art Online* (2012), series, Key Animation
- *Tsuritama* (2012), series, Key Animation
- *Maken-Ki! Battling Venus* (2011), series, Key Animation
- *Occult Academy* (2010), series, Key Animation
- *Cobra the Animation* (2010), series, Key Animation
- *Fairy Tail* (2009), series, Key Animation
- *Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings* (2009), series, Key Animation
- *Blue Dragon* (2007), series, Key Animation
- *Naruto Shippūden* (2007), series, Key Animation
- *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion* (2006), series, Key Animation
- *Gintama* (2006), series, Key Animation
- *Mushi-Shi* (2005), series, Key Animation
- *Moeyo Ken TV* (2005), series, Key Animation
- *Basilisk* (2005), series, Key Animation
- *Bleach* (2004), series, Key Animation
- *Samurai Champloo* (2004), series, Key Animation
- *GANTZ* (2004), series, Key Animation
- *One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword* (2004), Key Animation
- *Gungrave* (2003), series, Key Animation
- *Peacemaker Kurogane* (2003), series, Key Animation
- *Naruto* (2002), series, Key Animation

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