Tetsurō Araki

Tetsurō Araki
Native name	荒木 哲郎
Born	(1976-11-05) November 5, 1976 Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Other names	Mochizuki Saburō (望月 三郎)
Occupation	Animator, Director, Storyboard Artist
Years active	1999–present
Known for	Death Note Highschool of the Dead Guilty Crown Attack on Titan Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

Tetsurō Araki (荒木 哲郎, Araki Tetsurō, born November 5, 1976) is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He goes by the alias Mochizuki Saburō (望月 三郎) when working as an episode director and key animator. His most notable direction titles include Death Note and the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.

Biography

After graduating from Seibugakuenbunri Junior High School and Senshu University's Department of Humanities, Araki joined Madhouse as a production assistant. He debuted as an episode director in his second year with the company. His directorial debut was 2005's original video animation Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin.

His wife is Aya Hida (肥田 文, Hida Aya), who is also a staff member of the animation production company Gonzo.

Araki worked with animation director Takayuki Hirao when he was at Madhouse, and he has occasionally worked as a key animator in projects that Hirao has directed. An article featuring him and Hirao was published in the monthly anime magazine Animage.

In October 2013, he won the Best Director award at the Newtype x Machi Asobi Anime Awards 2013, and in 2014 he won the Best Director award in the Anime of the Year category at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014. Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, also appeared at Anime Expo 2007.

Works

TV series

• Death Note (2006–2007) – Director
• Kurozuka (2008) – Director & Series Composition
• Aoi Bungaku (2009, #5–6) – Director
• Highschool of the Dead (2010) – Director
• Guilty Crown (2011–2012) – Director
• Attack on Titan (2013) – Director
• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016) – Director
• Attack on Titan Season 2 (2017) – Chief Director
• Attack on Titan Season 3 (2018–2019) – Chief Director

Films

• Death Note: Relight (2007–2008) – Director
• Attack on Titan: Crimson Arrows (2014) – Director
• Attack on Titan: The Wings of Freedom (2015) – Director
• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Recap 1: Gathering Light (2016) – Director
• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Recap 2: Burning Life (2017) – Director
• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019) – Director
• Bubble (2022) – Director

OVA

• Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (2005) – Director
• Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011) – Director
• Attack on Titan: Ilse's Notebook (2013–2014, 3 episodes) – Director
• Attack on Titan: No Regrets (2014–2015, 2 episodes) – Director

External links

• Tetsurō Araki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Tetsuro Araki anime at Media Arts Database
• Tetsurō Araki on Twitter