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Kazuya Tsurumaki

DIRECTOR · FROM GOSEN, JAPAN

Kazuya Tsurumaki

Born 1966 · 60 years old29 credits since 1988

DarkDisturbingGrowing upThe mindWar

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In the pictureNeon Genesis Evangelion

ABOUT KAZUYA

Kazuya Tsurumaki is a Japanese anime director. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and was a longtime animator at Gainax before leaving for Studio Khara.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born2 February 1966

BirthplaceGosen, Japan

Known forDirecting

On Cineora21 of 29 titles

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Known for

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Neon Genesis Evangelion poster

Series

Neon Genesis Evangelion

1995–1996IMDb8.5

Berserk poster

Series

1997–1998IMDb8.8

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion poster

Movie

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

1997IMDb8.1

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone poster

Movie

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

2007IMDb7.5

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance poster

Movie

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

2009IMDb7.9

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo poster

Movie

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

2012IMDb6.9

FLCL poster

Series

2000–2023IMDb8.0

Kill la Kill poster

Series

2013–2014IMDb7.8

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time poster

Movie

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

2021IMDb8.0

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth poster

Movie

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

1997IMDb7.2

Gunbuster poster

Series

1988–2006IMDb7.7

His and Her Circumstances poster

Series

His and Her Circumstances

1998–1999IMDb7.6

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 21
Average IMDb: 7.4
Highest rated: BerserkIMDb 8.8
Working since: 1988

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

29 credits

The 2020s

6 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening poster

Movie

EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening

2026IMDb7.6

Screenplay

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX poster

Series

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

2025IMDb6.8

Director · 2 episodes

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- poster

Movie

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-

2025IMDb6.8

Director

EVANGELION:3.0(-46h) poster

Movie

EVANGELION:3.0(-46h)

2023IMDb7.0

Director · Screenplay

EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.) poster

Movie

EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.)

2023IMDb6.8

Director · Screenplay

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time poster

Movie

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

2021IMDb8.0

Director

The 2010s

5 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

The Dragon Dentist poster

Series

The Dragon Dentist

2017IMDb6.8

Director · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

I can Friday by day!

2015

Director

Not on Cineora

Japan Animator Expo

2014

Director · 1 episode

Kill la Kill poster

Series

2013–2014IMDb7.8

Director · 1 episode

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo poster

Movie

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

2012IMDb6.9

Director

The 2000s

9 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance poster

Movie

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

2009IMDb7.9

Director

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone poster

Movie

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

2007IMDb7.5

Director

Not on Cineora

Mina

2007

Creator

Diebuster: The Movie poster

Movie

Diebuster: The Movie

2006IMDb5.9

Director

Not on Cineora

Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie

2006

Director

Not on Cineora

Diebuster

2004

Director · Story · Creator · 6 episodes

Not on Cineora

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum Edition (Renewal of Evangelion)

2003

Director · 30 episodes

Not on Cineora

PaRappa the Rapper

2001

Director · 15 episodes

The 1990s

8 titles · IMDb 7.8 on average

His and Her Circumstances poster

Series

His and Her Circumstances

1998–1999IMDb7.6

Director · 1 episode

Revival of Evangelion poster

Movie

Revival of Evangelion

1998IMDb7.8

Director

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² poster

Movie

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²

1998IMDb6.4

Director

Berserk poster

Series

1997–1998IMDb8.8

Director · 1 episode

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion poster

Movie

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

1997IMDb8.1

Director

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth poster

Movie

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

1997IMDb7.2

Director

Neon Genesis Evangelion poster

Series

Neon Genesis Evangelion

1995–1996IMDb8.5

Director · 7 episodes

Not on Cineora

Saber Marionette R

1995

Director · 1 episode

The 1980s

1 title · IMDb 7.7 on average

Gunbuster poster

Series

1988–2006IMDb7.7

Director · 6 episodes

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Kazuya’s titles.

Kotono MitsuishiNeon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and 13 more

Hideaki AnnoNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, Shin Godzilla and 13 more

Yuko MiyamuraNeon Genesis Evangelion, Berserk and 11 more

Megumi HayashibaraNeon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and 10 more

Shiro SagisuComposer · Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and 10 more

Megumi OgataNeon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and 9 more

Motomu KiyokawaNeon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and 7 more

Maaya SakamotoEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo and 6 more

Fumihiko TachikiNeon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and 6 more

Miki NagasawaNeon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and 6 more