is a Japanese director,

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, and former producer best known for directing '' Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' (2016) and '' Kaguya-sama: Love is War'' (2019).

Career

Omata began his career in the industry in the mid 1990s as an producer at Phoenix Entertainment, which he worked with until 2001. He mainly worked as either an animation producer for

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series, or as an assistant production manager on series Phoenix Entertainment produced. In 2009, he became an active storyboard artist with

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, first serving on the 9th episode of '' Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū''. During his tenure with Shaft, he worked mainly under the direction of

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and

Yukihiro Miyamoto , occasionally nicknamed Otokomatsuri, is a Japanese animator and director. He started at animation studio Vega Entertainment, and later joined Shaft. He is best known for directing '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' and its subsequent film trilogy ...

, with whom he directed and storyboarded several episodes to ''

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'', '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', and ''

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''. In 2012, Omata left Shaft's ranks and began working mainly for

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, where he would make his first series directorial debut with '' Sankarea: Undying Love'' under the pseudonym . Shinbo's own style with Shaft is regarded to be a sort of "artistic renaissance" within the anime industry, and Omata's own directorial works after his leave from the studio have also been regarded as such. '' Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'', for example, has been praised for its storytelling and direction despite limited and inconsistent animation from the studio's animation team. Following his work with Studio Deen, Omata began a relationship with

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in 2018, where he directed the fantasy war series ''

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'', and the following year was given directorial responsibilities for '' Kaguya-sama: Love is War''. The series garnered immediate success and was included as a runner-up for

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's "Decade of Anime" fan-poll award for "Favorite Romance Series of the Decade" was nominated at the 2020

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for Best Comedy. The second season garnered seven awards at the 2020

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, including Best Director for Omata.

Works

Television series

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Kenichi Ishikura is a Japanese director and storyboard artist best known for his works with Shaft and the anime adaptation of ''Sakura Trick''. Career Ishikura began his career in the industry in 2000 as a production assistant for ''Invincible King Tri-Zenon' ...

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, Studio Deen , align=left, Episode director {{small, (#1) , , - , rowspan="2", 2012 , '' Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb'' , Akiyuki Shinbo

Yuki Yase is a Japanese director and storyboard artist. He joined Satelight in 2005 as a production manager. In 2010, Yase joined Shaft as an episode director, and made his series directorial debut with '' Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb''. Career Yase beg ...

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'' , Kenichi Ishikura ,

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, align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#7) , , - , rowspan="4", 2014 , ''

Sakura Trick is a Japanese 4-panel yuri manga series written and illustrated by Tachi. The series began serialization in Houbunsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Manga Time Kirara Miracle!'' magazine from March 2011. An anime television adaptation by Studi ...

'' , Kenichi Ishikura , Studio Deen , align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#6, 12) , , - , ''

Wake Up, Girls! ''Wake Up, Girls!'' is an anime series produced by Ordet and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Yutaka Yamamoto. A film titled opened in Japan on January 11, 2014, and a television series aired in Japan between January and March 2014. T ...

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Yutaka Yamamoto is a Japanese anime director from Osaka Prefecture. He is known for his incendiary behavior on Twitter and for being fired from Kyoto Animation and Ordet, the latter of which he helped co-found. Biography As a member of Kyoto Animation, Yamamo ...

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'' , Kazuya Miura , NAZ , align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#11) , , - , '' Black Butler: Book of Circus'' ,

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'' , Kenji Seto , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#23) , , - , '' Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , Studio Deen , align=left, Director
Storyboard artist {{small, (#1–2) , , - , rowspan="2", 2017 , '' Hell Girl: The Fourth Twilight'' , Takahiro Omori , Studio Deen , align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#1) , , - , '' Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 2nd Season'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , Studio Deen , align=left, Director
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Episode director {{small, (#5) , {{Cite web , url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-25/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-2nd-season-reveals-staff-cast-visual-ad/.109184, title= Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Anime's 2nd Season Reveals Staff, Cast, Visual, Ad, website=

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'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama ,

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, author= Sherman, Jennifer, date= May 30, 2017, accessdate= December 16, 2020
, - , rowspan="2", 2019 , '' Teasing Master Takagi-san 2'' , Hiroaki Akagi ,

Shin-Ei Animation is a Japanese animation studio owned by TV Asahi and founded in Tokyo in 1965 as A-Production by Daikichirō Kusube, who was previously an animator for Toei Animation. Shin-Ei is known for being the animation studio behind two of the anime tele ...

, align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#11) , , - , '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Director
Storyboard artist {{small, (#1, 3, 6–7, 12)
Episode director {{small, (#12) , {{Cite web , url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-12/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-listed-with-12-episodes/.141987, title= Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Listed with 12 Episodes, website=

, author= Ressler, Karen, date= January 12, 2019, accessdate= December 16, 2020 , - , rowspan="2", 2020 , ''

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level is a Japanese light novel series written by Kisetsu Morita and illustrated by Benio. It was serialized online since 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō and, in the following year, it was acquired b ...

'' , Nobukage Kimura , Revoroot , align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#3, 8) , , - , '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Director
Storyboard artist {{small, (#1, 4, 6, 9, 12) , , - , 2021 , ''

Visual Prison is an original Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures. The series aired from October to December 2021. Premise In the story, vampires masquerade as visual kei musicians. Once a year, they gather together in Harajuku at an ev ...

'' , Takeshi Furuta{{efn, name=chief 1
Tomoya Tanaka , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#3) , {{cite web, url=https://visualprison.com/story/, title=Sutōrī {{! Terebi Anime "Vijuaru Purizun" Kōshiki Saito, language=ja, script-title=ja:STORY {{! TVアニメ「ヴィジュアルプリズン」公式サイト, trans-title=Story {{! TV Anime "Visual Prison" Official Website, website=visualprison.com, access-date=October 1, 2021, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001153200/https://visualprison.com/story/, archive-date=October 1, 2021, url-status=live , - , 2022 , '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Director
Episode director {{small, (#1)
Storyboard artist {{small, (#1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13) , , -

OVAs/ONAs

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Kiyoko Sayama is a Japanese animator and director. She was born in Saitama Prefecture. Her name is sometimes misromanized as Seiko Sayama. Works TV Anime *'' Nintama Rantarou'' (1993–1994) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''Tama & Friends'' (1994) - Storyboa ...

, Studio Deen , align=left, Episode director {{small, (#13–14) , , - , 2012 , '' Sankarea: Undying Love'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , Studio Deen , align=left, Director
Episode director {{small, (OP; ED)
Storyboard artist {{small, (#2; OP; ED) , , - , 2013 , '' Hetalia: The Beautiful World'' , Hiroshi Watanabe , Studio Deen , align=left, Storyboard artist {{small, (#17–18) , , - , 2015 , '' Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Yotaro Hourou-hen'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , Studio Deen , align=left, Director
Storyboard artist {{small, (#1–2) , , - , 2021 , '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Director
Storyboard artist , , - , 2022 , ''

Onna no Sono no Hoshi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yama Wayama. It has been serialized in Shodensha's ''josei'' manga magazine ''Feel Young'' since January 2020, with its chapters collected into three ''tankōbon'' volumes as of December 2 ...

'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama ,

Lapin Track is a Japanese animation studio based in Nishiogikubo, Tokyo. History Lapin Track was established on June 30, 2014 by former members of the animation studio Brain's Base is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie Sh ...

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Films

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Yukihiro Miyamoto , Shaft , align=left, Storyboard artist , , - , 2017 , '' Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic'' , Noriyuki Abe , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Storyboard artist , , - , 2022 , '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends'' , {{ColorCell, type=lgreen, Mamoru Hatakeyama , A-1 Pictures , align=left, Director , {{cite web , url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1667120376 , script-title=ja:『かぐや様は告らせたい-ファーストキッスは終わらない-』12月17日より特別上映決定、キービジュアル＆特報映像解禁！　声優・古賀葵さんがNYでトークイベント登壇、ムビチケ情報も公開 , website=

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, date=October 30, 2022 , access-date=October 30, 2022 , language=ja

Other works

Note: Some of Omata's series directorial works appear here due to his involvement as something other than an episode/unit director or storyboard artist, in which case his name will be highlighted in the "Director(s)" column.

Notes

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References

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External links

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