8.7
TV
Directing
Tomohiko Ito
- Born
- (age 47)
- Birthplace
- Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Credits
- 42 titles
Biography
Tomohiko Ito (October 20, 1978) is a Japanese anime director, best known for directing the A-1 Pictures projects Occult Academy, the first season of Silver Spoon, the first two seasons of Sword Art Online, and Erased. He currently resides in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Signature work
Known For
8.7
TV
8.6
TV
Death Note
7.8
Movie
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
8.1
TV
Sword Art Online
8.4
TV
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
8.5
TV
ERASED
7.5
Movie
Summer Wars
8.5
TV
Monster
7.7
Movie
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
8.2
TV
Noragami
7.8
TV
Blue Exorcist
8.2
TV
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
7.3
Movie
Hello World
8.2
TV
Claymore
8.0
TV
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
8.0
TV
Tengoku Daimakyo
8.1
TV
Blood+
8.1
TV
86 EIGHTY-SIX
Crew credits 42
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2026 | The Keeper of the Camphor Tree Film | Director |
| 2023 | My Happy Marriage TV | Storyboard Artist (2 ep) |
| 2023 | Tengoku Daimakyo TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2023 | NieR:Automata Ver1.1a TV | Director, Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Lycoris Recoil TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Tokyo 24th Ward TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2021 | 86 EIGHTY-SIX TV | Director, Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2021 | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation TV | Storyboard Artist (8 ep) |
| 2020 | The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED TV | Series Director, Storyboard Artist (11 ep) |
| 2020 | 22/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni) TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Hello World Film | Storyboard Artist, Director |
| 2019 | Hello World: Another World Film | Creative Director |
| 2019 | Another World TV | Series Director (3 ep) |
| 2017 | Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale Film | Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Director |
| 2016 | March Comes In Like a Lion TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2016 | ERASED TV | Series Director, Storyboard Artist (12 ep) |
| 2015 | Gate TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Blood Blockade Battlefront TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Noragami TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Sword Art Online: Extra Edition Film | Director, Storyboard Artist |
| 2013 | Silver Spoon TV | Series Director, Sound Director, Storyboard Artist (11 ep) |
| 2013 | Attack on Titan TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Sword Art Online TV | Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer (49 ep) |
| 2011 | Guilty Crown TV | Storyboard Artist (2 ep) |
| 2011 | Chihayafuru TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Blue Exorcist TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day TV | Storyboard Artist, Director (2 ep) |
| 2011 | Fractale TV | Director, Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Occult Academy TV | Director, Storyboard Artist, Series Director (2 ep) |
| 2010 | Sound of the Sky TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors Film | Assistant Director |
| 2009 | Summer Wars Film | Assistant Director |
| 2008 | Michiko & Hatchin TV | Storyboard Artist, Director (3 ep) |
| 2008 | Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The Piano Forest Film | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| 2007 | Claymore TV | Storyboard Artist (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Death Note TV | Director, Assistant Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist (7 ep) |
| 2006 | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Film | Assistant Director |
| 2005 | Blood+ TV | Storyboard Artist (4 ep) |
| 2004 | Monster TV | Director, Storyboard Artist, Assistant Director (2 ep) |