---
name: "Tomoe Makino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tomoe-makino"
fi1m_id: "tomoe-makino"
imdb_id: "nm8255419"
tmdb_id: 2424957
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:51:34.980635+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."
---

# Tomoe Makino

## Identity

Tomoe Makino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tomoe-makino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tomoe-makino
- **IMDb ID:** nm8255419
- **TMDB ID:** 2424957
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8255419/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2424957

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** 牧野 友映
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8255419/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2424957

## Coming up

- *A Tale of the Secret Saint* (2026-10-03), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Haikyu!!*](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Tomoe Makino (牧野 友映) is a Japanese anime director, episode director and storyboard artist.

She has contributed to numerous television series, serving as director on *Aharen-san wa Hakarenai* (2022) and its second season (2025), *A Condition Called Love* (2024), *Kotaro Lives Alone* (2022) and *Please Put Them On, Takamine-san* (2025). Earlier credits include episode direction on *Haikyu!!* (2020) and *Woodpecker Detective's Office* (2020), as well as work on *7SEEDS* (2019) and *Recovery of an MMO Junkie* (2017).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Haikyu!!* (2014), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *A Tale of the Secret Saint* (2026), series, Director
- *Please Put Them On, Takamine-san* (2025), series, Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Rising Impact* (2024), series, Director
- *A Condition Called Love* (2024), series, Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *MF GHOST* (2023), series, Director
- *Aharen-san wa Hakarenai* (2022), series, Series Director, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Kotaro Lives Alone* (2022), series, Series Director
- *Vlad Love* (2021), series, Director
- *Otherside Picnic* (2021), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Woodpecker Detective's Office* (2020), series, Series Director, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *GaruGaku* (2020), series, Director
- *Nekopara* (2020), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Seton Academy: Join the Pack!* (2020), series, Director
- *ACTORS: Songs Connection* (2019), series, Director
- *7SEEDS* (2019), series, Director
- *We Rent Tsukumogami* (2018), series, Director
- *Recovery of an MMO Junkie* (2017), series, Director
- *Tsuredure Children* (2017), series, Director
- *Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto* (2016), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Descending Stories* (2016), series, Director
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Sakura Trick* (2014), series, Assistant Director
- *Naruto Shippūden* (2007), series, Animation
- *Pokémon* (1997), series, Director
- *The Moon on a Rainy Night*, series, Series Director
- *Here U Are*, series, Director

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