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Shinichi Wada

An animation director and key animator whose credits run from Blue Exorcist to Slime and Shangri-La Frontier. [1]

Known for

6 signature roles
Gachiakuta
Animation Director
Gachiakuta
Animation Director
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2
Animation Director
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2
Animation Director
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho
Animation Director
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho
Animation Director
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2
Animation Director
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2
Animation Director
Zenshu
Animation Director
Zenshu
Animation Director
Re:Monster
Animation Director
Re:Monster
Animation Director

Biography

Shinichi Wada is a Japanese animator whose credited work spans key animation and animation direction across more than three hundred television and film productions dating from the early 2000s [1]. His animation director credits include Kakegurui, The God of High School, multiple seasons of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, the Zombie Land Saga series, Raven of the Inner Palace, and the second season of Shangri-La Frontier [1]. As a key animator he has contributed to major franchises including Blue Exorcist, the Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya series, Love Live!, Macross Frontier, Gintama, Yuri!!! on Ice, and the Sword Art Online film [1]. His credits also extend beyond Japanese television anime to key animation work on overseas productions, including a Korean series and a Chinese web series [1]. Detailed biographical information beyond his production credits is not available in public sources.

Filmography

239 credits shown
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2025
Animation Director
Gachiakuta
Production
2025
Animation Director
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2
Production
2025 Production
2025 Production
2025
Animation Director
Zenshu
Production
2024
Animation Director
Re:Monster
Production
2024
Animation Director
Shy Season 2
Production
2024
Key Animation
Suicide Squad Isekai
Production
2024
Key Animation
I Parry Everything
Production
2024 Production
2023 Production
2023
Animation Director
Synduality: Noir
Production
2023
Assistant Animation Director
Shangri-La Frontier
Production
2023 Production
2022
Animation Director
Blue Lock
Production
2022
Animation Director
Dance Dance Danseur
Production
2022
Animation Director
Raven of the Inner Palace
Production
2022
Animation Director
Sasaki and Miyano
Production
2022
Animation Director
Shinobi no Ittoki
Production
2022 Production
2022
Key Animation
Healer Girl
Production
2022 Production
2022
Key Animation
Summer Time Rendering
Production
2021
Animation Director
Gintama: The Very Final
Production
2021 Production
2021
Animation Director
Muv-Luv Alternative
Production
2021
Animation Director
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
Production
2021
Key Animation
Aria the Crepuscolo
Production
2021 Production
2021 Production
2021 Production
2021
Key Animation
Otherside Picnic
Production
2021 Production
2020 Production
2020
Animation Director
number24
Production
2020 Production
2020
Animation Director
The God of High School
Production
2020
Key Animation
22/7
Production
2020 Production
2020
Key Animation
Gleipnir
Production
2020 Production
2020 Production
2019
Animation Director
Domestic Girlfriend
Production
2019
Animation Director
Kochoki
Production
2019
Animation Director
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Production
2019 Production
2019
Assistant Animation Director
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
Production
2019 Production
2019
Key Animation
The Price of Smiles
Production
2019 Production
2019 Production
2019
Key Animation
MIX
Production
2018 Production
2018
Animation Director
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Production
2018
Animation Director
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
Production
2018 Production
2018
Animation Director
Revue Starlight
Production
2018 Production
2018
Animation Director
Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season
Production
2018
Animation Director
Zombie Land Saga
Production
2018
Key Animation
Record of Grancrest War
Production
2018 Production
2018
Key Animation
Sirius the Jaeger
Production
2017 Production
2017
Animation Director
Lights of the Clione
Production
2017
Animation Director
Kakegurui
Production
2017
Animation Director
Re:CREATORS
Production
2017 Production
2017
Key Animation
BanG Dream!
Production
2017
Key Animation
Battle Girl High School
Production
2017
Key Animation
High School Fleet OVA
Production
2017 Production
2017
Key Animation
Nekopara OVA
Production
2017
Key Animation
Princess Principal
Production
2017
Key Animation
Re:CREATORS
Production
2017
Key Animation
Sakura Quest
Production
2016 Production
2016
Animation Director
Time Bokan 24
Production
2016
Key Animation
Amanchu!
Production
2016 Production
2016
Key Animation
Brave Witches
Production
2016 Production
2016
Key Animation
Flip Flappers
Production
2016
Key Animation
Kaze no You ni
Production
2016
Key Animation
Love Live! Sunshine!!
Production
2016 Production
2016 Production
2016 Production
2016 Production
2016 Production
2016
Key Animation
Tiger Mask W
Production
2016
Key Animation
Yuri!!! On Ice
Production
2015
Animation Director
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
Production
2015
Key Animation
Absolute Duo
Production
2015
Key Animation
Charlotte
Production
2015 Production
2015
Key Animation
The Asterisk War
Production
2015
Key Animation
Castle Town Dandelion
Production
2015
Key Animation
Maria the Virgin Witch
Production
2015 Production
2015 Production
2015
Key Animation
Punch Line
Production
2015 Production
2015
Key Animation
The Rolling Girls
Production
2015 Production
2015 Production
2015 Production
2015
Key Animation
To LOVE Ru Darkness 2
Production
2014 Production
2014
Key Animation
Buddy Complex
Production
2014
Key Animation
Inari Kon Kon
Production
2014
Key Animation
Inari Kon Kon OVA
Production
2014
Key Animation
If Her Flag Breaks
Production
2014 Production
2014 Production
2014
Key Animation
selector spread WIXOSS
Production
2014
Key Animation
Argevollen
Production
2014 Production
2014
Key Animation
Trinity Seven
Production
2014
Key Animation
Wizard Barristers
Production
2013
Animation Director
KINMOZA!
Production
2013 Production
2013
Key Animation
Golden Time
Production
2013 Production
2013 Production
2013 Production
2013 Production
2013
Key Animation
Unbreakable Machine-Doll
Production
2013 Production
2013
Key Animation
Strike the Blood
Production
2013 Production
2013
Key Animation
The Eccentric Family
Production
2012
Key Animation
Aikatsu!
Production
2012
Key Animation
Amagami SS+ plus
Production
2012
Key Animation
The Knight in the Area
Production
2012
Key Animation
Eureka Seven AO OVA
Production
2012 Production
2012
Key Animation
Kokoro Connect OVA
Production
2012
Key Animation
Little Busters!
Production
2012 Production
2012
Key Animation
Medaka Box
Production
2012 Production
2012
Key Animation
Symphogear
Production
2012 Production
2012 Production
2012
Key Animation
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
Production
2012
Key Animation
To LOVE Ru Darkness
Production
2012
Key Animation
The Familiar of Zero F
Production
2012
Key Animation
Zetman
Production
2011 Production
2011
Key Animation
Carnival Phantasm
Production
2011
Key Animation
Wandering Son
Production
2011
Key Animation
Infinite Stratos
Production
2011 Production
2011
Key Animation
Heaven's Memo Pad
Production
2011 Production
2011
Key Animation
Persona 4 the Animation
Production
2011
Key Animation
R-15
Production
2011 Production
2011 Production
2011
Key Animation
SKET Dance
Production
2010
Key Animation
Amagami SS
Production
2010
Key Animation
Bakuman.
Production
2010
Key Animation
Durarara!!
Production
2010
Key Animation
MM!
Production
2010
Key Animation
Motto To LOVE Ru
Production
2010 Production
2010 Production
2010
Key Animation
OreImo
Production
2010
Key Animation
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
Production
2010 Production
2010
Key Animation
Wagnaria!!
Production
2009
Animation Director
Basquash!
Production
2009
Animation Director
Hayate the Combat Butler!!
Production
2009
Key Animation
AIKa Zero
Production
2009
Key Animation
Samurai Harem
Production
2009
Key Animation
Asura Cryin'
Production
2009
Key Animation
Basquash!
Production
2009
Key Animation
Fairy Tail
Production
2009 Production
2009 Production
2009 Production
2009
Key Animation
Kiddy Girl-AND
Production
2009
Key Animation
Whispered Words
Production
2009
Key Animation
Valkyria Chronicles
Production
2009 Production
2009
Key Animation
Shangri-La
Production
2009
Key Animation
At The Mercy of The Sky
Production
2009
Key Animation
Heaven's Lost Property
Production
2009 Production
2009 Production
2009
Key Animation
To LOVE-Ru OVA
Production
2009 Production
2009
Key Animation
Viper's Creed
Production
2008
Animation Director
Macross Frontier
Production
2008
Animation Director
Nabari no Ou
Production
2008
Animation Director
A Certain Magical Index
Production
2008
Assistant Animation Director
Kurozuka
Production
2008
Key Animation
Macross Frontier
Production
2008
Key Animation
Nabari no Ou
Production
2008 Production
2008
Key Animation
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
Production
2008
Key Animation
To Love Ru
Production
2007
Animation Director
Kiss Dum: Engage Planet
Production
2007
Key Animation
Bamboo Blade
Production
2007
Key Animation
My Bride is a Mermaid
Production
2006 Production
2006 Production
2006
Key Animation
Aria the Natural
Production
2006 Production
2006
Key Animation
Ergo Proxy
Production
2006
Key Animation
Ghost Hunt
Production
2006
Key Animation
Higurashi: When They Cry
Production
2006
Key Animation
The Familiar of Zero
Production
2005
Key Animation
Capeta
Production
2005
Key Animation
Eyeshield 21
Production
2005 Production
2005
Key Animation
Karin
Production
2005
Key Animation
Onegai My Melody
Production
2004
Animation Director
Monkey Turn
Production
2004
Animation Director
Monkey Turn V
Production
2004
Animation Director
Yakitate!! Japan
Production
2004
Key Animation
School Rumble
Production
2004
Key Animation
Yakitate!! Japan
Production
2004 Production
2003
Key Animation
Air Master
Production
2003 Production
2002 Production
2002 Production
2002
Key Animation
Whistle!
Production
1999
Key Animation
Bikkuriman 2000
Production
1999
Key Animation
To Heart
Production
1996
Animation Director
Case Closed
Production
1986 Production
1986
Key Animation
Maison Ikkoku
Production
1985
Key Animation
Bavi Stock
Production
1985
Key Animation
Gegege no Kitarou (1985)
Production
1985
Key Animation
Touch
Production
1984
In-Between Animation
Gu-Gu Ganmo
Production

References

Sources for the summary and biography text on this page, in APA style.

  1. ^Anime News Network. (2026). Shinichi WADA. Anime News Network Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 27, 2026.