Screenplay: Takeshi Shudo

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


Martian Successor Nadesico (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsuo Satō

Plot Akito doesn't want to fight. Despite a childhood spent on the anime Gekiganger 3, a Mecha show, he'd rather cook than pilot a Mecha. Fate intervenes when his home on...

6.3

21 votes

6.3

21 votes

Ninja, the Wonder Boy (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Shohei Tojo · Yoshimitsu Banno · Johei Matsuura · Kazuyuki Okaseko

Plot Ninja the Wonder Boy started out life in 1979 on the Japanese Tokyo Channel 12 as Manga Sarutobi Sasuke. Set in Feudal Japan each week the brave but buffoonish young...

5.5

145 votes

5.5

145 votes

5.2

57 votes

Pokémon (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama · Masamitsu Hidaka

Plot A young boy named Ash Ketchum embarks on a journey to become a "Pokemon Master" with his first Pokemon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Brock, a girl-obsessed Rock...

5.1

29K votes

5.1

29K votes

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution

2019 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama · Motonori Sakakibara

Plot After a scientific experiment leads to the creation of a clone of Mewtwo, he sets out to destroy the world. Ash and his friends then decide to thwart Mewtwo's evil...

4.9

685 votes

4.9

685 votes

Pokémon The Movie 2000

1999 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Ash Ketchum must gather the three spheres of fire, ice and lightning in order to restore balance to the Orange Islands.

4.8

4K votes

4.8

4K votes

Pokémon the First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back

1998 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous.

4.8

9K votes

4.8

9K votes

Pikachu's Summer Vacation

1998 · Movie · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Ash and friends to go a pokemon-only resort where they let their pokemon out to play around. While trying to relax, Pikachu and friends meet a Raichu and its group...

4.8

669 votes

4.8

669 votes

Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

2000 · Movie · 63 min. · Japan

Direction Masamitsu Hidaka

Plot In this direct-to-video sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie, Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region, then have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket...

4.6

1K votes

4.6

1K votes

Pokemon 3: The Movie

2000 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama · Michael Haigney

Plot When Molly Hale's father goes missing, the strange Pokemon that he was studying come to Molly by the power of the strange little blocks. The Pokemon, the Unown, create Entei...

4.4

3K votes

4.4

3K votes

Minky Momo in The Bridge for Your Tomorrow

1993 · Movie · 40 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot A bridge's legend tells that when two people meet on it, they will surely meet again. Momo meets a boy who doesn't believe the legend, and promises that she will...

Not rated

Not rated

I'll Make a Habit of It (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Tetsuya Endo

Plot TV Series (1994 - 1995). 39 Episodes. Shiratori Nagisa is a pink haired singing idol, continually badgered by her father to find new disciples for the family dojo. In an...

Not rated

Not rated

Fairy Princess Minky Momo: La ronde in my dream

1985 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot Gigi discovers an island with a secret garden where everyone is a child. In the garden she meets Peter who controls the fountain of youth which keeps everyone young. Together...

Not rated

Not rated

Pokémon: Advanced (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Satoshi Tajiri · Ken Sugimori · Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot TV Series (2002-2006). 4 Seasons. After participating in the Johto League, Satoshi decides to begin anew in yet another journey; this time by himself and Pikachu, in the land of...

Not rated

Not rated

Dashing Warrior Muteking (TV Series)

1980 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Seitarô Hara

Plot TV Series (1980 - 1981). 56 Episodes. Twelve-year-old Rin Yuki loyally supported his father when the world laughed at the scientist for saying that Earth was about to be invaded...

Not rated

Not rated

Idol Angel Welcome Yoko (TV Series)

1990 · Series · 20 min. · Japan

Direction Tetsuro Amino

Plot TV Series (1990 - 1991). 43 Episodes. A young girl and her flying squirrel goes to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an idol singer. On the way, she meets another...

Not rated

Not rated

Eternal Filena (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Movie · 162 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshikata Nitta

Plot OVA Mini-series (1992 - 1993). 6 Episodes. The story is centered around Filena, a princess who was raised as a boy after her kingdom was conquered. (Source: MyAnimeList)

Not rated

Not rated

Amazing Sarutobi (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Kouichi Sasaki · Masahisa Ishida · Yuzo Yamada

Plot TV Series (1982 - 1984). 69 Episodes. Nikumaru, meaning "meatball" in Japanese, is a seventeen-year-old student at Ninja High School, a special school for the training of ninja. He is...

Not rated

Not rated

Pokémon: The Johto Journeys (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Satoshi Tajiri · Ken Sugimori · Kunihiko Yuyama

Plot TV Series (1999-2002). 3 Seasons. The season follows the adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum and his electric mouse partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges in the...

Not rated

Not rated

Radio City Fantasy

1984 · Movie · 52 min. · Japan

Direction Mizuho Nishikubo

Plot A boy with a drawing book meets a mysterious girl in the streets of Tokyo. They become friends and enjoy each other's fantasies.

Not rated

Not rated