2007Winner
Best Director
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
Tetsuro Araki
Director · Writer
Sayama, Saitama, Japan
November 5, 1976
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2022Nominee
Best Writing
Bubble
2014Winner
Best Director
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Career Highlights
2015Highlight
Best Director
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
2018Highlight
Best Director
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening
Video
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
Bubble
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom