Tetsuro Araki
Directing · Director · Storyboard Artist · Screenplay
Born Nov 5, 1976 · Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Active 2003–present
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.
Filmography
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025) — Director · Storyboard ArtistMoonrise (2025) — Storyboard ArtistAttack on Titan (2013) — Director · Opening/Ending Animation · Series Director · Storyboard ArtistDeath Note (2006) — Series Director · Director · Storyboard ArtistHigh School of the Dead (2010) — Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Director · Key AnimationAttack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow (2014) — DirectorBlack Lagoon (2006) — Director · Storyboard ArtistAttack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018) — DirectorAttack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (2015) — DirectorDeath Note Relight 1: Visions of a God (2007) — DirectorHigh School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011) — DirectorBubble (2022) — Storyboard Artist · Director · Second Unit DirectorAttack on Titan: Chronicle (2020) — DirectorGuilty Crown (2011) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Key Animation · Series DirectorDeath Note Relight 2: L's Successors (2009) — Screenplay · DirectorKabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016) — Series Director · Director · Storyboard ArtistThe Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008) — Key AnimationGungrave (2003) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Assistant DirectorKabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019) — Screenplay · DirectorMichiko & Hatchin (2008) — Storyboard ArtistKabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns (2017) — Director · ScreenplayAoi Bungaku Series (2009) — Storyboard Artist · Director · Key AnimationKabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers (2016) — DirectorKurozuka (2008) — Series Director · Director