Haruo Sotozaki
Directing · Director · Animation Director · Second Unit Director
Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Active 1996–present
Haruo Sotozaki is a Japanese anime and film director best known for his work on the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series.
Filmography
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025) - Director · Storyboard Artist · Animation DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle 2 - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Infiltration Arc (2025) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Special Edition Hashira Training Arc Part 2 (2025) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Special Edition Swordsmith Village Arc Part 2 (2025) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) - Series Director · Animation Director · Director · Opening/Ending Animation · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistNaruto (2002) - Key Animation · Animation DirectorDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) - Director · Animation Director · Storyboard Artist · Second Unit DirectorFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) - Key AnimationRurouni Kenshin (1996) - Key AnimationCowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) - Key AnimationGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) - Key AnimationInazuma Eleven (2008) - Key AnimationHunter x Hunter (1999) - Key AnimationDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- (2023) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sibling's Bond (2019) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mt. Natagumo Arc (2021) - DirectorNaruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005) - Key AnimationDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hashira Meeting Arc (2021) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc (2022) - DirectorX (2001) - DirectorDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc (2022) - DirectorFruits Basket (2001) - Animation Director · Director