Kazuya Nomura

Directing

Kazuya Nomura

Born January 1, 1978 (age 48)

Kazuya Nomura (野村 和也, Nomura Kazuya, born in 1978) is a Japanese director, animator, and storyboard artist.

Known For

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker StreetDetective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street · 2002
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
7.82002
MovieAnimationMystery
Noah's Ark, the latest innovation in VR technology, is set for a showcase to Japan's privileged children. However, their carefree fun is cut short when a company employee is found murdered, with his dying message pointing to a clue hidden within the Ark. Along with the Detective Boys and Ran Mouri, Conan Edogawa enters Noah's Ark to solve this mystery and ensure the perpetrator is caught.
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient CapitalDetective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital · 2003
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
7.12003
MovieAnimationMystery
Mouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity of Heiji's first love.
Sengoku Basara: The Last PartySengoku Basara: The Last Party · 2011
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
5.82011
MovieAnimationAction
The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.
A Letter to MomoA Letter to Momo · 2012
A Letter to Momo
7.32012
MovieComedyFantasy
A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.
Ghost in the Shell: The New MovieGhost in the Shell: The New Movie · 2015
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
6.62015
MovieScience FictionAnimation
When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source.
TekkonkinkreetTekkonkinkreet · 2006
Tekkonkinkreet
7.42006
MovieAnimationAction
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
Blood-C: The Last DarkBlood-C: The Last Dark · 2012
Blood-C: The Last Dark
7.02012
MovieAnimationAction
Tokyo, Winter. Despite the use of the Youth Ordinance Bill to enforce curfews for minors and regulate the use of the Internet, young people continue to fight for their own freedom through underground methods. One such group calls themselves Surat. They have decided to take on Fumito Nanahara, a man who has great influence on the political world, and basically controls Tokyo with an iron fist. While using the Internet as a weapon to discover more information about Fumito, they learn about "Tower", the secret organization behind Fumito which engages in human experimentation.
Mind GameMind Game · 2004
Mind Game
7.52004
MovieAnimationRomance
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

Movies

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker StreetDetective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street · 2002
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
7.82002
MovieAnimationMystery
Noah's Ark, the latest innovation in VR technology, is set for a showcase to Japan's privileged children. However, their carefree fun is cut short when a company employee is found murdered, with his dying message pointing to a clue hidden within the Ark. Along with the Detective Boys and Ran Mouri, Conan Edogawa enters Noah's Ark to solve this mystery and ensure the perpetrator is caught.
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient CapitalDetective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital · 2003
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
7.12003
MovieAnimationMystery
Mouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity of Heiji's first love.
Sengoku Basara: The Last PartySengoku Basara: The Last Party · 2011
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
5.82011
MovieAnimationAction
The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.
A Letter to MomoA Letter to Momo · 2012
A Letter to Momo
7.32012
MovieComedyFantasy
A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.
Ghost in the Shell: The New MovieGhost in the Shell: The New Movie · 2015
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
6.62015
MovieScience FictionAnimation
When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source.
TekkonkinkreetTekkonkinkreet · 2006
Tekkonkinkreet
7.42006
MovieAnimationAction
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
Blood-C: The Last DarkBlood-C: The Last Dark · 2012
Blood-C: The Last Dark
7.02012
MovieAnimationAction
Tokyo, Winter. Despite the use of the Youth Ordinance Bill to enforce curfews for minors and regulate the use of the Internet, young people continue to fight for their own freedom through underground methods. One such group calls themselves Surat. They have decided to take on Fumito Nanahara, a man who has great influence on the political world, and basically controls Tokyo with an iron fist. While using the Internet as a weapon to discover more information about Fumito, they learn about "Tower", the secret organization behind Fumito which engages in human experimentation.
Mind GameMind Game · 2004
Mind Game
7.52004
MovieAnimationRomance
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
BlackFoxBlackFox · 2019
BlackFox
6.62019
MovieAnimationAction
Rikka is a ninja descendant. Her grandfather Hyoe is the last chief of their ninja clan and her father is a cyborg researcher. Both are killed when a weapons' company raids his lab to use his research. Rikka sets out to avenge their deaths.
The Second Renaissance Part IThe Second Renaissance Part I · 2003
The Second Renaissance Part I
7.52003
MovieScience FictionAnimation
Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.

TV Shows

Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood · 2009
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
8.72009
SeriesAnimation
Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric brothers course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.
The Apothecary DiariesThe Apothecary Diaries · 2023
The Apothecary Diaries
8.62023
SeriesAnimationDrama
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she's sold as a lowly servant to the emperor's palace. But she wasn't meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she's making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!
Guilty CrownGuilty Crown · 2011
Guilty Crown
7.32011
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "The Power of the Kings" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the conflict between a resistance group called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from a quasi-governmental organization known as the GHQ. In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past.
Kaiju No. 8Kaiju No. 8 · 2024
Kaiju No. 8
8.42024
SeriesAnimation
In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force. He makes a promise to enlist with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Soon, life takes them in separate ways. While employed cleaning up after Kaiju battles, Kafka meets Reno Ichikawa. Reno's determination to join The Defense Force reawakens Kafka's promise to join Mina and protect humanity.
Fighting SpiritFighting Spirit · 2000
Fighting Spirit
8.72000
SeriesAnimationComedy
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...
Terminator ZeroTerminator Zero · 2024
Terminator Zero
7.02024
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
A warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels to 1997 to protect an AI scientist being hunted by an unfeeling — and indestructible — cyborg.
Moriarty the PatriotMoriarty the Patriot · 2020
Moriarty the Patriot
8.32020
SeriesAnimationMystery
In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world!
Great PretenderGreat Pretender · 2020
Great Pretender
7.52020
SeriesAnimationDrama
Supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook.
NoragamiNoragami · 2014
Noragami
8.22014
SeriesAnimation
Yato may just be a minor god now, but he’s determined to make it big and he’s got a plan. Unfortunately, things just don’t seem to be going his way. He doesn’t have a single shrine dedicated to him, his partner has just quit, and now he’s got to find a new divine weapon. Just when things look bleak, he meets a girl named Hiyori and changes her life forever.
Tengoku DaimakyoTengoku Daimakyo · 2023
Tengoku Daimakyo
7.92023
SeriesAnimationMystery
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. Maru is convinced that there will be a boy there who looks exactly like him.
Den-noh CoilDen-noh Coil · 2007
Den-noh Coil
7.52007
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Den-noh Coil, Coil — A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive augmented reality technology has just begun to enter the mainstream. The series takes place in the fictional city of Daikoku, a hotbed of AR development with an emerging city-wide virtual infrastructure. It follows a group of children as they use AR glasses to unravel the mysteries of the half real, half Internet city, using a variety of illegal software tools, techniques, and virtual pets to manipulate the digital landscape. Den-noh Coil, in development for over a decade, is the series director debut of Japanese animator Mitsuo Iso. It premiered on NHK Educational TV on May 12, 2007. Due to the animators involved in its production and its unusually high-profile television broadcast time slot, Den-noh Coil was highly anticipated.
Run with the WindRun with the Wind · 2018
Run with the Wind
7.82018
SeriesAnimationDrama
Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.
JOKER GAMEJOKER GAME · 2016
JOKER GAME
6.72016
SeriesDramaAnimation
Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the "D Agency." The organization is established by Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki from the Imperial Japanese Army. His ideals lead him to recruit people beyond military academy graduates and personnel, while training them to become skilled agents in arts of manipulation. These agents would become a specialized team to conduct operations. One such antihero agent, under the name Jirou Gamou, goes on a harrowing mission to uncover secret documents titled "Black Notes," while battling forces from within and without his own ranks.
Sengoku BASARA: Samurai KingsSengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings · 2009
Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings
6.22009
SeriesAnimation
During the Sengoku period, there are many factions constantly at war. One of these is led by a one-eyed man named Date Masamune and another by the imposing Takeda Shingen. The latter has a fiercely loyal subordinate named Sanada Yukimura who goes head to head against Date Masamune multiple times, but the battles between them tend to get interrupted. One such battle occurs when both men try to go after another leader named Imagawa, and they’re forced to break off their heated duel when Imagawa attempts to flee the scene with his body doubles. Yukimura and Masamune go after separate Imagawas, but all of the doubles are killed by a third party, and when their paths cross again, they are in front of the menacing Oda Nobunaga and his army. It was Nobunaga’s subordinates that killed those body doubles, and Nobunaga himself proceeds to kill the real Imagawa with a shotgun blast to the head.
Magical Circle GuruguruMagical Circle Guruguru · 2017
Magical Circle Guruguru
5.92017
SeriesAnimation
The seal that for hundreds of years had confined the demon king Giri has worn off. A young boy named Nike is chosen (against his will) as the hero. Together with Kukuri, a girl who is the lone survivor of the tribe that had used black magic to seal Giri, they set off to save the world, RPG style.
GenshikenGenshiken · 2004
Genshiken
7.12004
SeriesAnimationComedy
Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming. As he participates in club activities such as visiting dojin shops and anime festivals he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world.
Usagi DropUsagi Drop · 2011
Usagi Drop
8.22011
SeriesAnimationDrama
By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".
TexhnolyzeTexhnolyze · 2003
Texhnolyze
7.02003
SeriesAnimationDrama
Denizens of Lux have come to call it "The City" and treat it as a sentient force. Three factions vie for control of the city: the Organo, a strictly professional conglomerate with ties to the criminal underworld in the prosthetics business; the Union, a fanatical populist group interfering with Organo's affairs; and Racan, a marauding group of Texhnolyzed youths.
Le Chevalier D'EonLe Chevalier D'Eon · 2006
Le Chevalier D'Eon
5.72006
SeriesAnimationMystery
Paris, 1742. While investigating the murder of his beautiful sister—Lia—D’Eon uncovers an evil which casts shadows in both the palaces of kings and the dark alleys of Europe. It is a dark and strange power—one which allows Lia’s soul to return from beyond and possess her brother in order to avenge her own death.
Xam'd: Lost MemoriesXam'd: Lost Memories · 2008
Xam'd: Lost Memories
5.72008
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Set on a peaceful island during a violent terrorist attack, a young boy is suddenly transformed into a metal-cased mercenary. But with this great power comes even greater danger. Aiyuki must discover how to master this remarkable new power-or risk having this mysterious fusion of rock, metal and magic destroy him!
Tweeny WitchesTweeny Witches · 2004
Tweeny Witches
6.22004
SeriesAnimation
Arusu believes in magic and it's power to do good in the world. Unfortunately for her, her fellow witches disagree, and use their powers for all sorts of neat tricks, like turning little sprites into their slaves. Realizing that this nightmare is a reality, Arusu sets out to change the ways of the witches, and gets up to some hilarious hijinks along the way.
91 Days91 Days · 2016
91 Days
7.62016
SeriesAnimationCrime
During Prohibition, the law is powerless and the mob rules Lawless, a town that thrives on the black market sale of illicitly brewed liquor. Avilio returns to town after a time away, following a lead on the murder of his family.
Welcome to the BallroomWelcome to the Ballroom · 2017
Welcome to the Ballroom
7.62017
SeriesAnimationDrama
Tatara is an average middle school student with no particular dreams until an unexpected incident draws him into the fascinating world of ballroom dancing. “If I can just find one thing to be passionate about...” He dives into the world of dance, believing it's his opportunity to change. “Dance is a passion!”
Robotics;NotesRobotics;Notes · 2012
Robotics;Notes
6.72012
SeriesAnimationDrama
In 2019, Kaito Yashio and Akiho Senomiya are the sole members of the Robotics Club at Central Tanegashima High School in Kyushu, Japan. Kaito is a laid back student and a skilled gamer who is just trying to help Akiho, his childhood friend. She is an energetic positive-thinking girl who yearns to complete the ongoing project of the club: building a functional replica of Gunvarrel, the main robot of a once popular TV series. As they gather new members and try to assemble the robot, Kaito starts stumbling upon secret reports that might reveal a conspiracy of large proportions. Unaware of what he is actually dealing with, Kaito little by little starts discovering clues laid by the mysterious Ko Kimijima.