# Tatsuyuki Nagai

Tatsuyuki Nagai (長井 龍雪, Nagai Tatsuyuki, born 24 January 1976) is a Japanese director and anime storyboard artist. He is known for being one third of the creative team Super Peace Busters. He made his directorial debut for the second season of Honey and Clover. He then worked on the anime series, Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. He directed Toradora!, an adaptation of the light novel series of the same name. He has also directed all three seasons of the anime adaptation of the manga series A Certain Scientific Railgun.
Nagai received praise for his direction in the original anime series, Anohana (2011), his next directed original anime Waiting in the Summer was released the next year. In 2015, he directed the feature film The Anthem of the Heart which received a nomination for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japanese Academy Awards. In that same year, he directed the mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, the series was the fourteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. He has since directed the feature films Her Blue Sky (2019) and Fureru (2024), both of which are produced by CloverWorks.

## Career

After graduating from Niigata College of Art & Design, Nagai worked as a freelance storyboard artist and director in the anime industry in 2000. He made his directorial debut with the second season of Honey and Clover in 2006. During this time he met screenwriter Mari Okada, and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, with whom he formed an artist collective called Super Peace Busters. The following year, he worked on the sci-fi anime series Idolmaster: Xenoglossia.
In 2008, Nagai worked as part of the Super Peace Busters and directed Toradora!, an anime adaptation of Yuyuko Takemiya's light novel series of the same name. Following the success of Toradora, the team worked again in 2011 to create anime series, Anohana. The series received widespread acclaim from audiences and critics and has been considered one of the best anime of the 2010s. Nagai then directed Waiting in the Summer, an original anime series in 2012.
In 2015, Super Peace Busters reunited to work on the feature film The Anthem of the Heart (directed by Nagai). It was critically acclaimed, receiving many awards and nominations including an award for Best Animated Feature at the 36th Anima Festival, a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 49th Sitges Film Festival and nominations for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize and Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016. In that same year, they worked again on Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans with Nagai directing the series.
His next directed feature film, Her Blue Sky, an original anime film was released on October 11, 2019.
In 2023, Super Peace Busters worked on the original anime film, Fureru. It premiered on October 4, 2024.

## Filmography
### Films

| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Title | Year | Director | Producer | Actor | Other | Notes |
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie (めんまへの手紙 Menma e no Tegami) | 2013 | Yes | | | | Movie adaptation of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day |
| The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ。Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda) | 2015 | Yes | | | | |
| Her Blue Sky (空の青さを知る人よ Sora no Aosa o Shiru Hito yo) | 2019 | Yes | | | | |
| Fureru (ふれる。Sawaru) | 2024 | Yes | | | | |

### Television

| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as |
| Title | Year | Director | Producer | Actor | Other |
| Super Mario's Fire Brigade | 1989 | | | | Unit director |
| Cosplay Complex | 2002 | | | | Unit director |
| G-on Riders | 2002 | | | | storyboards unit director |
| Mahoromatic: Motto Utsukushii Mono | 2002 | | | | Unit director |
| Witch Hunter Robin | 2002 | | | | Unit director |
| L/R -Licensed by Royal- | 2003 | | | | Unit director |
| Jubei ninpucho: Ryuhogyoku-hen | 2003 | | | | Unit director |
| Ikki Tousen | 2003 | | | | storyboards |
| Maburaho | 2003 | | | | assistant director |
| Mai-HiME | 2004 | | | | unit director storyboards |
| Mahoraba ~Heartful Days~ | 2005 | | | | storyboards |
| Honey and Clover | 2005 | | | | unit director |
| Mai-Otome | 2005 | | | | unit director storyboards |
| Mushishi | 2005 | | | | unit director storyboards |
| Yomigaeru Sora - Rescue Wings | 2006 | | | | storyboards |
| Honey and Clover II | 2006 | Yes | | | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam 00 | 2007 | | | | ED storyboards episode direction |
| Potemayo | 2007 | | | | episode direction |
| Idolmaster: Xenoglossia | 2007 | Yes | | | |
| KimiKiss: Pure Rouge | 2008 | | | | 2nd OP storyboards episode direction |
| Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed | 2008 | | | | episode direction |
| Toradora! | 2008-2009 | Yes | | | |
| A Certain Scientific Railgun | 2009-2010 | Yes | | | |
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day | 2011 | Yes | | | |
| Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel | 2011 | Yes | | | |
| Waiting in the Summer | 2012 | Yes | | | |
| A Certain Scientific Railgun S | 2013 | Yes | | | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | 2015-2017 | Yes | | | |
| A Certain Scientific Railgun T | 2020 | Yes | | | |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2016 | 39th Japan Academy Film Prize | Animation of the Year | The Anthem of the Heart | Nominated |
| 2016 | 36th Anima Festival Awards | BeTV Award for Best Animated Feature | The Anthem of the Heart | Won |
| 2016 | 49th Sitges Film Festival | Anima't Award for Best Animated Feature Film | The Anthem of the Heart | Nominated |
| 2016 | Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016 | Animation of the Year | The Anthem of the Heart | Nominated |