Screenplay: Masaaki Yuasa

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Masaaki Yuasa. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Ping Pong (TV Miniseries)

2014 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV Series (2014). 1 season. 11 episodes. Makoto Tsukimoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Yukata Hoshino (nicknamed Peco) since childhood. They're...

7.9

486 votes

7.9

486 votes

Kaiba (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV series (2008). 12 Episodes. One day a man, Kaiba, wakes up in a broken room. He has no memories, only a pendant with a picture of an unknown woman....

7.6

283 votes

7.6

283 votes

Adventure Time with Finn & Jake (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 10 min. · United States

Direction Pendleton Ward · Larry Leichliter · Elizabeth Ito · Nate Cash

Plot TV Series (2010-2018). 10 seasons. 283 episodes. Twelve-year-old Finn, who was found in the woods as a baby by a Dog Family, and his best friend and adopted brother Jake,...

Max

7.5

16K votes

7.5

16K votes

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot TV Series (2020). 12 Episodes. Midori, Tsubame, and Sayaka are an energetic trio of first-year high school girls who come together in the Eizouken (Video Research Club) to turn their...

7.5

218 votes

7.5

218 votes

Mind Game

2004 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven...

7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

Adventure Time: Food Chain (TV) (S)

2014 · Movie · 11 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot On a field trip to the Candy Kingdom Museum of Natural History, Finn and Jake learn about the Food Chain by becoming the food chain!

Max

7.0

445 votes

7.0

445 votes

Kemonozume (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa · Akitoshi Yokoyama · Atsushi Takahashi · Hiroyuki Tanaka

Plot TV Series (2006). 13 Episodes. A race of cannibal monsters called the Shokujinki exists and it is the job of the Kifuuken, an elite group of beast-hunters, to stop them....

6.9

217 votes

6.9

217 votes

Happy Machine (S)

2007 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot A infant who was happily secured in his own nursery, suddenly discovered that everything about the nursery was fake. Soon the infant was forced out of the nursery, and into...

6.8

105 votes

6.8

105 votes

Genius Party

2007 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

Direction Atsuko Fukushima · Shoji Kawamori · Shinji Kimura · Yoji Fukuyama

Plot There aren’t many creative collectives in the world who’d be justified in calling an omnibus of their short works GENIUS PARTY, but if anyone has that right, it’s Japan’s amazing...

6.7

310 votes

6.7

310 votes

Cat Soup

2001 · Movie · 32 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsuo Satō

Plot Cat Soup is an extremely difficult film to describe, due to its awesome surrealism and almost nonexistant dialogue. It is more a work of art than an anime. There are...

6.7

695 votes

6.7

695 votes

Lu Over the Wall

2017 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.

6.2

535 votes

6.2

535 votes

Kick-Heart (S)

2013 · Movie · 12 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot Kick-Heart is a love story between Romeo, a successful pro-wrestler, and Juliet, a nun who lives a secret double-life as a female pro-wrestler. Romeo's secret is that he enjoys taking...

5.9

214 votes

5.9

214 votes

Anime Rakugo Kan (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Series · 5 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Kobayashi · Yumiko Suda · Masaaki Yuasa

Plot Rakugo is a traditional Japanese live comedy storytelling. This collection of 8 short films features Rakugo performances which stories are presented in animation.

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Vampiyan Kids (TV)

1999 · Movie · 20 min. · Japan

Direction Masaaki Yuasa

Plot An 20-minute pilot film was produced for Vampiyan Kids in 1999. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, it stands in stark contrast with the colorful TV series with its darker design and...

Not rated

Not rated