Director

Tadashi Kudou

11 works · Active 1999–2025 · Avg score 65/100

Tadashi Kudou has been directing since 1999, building a 11-title body of work with a community-average of 65/100. Their voice is most often heard in Action, Adventure, Fantasy, with Katanagatari as a defining piece.

Signature works

• Katanagatari (2010)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (2016)
• Blade of the Immortal (ONA) (2019)
• Anne Shirley (2025)
• Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation (2022)
• GARO: THE ANIMATION - HOME (2015)

Trademarks

Filmography

2020s

• 2025 — Anne Shirley · TV
• 2022 — Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation · TV
• 2022 — Tongari Atama no Gonta: Futatsu no Namae wo Ikita Fukushima Hisai Inu no Monogatari · MOVIE

2010s

• 2019 — Blade of the Immortal (ONA) · ONA
• 2017 — Animation × Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? · SPECIAL
• 2016 — The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance · TV
• 2015 — GARO: THE ANIMATION - HOME · SPECIAL
• 2010 — Katanagatari · TV

2000s

• 2009 — Usaru-san · SPECIAL
• 2007 — JAPAN, Our Homeland · MOVIE

1990s

• 1999 — Saiyuuki · OVA