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) - Series Director · Storyboard Artist · DirectorNaruto OVA 3: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival! (2004) - DirectorBubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998) - DirectorRecord of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (1998) - Director · Storyboard ArtistHikarian (1997) - Storyboard ArtistFlame of Recca (1997) - DirectorKaze no Yojimbo (2001) - Director · Series Director · Storyboard ArtistOrphen (1998) - Storyboard ArtistConvenience Store Boy Friends (2017) - Series Director · Storyboard Artist · DirectorSaiyuki (2000) - Director · Storyboard ArtistOda Cinnamon Nobunaga (2020) - Storyboard Artist · DirectorRerere 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