Tatsuyuki Nagai
Japanese anime director (born 1976)
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Tatsuyuki Nagai (長井 龍雪, Nagai Tatsuyuki; born 24 January 1976) is a Japanese director and anime storyboard artist. He is known for being one third of the creative team Super Peace Busters. He made his directorial debut for the second season of Honey and Clover. He then worked on the anime series, Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. He directed Toradora!, an adaptation of the light novel series of the same name. He has also directed all three seasons of the anime adaptation of the manga series A Certain Scientific Railgun.
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Tatsuyuki Nagai | |||||
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長井 龍雪 | |||||
Nagai in 2019 | |||||
| Born | 24 January 1976 | ||||
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| Years active | 1989–present | ||||
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| Kanji | 長井 龍雪 | ||||
| Kana | タツァイアッキー・ナーガーイー | ||||
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Nagai received praise for his direction in the original anime series, Anohana (2011), his next directed original anime Waiting in the Summer was released the next year. In 2015, he directed the feature film The Anthem of the Heart which received a nomination for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japanese Academy Awards. In that same year, he directed the mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, the series was the fourteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running franchise Gundam. He has since directed the feature films Her Blue Sky (2019) and Fureru (2024), both of which are produced by CloverWorks.
Career
After graduating from Niigata College of Art & Design, Nagai worked as a freelance storyboard artist and director in the anime industry in 2000. He made his directorial debut with the second season of Honey and Clover in 2006.[1][2] During this time, he met screenwriter Mari Okada and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, with whom he formed an artist collective called Super Peace Busters. The following year, he worked on the sci-fi anime series Idolmaster: Xenoglossia.[3]
In 2008, Nagai worked as part of the Super Peace Busters and directed Toradora!, an anime adaptation of Yuyuko Takemiya's light novel series of the same name.[4] Following the success of Toradora!, the team worked again in 2011 to create anime series, Anohana. The series received widespread acclaim from audiences and critics and has been considered one of the best anime of the 2010s.[5][6] Nagai directed Waiting in the Summer, an original anime series in 2012.[7]
In 2015, Nagai directed the feature film The Anthem of the Heart.[8] It was critically acclaimed, receiving many awards and nominations including an award for Best Animated Feature at the 36th Anima Festival, a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 49th Sitges Film Festival and nominations for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize and Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016.[9][10] That same year, Nagai worked on the original anime télé series Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.[11]
His next directed feature film, Her Blue Sky, an original anime film was released on October 11, 2019.[12]
In 2023, Nagai directed the original anime film, Fureru. It premiered on October 4, 2024.[13][14]
Filmography
Films
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | |||
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| Director | Producer | Actor | Other | |||
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie (めんまへの手紙 Menma e no Tegami) |
2013 | Yes | Film adaptation of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day[15] | |||
| The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ。Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda) |
2015 | Yes | ||||
| Her Blue Sky (空の青さを知る人よ Sora no Aosa o Shiru Hito yo) |
2019 | Yes | ||||
| Fureru (ふれる。Sawaru) |
2024 | Yes | ||||
Television
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | 39th Japan Academy Film Prize | Animation of the Year | The Anthem of the Heart | Nominated | [17] |
| 36th Anima Festival Awards | BeTV Award for Best Animated Feature | Won | |||
| 49th Sitges Film Festival | Anima't Award for Best Animated Feature Film | Nominated | [18] | ||
| Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016 | Animation of the Year | Nominated | [19] |