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name: "Yoshihide Ibata"
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# Yoshihide Ibata

Director. Born in Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** 井端 義秀
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114908417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7494609/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1693097

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Yoshihide Ibata is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist. He directed episodes of the series *Attack on Titan* (2013) and served as series director on *Attack on Titan: Junior High* (2015).

He directed the three seasons of the *Fruits Basket* anime adaptation (2019–2021) and the film *Fruits Basket: Prelude* (2022). His other directing credits include *Poco's Udon World* (2016) and *Pikaia!!* (2017).

*Sources: imdb.com, anime-planet.com, myanimelist.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *SAKAMOTO DAYS* (2025), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Kaiju No. 8* (2024), series, Director
- *My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer* (2023), series, Director
- *THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS U149* (2023), series, Director
- *The Klutzy Witch: Fuuka and the Dark Witch* (2023), Second Unit Director
- *The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World* (2023), series, Director
- *In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki* (2022), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Fruits Basket -prelude-* (2022), Director
- *The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt* (2022), series, Director
- *Fruits Basket* (2019), series, Series Director, Director, Storyboard, Storyboard Artist
- *FLCL Progressive* (2018), Director
- *After the Rain* (2018), series, Director
- *Ace Attorney* (2016), series, Director
- *Attack on Titan: Junior High* (2015), series, Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer, Director
- *Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches* (2015), series, Director
- *Your Lie in April* (2014), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Rage of Bahamut* (2014), series, Director
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Director
- *White Album 2* (2013), series, Director
- *Kill la Kill* (2013), series, Director
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), series, Director, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)
- *Ashiaraiyashiki no Juunin-tachi* (2010), Director
- *Naruto Shippūden* (2007), series, Director

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