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Hiroshi Ikehata

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Hiroshi Ikehata is known for Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them (2012), Accel World (2012) and Gurren Lagann (2007).
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    Known for

    Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them (2012)
    Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Director(ending sequence, opening sequence)
    Accel World (2012)
    Accel World
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Gurren Lagann (2007)
    Gurren Lagann
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Murenase! Seton Gakuen (2020)
    Murenase! Seton Gakuen
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director



    • Witch Watch (2025)
      Witch Watch
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Witch Watch: Watch Party (2025)
      Witch Watch: Watch Party
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Iris the Movie: Full Energy!! (2024)
      Iris the Movie: Full Energy!!
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Dark Gathering (2023)
      Dark Gathering
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Magical Destroyers (2023)
      Magical Destroyers
      5.4
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2023
    • Management of a Novice Alchemist (2022)
      Management of a Novice Alchemist
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (2020)
      TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • BEM: Become Human (2020)
      BEM: Become Human
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Murenase! Seton Gakuen (2020)
      Murenase! Seton Gakuen
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • FLCL Progressive (2018)
      FLCL Progressive
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • animation director
      • 2018
    • Kiratto Pri Chan (2018)
      Kiratto Pri Chan
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Space Battleship Tiramisu (2018)
      Space Battleship Tiramisu
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018–2019
    • Princess Principal (2017)
      Princess Principal
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Mahôjin guru guru (2017)
      Mahôjin guru guru
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Akiba's Trip the Animation (2017)
      Akiba's Trip the Animation
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017

    Art Department



    • TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (2020)
      TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You
      7.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • Murenase! Seton Gakuen (2020)
      Murenase! Seton Gakuen
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)
      Is the Order a Rabbit?
      7.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Seiyu's Life! (2015)
      Seiyu's Life!
      6.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • The Rolling Girls (2015)
      The Rolling Girls
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Black Bullet (2014)
      Black Bullet
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Toei Robot Girls Z (2014)
      Toei Robot Girls Z
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard
      • 2014
    • KILL la KILL (2013)
      KILL la KILL
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013
    • Yuyushiki (2013)
      Yuyushiki
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013
    • Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them (2012)
      Nakaimo: My Little Sister Is Among Them
      6.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: ending sequence
      • storyboard artist: opening sequence
      • 2012
    • Accel World (2012)
      Accel World
      6.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A (2012)
      Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • Waiting in the Summer (2012)
      Waiting in the Summer
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • Seitokai yakuindomo (2010)
      Seitokai yakuindomo
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2010
    • Saki (2009)
      Saki
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2009

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Barakamon (2014)
      Barakamon
      8.2
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2014
    • Black Bullet (2014)
      Black Bullet
      6.8
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2014
    • Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012)
      Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice
      5.5
      • unit director
      • 2012
    • Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon (2011)
      Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon
      6.8
      • unit director (as Ikehata Hiroshi)
      • 2011

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