Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida

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


Dragon Ball Z (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Toriyama · Daisuke Nishio · Shigeyasu Yamauchi · Masahiro Hosoda

Synopsis TV Series (1989-2003). 16 seasons. 291 episodes. Dragon Ball Z is the long-running sequel to the anime Dragon Ball. The series is a close adaptation of the second (and far longer) portion of the Dragon Ball manga written and drawn...

7.8

74K votes

7.8

74K votes

Samurai X: Reflection

2001 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Synopsis Kaoru goes to the harbor every day to see if Kenshin has returned. After a while, she starts looking back at her life with Kenshin and all the things that have happened.

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

Shirobako (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Tsutomu Mizushima · Hiroshi Morioka · Daisuke Takashima · Tomoaki Ohta

Synopsis Aoi will never forget how she felt the day her high school animation club's labor of love was shown at the cultural festival. The sense of awe and the feeling of accomplishment that came with completing their very first project...

7.4

48 votes

7.4

48 votes

Non Non Biyori (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Shinya Kawamo · Jun Fukuda · Yutaka Hirata · Matsuo Asami

Synopsis TV Series (2013). 12 Episodes. Elementary school student Hotaru Ichijou has moved with her parents from Tokyo to the middle of the country. Now she must adapt to her new school, where there are a total of 5 students in...

7.4

65 votes

7.4

65 votes

Violet Evergarden: the Movie

2020 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan

Direction Taichi Ishidate

Synopsis Violet Evergarden keeps thinking of Gilbert, but one day she finds a letter... "Violet Evergarden" anime series film.

7.4

284 votes

7.4

284 votes

Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction

2024 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Tomoyuki Kurokawa

Synopsis TV series (2024). 18 episodes. As a mysterious alien mothership threatens the world, best friends Kadode Koyama and Oran "Ontan" Nakagawa go about their lives as high school students. As they grow up they face existential questions, learning about the...

7.4

80 votes

7.4

80 votes

Bakuman (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Kenichi Kasai · Noriaki Akitaya

Synopsis TV Series (2010-2011). 25 Episodes. Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student, content to live out a relatively normal life as any other does, is persuaded by his classmate, Akito Takagi, to become an aspiring mangaka when the latter realizes...

7.3

456 votes

7.3

456 votes

Violet Evergarden (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Taichi Ishidate

Synopsis TV Series (2018). 13 Episodes. Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as "the weapon," has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of "Auto Memories Dolls,"...

7.2

909 votes

7.2

909 votes

A Silent Voice

2016 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Yamada

Synopsis A Silent Voice (2016) follows Shoya Ishida, a former bully seeking redemption after tormenting Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf transfer student, in elementary school. Years later, haunted by guilt and isolation, Shoya reconnects with Shoko, aiming to make amends. As their...

7.2

5K votes

7.2

5K votes

Direction Osamu Nabeshima

Synopsis TV Series (2013). 37 Episodes.

7.2

106 votes

7.2

106 votes

School Rumble (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Shinji Takamatsu

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2005). 26 Episodes & 2 OVAs. Tsukamoto Tenma is an ordinary 2nd year high school student who has fallen in love with one of her classmates, Karasuma Ooji. However, currently she is unable to confess her feelings to...

7.1

481 votes

7.1

481 votes

Aria the Natural (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Junichi Sato · Daisuke Tsukushi · Ken Ando · Kenichi Takeshita

Synopsis In a continuation of the last series, Akari Mizunashi continues her job as a gondolier along with her friends from the other two rival companies, Aika and Alice. As they continue their training to become Undines, they continue to meet...

7.0

25 votes

7.0

25 votes

K-ON!

2011 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Yamada · Yasuhiro Takemoto · Tatsuya Ishihara

Synopsis Graduation draws near for Yui, Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi, the four 3rd-year students of the Light Music Club. They, together with Azusa, decide to go on a post-graduation trip. Their destination, decided by lot, is London!

7.0

120 votes

7.0

120 votes

Genshiken (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Ikehata

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2007). 24 Episodes. Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming. When he first visited Genshiken, short for "Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuu Kai"...

7.0

432 votes

7.0

432 votes

Boys Over Flowers (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Synopsis Makino Tsukushi: a girl who comes from a poor family just wants to get through her 2 last years at Eitoku Gakuen, quietly. But once she makes herself known by standing up for her friend to the F4, the 4...

7.0

232 votes

7.0

232 votes

Girls und Panzer (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Tsutomu Mizushima

Synopsis TV Series (2012-2013). 12 Episodes. In this world, "Sensha-do", the military art of using tanks, is every bit as important to a yamato nadeshiko as flower arrangement and tea ceremony. Nishizumi Miho is a new transfer student who want nothing...

7.0

72 votes

7.0

72 votes

Kobato. (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Mitsuyuki Masuhara

Synopsis Kobato is a girl who came to earth to fulfill her wish, which is to go to a certain place. To fulfill that wish, she has to find a bottle and fill it wich scarred hearts. Together with her "teacher",...

7.0

79 votes

7.0

79 votes

The Blue Period (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Kôji Masunari · Katsuya Asano

Synopsis TV Series (2021). 12 Episodes. Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately … a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a...

6.9

140 votes

6.9

140 votes

Aria the Origination (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Junichi Sato · Hideki Inoue · Hirokazu Hanai · Ken'ichi Takashima

Synopsis It is the year 2301. Man has terraformed Mars into a beautiful water planet, and has renamed it "Aqua". Built upon it is Neo-Venezia, an exact replica of old Venice, with beautiful waterways, palaces and plazas. Akari Mizunashi, a 15...

6.9

26 votes

6.9

26 votes

Direction Naoko Yamada

Synopsis The original epic tells the story of the rise and fall of the Taira clan during the Genpei War. The anime centers on the perspective of Biwa, a blind traveling minstrel. Biwa meets Taira no Shigemori, heir to his clan,...

6.8

27 votes

6.8

27 votes