Mamoru OSHII
押井 守
Family name (in kanji):
押井
Given name (in kanji):
守
Date of birth:
1951-08-08
Hometown:
Tokyo, Japan
Favorites:
Animator: Koji Morimoto
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Director: David Lynch
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Director: Ridley Scott
Director: Robert Aldrich
Director: Robert Bresson
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida
Every time he goes to the USA he visits a shooting range
Film: 1984
Film: Blade Runner
Film: Emperor of the North Pole
Film: La Jetée
Film: Solaris
Film: Stalker
Film: The Flight of the Phoenix
Film: The Mirror
Gabu (short for Gabrielle), his basset hound
He loves guns
Mentioned being inspired by French filmmaker Jean Luc Godard at Cannes 2004.
Website:
ガブリエルの憂鬱 ~押井守公式サイト~ (Japanese)
Web Diary / Blog:
Twitter (Japanese)
Non-anime staff credits:
Director for "Avalon" (live-action movie) (Polish)
Director for "Tachiguishi retsuden" (live-action film)
Supervisor for "Mobile Police Patlabor Comes Back: MiniPato" (Japanese)
Review:
Garm Wars: The Last Druid (Oct 7, 2015)
News: Show:
1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Series Win TAAF's Top Awards (Feb 2, 2026)
Mamoru Oshii Directs New Armored Trooper Votoms Anime (Jan 14, 2026)
Takayuki Matsutani, Mamoru Oshii, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Mami Koyama, More Win TAAF Lifetime Achievement Awards (Dec 3, 2025)
Interest: Show:
Interviews:
Other articles: Show:
Celebrate 40 Years of Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano's Angel's Egg at the Limited Time Exhibition (Dec 16, 2025)
Illang, Jin-Roh and the Kerberos Saga: A Brief History of the Dogged Pursuit of Justice (Oct 24, 2018)
ANNCast - Raise the Ruhf (Apr 11, 2014)
Hey, Answerman! - Anime Is Dead, Long Live Anime (Mar 8, 2013)
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(English version)
Halo Legends (OAV) : Special Thanks To (Making-of)
Patlabor The Mobile Police (OAV 1/1988) : Commentary (Central Park Media; eps 1-3)
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (movie 2) : Audio Commentary
Staff in:
Angel's Egg (movie) : Director, Screenplay, Story, Original Concept
Ani-Kuri 15 (special) : Director (ep 6), Storyboard (ep 6), Original creator (ep 6)
Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe (TV) : Director
Belle and Sebastian (TV) : Storyboard (eps 16, 23), Episode Director (eps 21, 23)
Blood: The Last vampire (novel) : Author
Blood: The Last Vampire (movie) : Original creator, Planning Assistant
Blood: The Last Vampire 2002 (manga) : Original creator (based on a novel), Collaboration
Blood+ (TV) : Planning Assistant
CONNECTED… (ONA) : Director
Dallos (OAV) : Director, Screenplay (eps 2-4)
Dallos Special (OAV) : Director, Screenplay
Dash Kappei (TV) : Storyboard (ep 21)
(The) Fire Hunter (TV) : Series Composition, Script (eps 1-10)
(The) Fire Hunter (TV 2) : Series Composition, Script (eps 1-9), Storyboard (ep 4)
Gatchaman II (TV) : Director, Episode Director (eps 6, 10, 17)
Ghost in the Shell (movie) : Director, Storyboard
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) : Director, Script, Screenplay, Commentary
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual Eleven (OAV) : Story Concept
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) : Story Concept (2nd GIG)
Gold Lightan - The Golden Warrior (TV) : Episode Director (eps 27, 33)
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (OAV) : Director, Screenplay, Original creator
Gyakuten Ippatsu-man (TV) : Storyboard (7 episodes
eps 10, 14, 17, 21, 27, 33, 39
)Halo Legends (OAV) : Director (creative director; The Duel), Creative Supervision
Hellhounds: Panzer Cops (manga) : Story
Illang: The Wolf Brigade (live-action movie) : Original creator
In the Aftermath (U.S. movie) : Script
Ippatsu Kanta-kun (TV) : Episode Director (2 eps; eps 28-29, 41)
Je T'aime (OAV) : Director
Jetter Mars (TV) : Episode Director (eps 7, 12)
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (movie) : Screenplay, Original creator, Planning
Kick-Heart (movie) : Project Consultant
Lupin the 3rd Part 6 (TV) : Script (eps 4, 10)
Maroko (movie) : Director, Screenplay, Original creator
Mezame no Hakobune (OAV) : Director
Mini Pato (movie) : Script, Music producer
Mrs. Pepperpot (TV) : Scenario (ep 54), Storyboard (ep 54)
Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (movie) : Screenplay, Original Concept, Producer
(The) Next Generation -Patlabor- (live-action movie series) : Chief Director, Director (eps 1, 5-6, 12), Screenplay
(The) Next Generation Patlabor: Shuto Kessen (live-action movie) : Director, Screenplay
Patlabor 2: The Movie (movie 2) : Director
Patlabor The Mobile Police (OAV 1/1988) : Director (eps 1-6), Storyboard (eps 1-6)
Patlabor the Mobile Police (TV) : Screenplay (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 29, 38
)Patlabor the Mobile Police: The New Files (OAV 2/1990) : Script (4 episodes
eps 6, 8, 10, 13
)Patlabor: The Movie (movie 1) : Director
Phone Braver 7 (live-action TV) : Script (eps 19-20), Episode Director (eps 19-20)
(The) Red Spectacles (live-action movie) : Director
Seraphim: 266613336 Wings (manga) : Story
(The) Sky Crawlers (movie) : Director
Stray Dog (live-action movie) : Director
Talking Head (hybrid movie) : Director, Screenplay
Time Patrol-Tai Otasukeman (TV) : Episode Director (6 episodes
eps 14, 31, 37, 41, 44, 48
)Twilight Q (OAV) : Director (ep 2), Script (ep 2), Original Work (ep 2)
Urusei Yatsura (TV 1981) : Chief Director (eps 1-106), Script (6 episodes
eps 43, 49, 64, 78, 83, 104
), Storyboard (22 episodeseps 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 17-18, 20, 22-23, 36, 43, 61, 64, 71, 76, 79, 81, 83, 90, 104
), Episode Director (26 episodeseps 1, 3b, 5a, 8a, 10, 14a, 17b, 18a, 20a, 22, 26, 33, 36, 39, 43, 52, 61, 63-64, 68, 76-77, 93, 103-104, 106
)Urusei Yatsura OVA Series : Storyboard
Urusei Yatsura Special: It's Spring! Take Off! : Director
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (movie 2) : Director, Script
Urusei Yatsura: Only You (movie 1) : Director, Storyboard, Dramatization
Vladlove (TV) : Chief Director, Series Composition, Script (eps 1, 3-4, 6), Storyboard (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11
), Original ConceptWindy Tales (TV) : Supervision
(The) Wonderful Adventures of Nils (movie) : Director, Storyboard
(The) Wonderful Adventures of Nils (TV) : Episode Director (19 episodes
eps 6, 9-10, 13, 17-19, 23-24, 27, 32, 34, 36, 40-41, 43, 46, 49, 51
)Yatterman (TV) : Episode Director (eps 55, 59)
Yattodetaman (TV) : Episode Director (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 12, 18, 26, 34
)Zendarman (TV) : Episode Director (9 eps; 11 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 16, 18, 24-25, 32, 34, 38, 50
)Cast in:
(English version)
Halo Legends (OAV) as Himself (Making-of)
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