Hayato Date
Directing · Director · Animation Supervisor · Storyboard Artist
Born May 22, 1962 · Japan
Active 1996–present
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.
Filmography
Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly (2026) — DirectorNaruto Shippūden (2007) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Opening/Ending Animation · Series DirectorNaruto (2002) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Series DirectorRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012) — Director · Storyboard ArtistGreat Teacher Onizuka (1999) — Director · Storyboard ArtistNaruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) — Animation SupervisorNaruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003) — DirectorRevolutionary Girl Utena (1997) — DirectorNaruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru! (2011) — DirectorUltramarine Magmell (2019) — Director · Series Director · Storyboard ArtistNaruto OVA 3: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival! (2004) — DirectorBubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998) — DirectorRecord of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (1998) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorHikarian (1997) — Storyboard ArtistFlame of Recca (1997) — DirectorKaze no Yojimbo (2001) — Director · Series Director · Storyboard ArtistOrphen (1998) — Storyboard ArtistConvenience Store Boy Friends (2017) — Storyboard Artist · Series Director · DirectorSaiyuki (2000) — Director · Storyboard ArtistOda Cinnamon Nobunaga (2020) — Director · Storyboard ArtistRerere no Tensai Bakabon (1999) — Director · Series DirectorTokyo Underground (2002) — Director · Series Director · Storyboard ArtistSaiyuki: Requiem (2001) — Director · Second Unit Director · Storyboard ArtistBuBu ChaCha (1999) — Director