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Tetsuji Nakamura(I)

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Tetsuji Nakamura is known for One Piece (1999), Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999) and Zatch Bell! (2003).
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    Known for

    Hiroaki Hirata, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Mayumi Tanaka, and Kappei Yamaguchi in One Piece (1999)
    One Piece
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999)
    Digimon: Digital Monsters
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Zatch Bell! (2003)
    Zatch Bell!
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Gaiking: Legend of Daikû Maryû (2005)
    Gaiking: Legend of Daikû Maryû
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Sparrow's Hotel (2013)
      Sparrow's Hotel
      4.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Masako Nozawa and Isamu Tanonaka in Graveyard Kitaro (2008)
      Graveyard Kitaro
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Gaiking: Legend of Daikû Maryû (2005)
      Gaiking: Legend of Daikû Maryû
      6.6
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2005–2006
    • Zatch Bell! (2003)
      Zatch Bell!
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003–2005
    • Emma: A Victorian Romance (2005)
      Emma: A Victorian Romance
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999)
      Digimon: Digital Monsters
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002–2003
    • The Twelve Kingdoms (2002)
      The Twelve Kingdoms
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon (2002)
      Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Hiroaki Hirata, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Mayumi Tanaka, and Kappei Yamaguchi in One Piece (1999)
      One Piece
      9.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998)
      Yu-Gi-Oh!
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Jigoku Sensei Nube OVA (1998)
      Jigoku Sensei Nube OVA
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1998

    Art Department

    • Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside (2021)
      Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Fire Force (2019)
      Fire Force
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • A Destructive God Sits Next to Me (2020)
      A Destructive God Sits Next to Me
      5.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019)
      Kaguya-sama: Love is War
      8.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019
    • Days (2016)
      Days
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Buddha: The Great Departure (2011)
      Buddha: The Great Departure
      6.3
      • storyboard artist
      • 2011
    • Masako Nozawa and Isamu Tanonaka in Graveyard Kitaro (2008)
      Graveyard Kitaro
      7.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Gurren Lagann (2007)
      Gurren Lagann
      8.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2007
    • Gaiking: Legend of Daikû Maryû (2005)
      Gaiking: Legend of Daikû Maryû
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005–2006
    • Makio Inoue, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kan'ichi Kurita, Eiko Masuyama, and Gorô Naya in Lupin III: Angel Tactics (2005)
      Lupin III: Angel Tactics
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • Emma: A Victorian Romance (2005)
      Emma: A Victorian Romance
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • The Twelve Kingdoms (2002)
      The Twelve Kingdoms
      7.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2002
    • Hiroaki Hirata, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Mayumi Tanaka, and Kappei Yamaguchi in One Piece (1999)
      One Piece
      9.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1999
    • Slam Dunk (1993)
      Slam Dunk
      8.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1994–1996

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999)
      Digimon: Digital Monsters
      7.4
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2002
    • Rokudenashi Blues 1993 (1993)
      Rokudenashi Blues 1993
      6.1
      Video
      • assistant director
      • 1993
    • Dr. Slump: N-cha! Penguin Villiage is Swelling Then Fair (1993)
      Dr. Slump: N-cha! Penguin Villiage is Swelling Then Fair
      7.2
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 1993
    • Dragon Quest Great Adventure of Dai! Destroy!! The Reborn 6 Commanders (1992)
      Dragon Quest Great Adventure of Dai! Destroy!! The Reborn 6 Commanders
      6.9
      Short
      • unit director
      • 1992

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