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Hayato Date

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Hayato Date

Born May 22, 1962 · 64 years28 titles 8 movies · 20 TV
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Biography

Hayato Date (伊達 勇登, Date Hayato, born May 22, 1962) is a Japanese animation director most known for the anime adaptations of Saiyuki and Naruto. After working as a cinematographer and assistant director, he made his first directorial debut (series) in 1999 with Rerere no Genius Bakabon. He has directed the "NARUTO" series, which began broadcasting in 2002, which had become a huge hit both in Japan and overseas. He has been participating in NUNOANI cram school since 2017. Since 2019, he is also in charge of directing promotion courses.

Born

May 22, 1962

Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Acting credits

24

Directing

0

Writing

15

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1996 1 title(s)

1997 3 title(s)

1998 3 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 3 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 2 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)