Akiyuki SIMBO

Aka: Souji HOMURA, Taiji SHIIYA, 新房昭之

Akiyuki SIMBO is best known for directing Dance in the Vampire Bund, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei. Also known for being the director & series composition of Nisemonogatari and Bakemonogatari.

Blood Type

Birthplace

Koori, Fukushima, Japan

Birthday

September 27, 1961

I this person

Known for

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Director
Bakemonogatari

Director & Series Composition
Nisemonogatari

Director & Series Composition
Dance in the Vampire Bund

Director
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

Director

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Chief Director

	Pretty Boy Detective Club TV (2+ eps) 2021 - ?
	Fate/Extra Last Encore: Illustrias Geocentric Theory TV Special (3 eps x 33 min) 2018
	Fate/Extra Last Encore TV (10 eps) 2018
	Fireworks Movie (1 ep x 90 min) 2017
	Owarimonogatari II TV Special (2 eps x 84 min) 2017
	Owarimonogatari II Recaps TV Special (2 eps) 2017
	Kizumonogatari Movie 3: Reiketsu Movie (1 ep x 83 min) 2017
	Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai OVA (8 eps x 30 min) 2016 - 2017
	Kizumonogatari Movie 2: Nekketsu Movie (1 ep x 68 min) 2016
	Koyomimonogatari Web (12 eps x 13 min) 2016
	Kizumonogatari Movie 1: Tekketsu Movie (1 ep x 64 min) 2016
	Nisekoi: OVA OVA (2 eps x 14 min) 2016
	Owarimonogatari TV (12 eps) 2015
	Nisekoi: TV (12 eps) 2015
	Nisekoi: Four Seasons TV Special (1 ep x 24 min) 2015
	Gourmet Girl Graffiti TV (12 eps) 2015
	Tsukimonogatari TV Special (4 eps x 27 min) 2014
	Nisekoi OVA OVA (3 eps) 2014 - 2015
	Hanamonogatari TV Special (5 eps x 26 min) 2014
	Mekakucity Actors TV (12 eps) 2014
	Nisekoi TV (20 eps) 2014
	Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro's Graduation Arc OVA (2 eps x 24 min) 2013
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 3: Rebellion Movie (1 ep x 117 min) 2013
	Monogatari Series: Second Season TV (26 eps) 2013
	Nekomonogatari (Black) Recap DVD Special (1 ep x 2 min) 2013
	Nekomonogatari (Black) TV Special (4 eps x 27 min) 2012
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal Movie (1 ep x 109 min) 2012
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings Movie (1 ep x 130 min) 2012
	Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb TV (12 eps) 2012
	Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl: The Nighttime Sun DVD Special (1 ep) 2012
	Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl TV (12 eps) 2011
	Maria Holic Alive TV (12 eps) 2011
	Katte ni Kaizou OVA (6 eps x 25 min) 2011
	Katte ni Kaizou Specials DVD Special (3 eps x 7 min) 2011
	Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Mou Hitotsu Sekai~ Magical Girl Yue OVA (1 ep x 31 min) 2010
	And Yet the Town Moves TV (12 eps) 2010
	Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~ OVA (4 eps x 30 min) 2009 - 2010
	Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba~ OVA (3 eps) 2008 - 2009
	Shina Dark Music Video (4 eps x 2 min) 2008
	Hidamari Sketch Specials TV Special (2 eps x 24 min) 2007
	Hidamari Sketch TV (12 eps) 2007
	Negima!? Natsu Special!? OVA (1 ep x 28 min) 2006
	Negima!? Haru Special!? OVA (1 ep x 25 min) 2006
	Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase- Special DVD Special (1 ep x 24 min) 2006
	Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase TV (25 eps) 2004 - 2005

Director

	Zoku Owarimonogatari Movie (1 ep x 148 min) 2018
	March Comes in like a Lion 2nd Season TV (22 eps) 2017 - 2018
	March Comes in like a Lion Recap TV Special (1 ep) 2016
	March Comes in like a Lion TV (22 eps) 2016 - 2017
	Bump of Chicken: Answer Music Video (1 ep x 5 min) 2016
	Nisekoimonogatari Other (1 ep x 1 min) 2015
	[email protected] TV (12 eps) 2013
	Kid Icarus Web (6 eps x 3 min) 2012
	Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Blu-ray Box Special OVA (1 ep x 27 min) 2012
	Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Special Omake DVD Special (1 ep x 1 min) 2012
	Nisemonogatari TV (11 eps) 2012
	Hidamari Sketch x SP TV Special (2 eps x 25 min) 2011
	Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Final Movie (1 ep x 77 min) 2011
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV (12 eps) 2011
	Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu Specials TV Special (2 eps x 24 min) 2010
	Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge TV (13 eps) 2010
	Arakawa Under the Bridge TV (13 eps) 2010
	Dance in the Vampire Bund Recap TV Special (1 ep x 25 min) 2010
	Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu TV (12 eps) 2010
	Dance in the Vampire Bund TV (12 eps) 2010
	Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi OVA (2 eps x 27 min) 2009 - 2010
	Hidamari Sketch x 365 Specials TV Special (2 eps) 2009
	Natsu no Arashi! Akinaichuu TV (13 eps) 2009
	Bakemonogatari Recap TV Special (1 ep x 24 min) 2009
	Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei TV (13 eps) 2009
	Bakemonogatari TV (15 eps) 2009 - 2010
	Pani Poni Dash! Special DVD Special (1 ep x 31 min) 2009
	Natsu no Arashi! TV (13 eps) 2009
	Hidamari Sketch x 365 EX DVD Special (1 ep x 24 min) 2009
	Maria Holic TV (12 eps) 2009
	Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OVA (3 eps) 2008 - 2009
	Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Jo: Zoku Zetsubou Shoujo Senshuu TV Special (1 ep x 56 min) 2008
	Hidamari Sketch x 365 TV (13 eps) 2008
	Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei TV (13 eps) 2008
	Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Jo: Zetsubou Shoujo Senshuu TV Special (1 ep x 24 min) 2008
	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei TV (12 eps) 2007
	Negima!? TV (26 eps) 2006 - 2007
	Pani Poni Dash! TV (26 eps) 2005
	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha TV (13 eps) 2004
	Le Portrait de Petit Cossette OVA (3 eps) 2004
	Triangle Heart ~Sweet Songs Forever~ OVA (4 eps x 28 min) 2003
	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Lyrical Toy Box Music Video (1 ep x 4 min) 2001
	SoulTaker TV (13 eps) 2001
	Tenamonya Voyagers OVA (4 eps x 29 min) 1999
	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko TV (26 eps) 1999
	Suddenly Princess OVA (3 eps x 29 min) 1997 - 1998
	Twilight of the Dark Master OVA (1 ep x 50 min) 1997
	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II OVA (3 eps x 28 min) 1997
	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna Returns OVA (3 eps x 31 min) 1996 - 1997
	New Hurricane Polymar OVA (2 eps x 30 min) 1996 - 1997
	Debutante Detective Corps OVA (1 ep x 31 min) 1996
	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko I OVA (3 eps x 28 min) 1996
	Metal Fighter Miku TV (13 eps) 1994
	Devil Hunter Yohko OVA (6 eps) 1990 - 1995

Series Composition

	Pretty Boy Detective Club TV (2+ eps) 2021 - ?
	Zoku Owarimonogatari Movie (1 ep x 148 min) 2018
	March Comes in like a Lion 2nd Season TV (22 eps) 2017 - 2018
	Owarimonogatari II TV Special (2 eps x 84 min) 2017
	Kizumonogatari Movie 3: Reiketsu Movie (1 ep x 83 min) 2017
	Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai OVA (8 eps x 30 min) 2016 - 2017
	March Comes in like a Lion TV (22 eps) 2016 - 2017
	Kizumonogatari Movie 2: Nekketsu Movie (1 ep x 68 min) 2016
	Koyomimonogatari Web (12 eps x 13 min) 2016
	Kizumonogatari Movie 1: Tekketsu Movie (1 ep x 64 min) 2016
	Nisekoi: OVA OVA (2 eps x 14 min) 2016
	Owarimonogatari TV (12 eps) 2015
	Nisekoi: TV (12 eps) 2015
	Tsukimonogatari TV Special (4 eps x 27 min) 2014
	Nisekoi OVA OVA (3 eps) 2014 - 2015
	Hanamonogatari TV Special (5 eps x 26 min) 2014
	Nisekoi TV (20 eps) 2014
	Monogatari Series: Second Season TV (26 eps) 2013
	Nekomonogatari (Black) TV Special (4 eps x 27 min) 2012
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal Movie (1 ep x 109 min) 2012
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings Movie (1 ep x 130 min) 2012
	Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Blu-ray Box Special OVA (1 ep x 27 min) 2012
	Nisemonogatari TV (11 eps) 2012
	Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Final Movie (1 ep x 77 min) 2011
	Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi OVA (2 eps x 27 min) 2009 - 2010
	Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei TV (13 eps) 2009
	Bakemonogatari TV (15 eps) 2009 - 2010
	Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OVA (3 eps) 2008 - 2009

Animation Director

	Eien no Filena OVA (6 eps) 1992 - 1993
	Karakuri Kengo Den Musashi Lord TV (50 eps) 1990 - 1991

Episode Director

	Le Portrait de Petit Cossette OVA (3 eps) 2004
	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II OVA (3 eps x 28 min) 1997
	The Legend of Zorro TV (52 eps) 1996 - 1997
	Midori no Makibaoh TV (61 eps) 1996 - 1997
	Ninku: The Movie Movie (1 ep x 26 min) 1995
	Ninku TV (55 eps) 1995 - 1996
	Metal Fighter Miku TV (13 eps) 1994
	Montana Jones TV (52 eps) 1994 - 1995
	Yu Yu Hakusho TV (112 eps) 1992 - 1994
	Marude Dameo TV (47 eps) 1991 - 1992
	Karakuri Kengo Den Musashi Lord TV (50 eps) 1990 - 1991

Storyboard

	Kakushigoto PV Web (1 ep x 1 min) 2016
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Concept Movie Other (1 ep x 4 min) 2015
	Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku x Monogatari Web (1 ep x 1 min) 2014
	Hidamari Sketch x 365 TV (13 eps) 2008
	Hidamari Sketch Specials TV Special (2 eps x 24 min) 2007
	ef - a tale of memories TV (12 eps) 2007
	Hidamari Sketch TV (12 eps) 2007
	Le Portrait de Petit Cossette OVA (3 eps) 2004
	Ichi the Killer: Episode 0 OVA (1 ep x 45 min) 2002
	Tokyo Underground TV (26 eps) 2002
	SoulTaker TV (13 eps) 2001
	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko TV (26 eps) 1999
	Saber Marionette J to X TV (26 eps) 1998 - 1999
	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II OVA (3 eps x 28 min) 1997
	The Legend of Zorro TV (52 eps) 1996 - 1997
	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko I OVA (3 eps x 28 min) 1996
	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna OVA (2 eps x 28 min) 1995
	Metal Fighter Miku TV (13 eps) 1994
	Eien no Filena OVA (6 eps) 1992 - 1993
	Yu Yu Hakusho TV (112 eps) 1992 - 1994
	Devil Hunter Yohko OVA (6 eps) 1990 - 1995
	Karakuri Kengo Den Musashi Lord TV (50 eps) 1990 - 1991

Key Animator

	Tokyo Babylon OVA (2 eps) 1992 - 1994
	Urusei Yatsura Movie 6: Always My Darling Movie (1 ep x 77 min) 1991
	Baoh Movie (1 ep x 48 min) 1989
	Oishinbo TV (136 eps) 1988 - 1992
	GeGeGe no Kitarou (1985) TV (108 eps) 1985 - 1988
	Urusei Yatsura OVA OVA (11 eps) 1985 - 1991
	Dirty Pair TV (24 eps) 1985

OP Director

	Tokyo Underground TV (26 eps) 2002
	Saber Marionette J TV (25 eps) 1996 - 1997

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Scalpelexis Apr 12, 2021

One eccentric genius. Neverending respect.

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AardvarkRex Apr 10, 2021

This guy... a legend among legends.

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SoylentGreen May 29, 2018

I think I liked Katanagatari because Shinbo didn't direct it. Instead it was directed by a guy whose portfolio consists of low brow works and did a much better job than he ever did lol.

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SentientCrab Jan 19, 2017

Pervert, genius, or both?

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Akiyuki SIMBO

Aka: Souji HOMURA, Taiji SHIIYA, 新房 昭之