Haruo Sotozaki

Haruo Sotozaki

Haruo Sotozaki is a Japanese anime and film director best known for his work on the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series. He began his career in the animation industry in the mid-1990s, contributing as a key animator and storyboard artist on various projects. Sotozaki made his full directorial debut with the anime adaptation of Ninja Nonsense (2004). In 2019, he directed the critically acclaimed Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba television series, followed by the record-breaking film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (2020). His direction is noted for its dynamic action sequences and faithful adaptation of source material.

  • Title: Haruo Sotozaki
  • Popularity: 9.04
  • Known For: Directing
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  • Place of Birth: Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
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  • Also Known As: そとざき はるお, 外崎 春雄
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Haruo Sotozaki Movies

  • 2020
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    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    8.212 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mt. Natagumo Arc

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mt. Natagumo Arc

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 2019
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sibling's Bond

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sibling's Bond

    7.9 2019 HD

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  • 2021
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hashira Meeting Arc

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hashira Meeting Arc

    6.945 2021 HD

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  • 2020
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    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    8.212 2020 HD

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  • 2014
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    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    8.2 2014 HD

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  • 2003
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    New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City

    New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City

    6.2 2003 HD

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  • 2013
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    Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene

    Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene

    6.6 2013 HD

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  • 2014
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    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    8.2 2014 HD

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  • 2020
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    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    8.212 2020 HD

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  • 2014
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    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    8.2 2014 HD

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  • 2004
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    Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo

    Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo

    6.6 2004 HD

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  • 2014
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    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent

    8.2 2014 HD

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  • 2020
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    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

    8.212 2020 HD

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  • 2005
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    Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

    Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

    6.7 2005 HD

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  • 2024
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-

    6.469 2024 HD

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  • 2022
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc

    7.9 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc

    7.549 2022 HD

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  • 2001
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    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

    7.7 2001 HD

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  • 1999
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    You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture

    You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture

    5.8 1999 HD

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  • 2002
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    eX-Driver the Movie

    eX-Driver the Movie

    6 2002 HD

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  • 2009
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    Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike

    Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike

    6.385 2009 HD

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  • 2001
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    Initial D: Third Stage

    Initial D: Third Stage

    6.9 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back

    Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back

    6.9 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Initial D: Third Stage

    Initial D: Third Stage

    6.9 2001 HD

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  • 2023
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-

    7.363 2023 HD

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  • 2010
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    Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost

    Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost

    7 2010 HD

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  • 1970
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle 3

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle 3

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle 2

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Infinity Castle 2

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E8

    8.654 1970 HD

    It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E8

    8.654 1970 HD

    It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E8

    8.654 1970 HD

    It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E26

    7 1970 HD

    Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E26

    7 1970 HD

    Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E8

    8.654 1970 HD

    It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E8

    8.654 1970 HD

    It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E3

    7.8 1970 HD

    Two worlds exist, unaware of the other`s existence. These worlds survive by competing for the use of mana. The most important beings in these worlds...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E13

    7.094 1970 HD

    Legends speak of the Shepherd, a savior who will bring peace to the seraphim and human worlds. Sorey has spent his life studying ancient books and...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E8

    8.654 1970 HD

    It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E220

    8.4 1970 HD

    Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.5 1970 HD

    When a girl named Ariyoshi Juna has a severe accident, her spirit turns to light and rises up out of her body into the night sky where she gets a...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E220

    8.4 1970 HD

    Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E64

    8.693 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E26

    8.197 1970 HD

    In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E62

    8.5 1970 HD

    Gon Freecss discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was actually alive the whole time. Ging is a famous Hunter: an individual who...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E12

    7 1970 HD

    Bolt Crank, the World's Greatest Mercenary, who has the ability to eat any object, mostly metal and weapons. When the time comes, he can reproduce...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E12

    7 1970 HD

    Bolt Crank, the World's Greatest Mercenary, who has the ability to eat any object, mostly metal and weapons. When the time comes, he can reproduce...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E24

    7.6 1970 HD

    When summer break begins, Haruka is only thinking of hanging out with her friends—until one fateful night she learns that she’s the...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E32

    8.5 1970 HD

    The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E13

    7.1 1970 HD

    Many years ago, humans and demons lived in harmony. But that unity ended when demons started attacking humans and plotted a mission to unleash...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    7.9 1970 HD

    Yomiko Readman is a lovable, near-sighted bibliomaniac working as a substitute teacher at a Japanese high school. Her real identity, however, is that...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    6.4 1970 HD

    The story starts off with a face-off between two rival heroes, ZET and ALPHAS, and then traces their origins - Jin Kanzaki, a young man with the...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E26

    6.3 1970 HD

    Claude C. Kenni, a crewmember on the spaceship Calnus and son of the commander of the ship, is transported to Expel, a backwards planet with swords...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E26

    6.9 1970 HD

    As villages perish under the thumb of a cruel race of warriors, a young priestess named Kirara travels the countryside gathering stray samurais.

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E3

    7.8 1970 HD

    Two worlds exist, unaware of the other`s existence. These worlds survive by competing for the use of mana. The most important beings in these worlds...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E26

    3.8 1970 HD

    E's is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and drawn by Satoru Yuiga. It was originally serialized in Monthly GFantasy from 1997 through 2005,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E51

    7.7 1970 HD

    Fifty years ago, malevolent stones known as Dark Brings brought about the "Overdrive," a calamitous event that destroyed one-tenth of the world. In...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E12

    7.5 1970 HD

    In a world where the dead walk, where good and evil exist as palpable forces, a darkness is stirring. The undead march against the cities of light,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E25

    5.9 1970 HD

    Heat Guy J is a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight. Heat Guy J was licensed and...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E24

    8.2 1970 HD

    Shinobu is a naive ninja-in-training. In order to test her ninja abilites, she must steal the panties of all the high school girls. The first house...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E25

    5.9 1970 HD

    Heat Guy J is a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight. Heat Guy J was licensed and...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    7.5 1970 HD

    Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother afterwards gained the ability to turn into a monster known as "The SoulTaker".

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E26

    7.5 1970 HD

    Reideen is a Japanese animated television series remake of the 1975 Super Robot anime Brave Raideen. It was produced by Production I.G and directed...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E24

    7.443 1970 HD

    It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E12

    5.3 1970 HD

    Antique Bakery is a manga by Fumi Yoshinaga depicting the lives of four men who work in a small bakery. It was published in Japan by Shinshokan and...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.5 1970 HD

    When a girl named Ariyoshi Juna has a severe accident, her spirit turns to light and rises up out of her body into the night sky where she gets a...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.5 1970 HD

    When a girl named Ariyoshi Juna has a severe accident, her spirit turns to light and rises up out of her body into the night sky where she gets a...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E12

    4 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    7 1970 HD

    A fortified zone has been created by a man named Sanga, he calls it The Lastland. A group of villagers have discovered safe water, and Sanga wants...

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