
Tetsuro Araki
Director
Born: November 5, 1976 (49 years old)
Place of birth: Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Biography
Tetsuro Araki (荒木 哲郎, Araki Tetsuro) is a Japanese anime director, best known as the director of the Death Note anime adaptation. He is married to editor Aya Hida. Araki is a graduate at Senshu University and worked with Madhouse before moving with Production I.G and later Wit Studio. His directorial debut was 2005's original video animation Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin. He is best known as the director of the Death Note, Highschool of the Dead and Attack on Titan anime adaptations. He is also the director of two original anime series Guilty Crown and Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and the original anime fiilm Bubble. Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, appeared at Anime Expo 2007.
Filmography (26)
- Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018, ★ 8.4)
- Attack on Titan (2013, ★ 8.7)
- Death Note (2006, ★ 8.6)
- Bubble (2022, ★ 7.3)
- Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors (2009, ★ 7.3)
- The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008, ★ 7.6)
- High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011, ★ 7.4)
- Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow (2014, ★ 8.1)
- Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (2015, ★ 8.1)
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019, ★ 7.1)
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns (2017, ★ 7.3)
- Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God (2007, ★ 7.9)
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers (2016, ★ 7.5)
- Attack on Titan: Chronicle (2020, ★ 7.6)
- Guilty Crown (2011, ★ 7.3)
- High School of the Dead (2010, ★ 8.2)
- Black Lagoon (2006, ★ 8)
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016, ★ 6.9)
- Gungrave (2003, ★ 7.3)
- Kurozuka (2008, ★ 6.1)
- Futakoi Alternative (2005, ★ 6.6)
- Michiko & Hatchin (2008, ★ 6.8)
- Aoi Bungaku Series (2009, ★ 6.9)
- Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025, ★ 7.4)
- Moonrise (2025, ★ 7.1)
- Le Chevalier D'Eon (2006, ★ 5.7)