Shingo Natsume

Shingo Natsume (Japanese: 夏目真悟, born September 26, 1980) is a Japanese anime director and animator. Natsume was born in Aomori Prefecture on September 26, 1980. He began working as an animator in 2003 and in 2009 he was put in charge of key animation for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Following the series' conclusion, he worked on The Tatami Galaxy a year later and eventually was given his first directorial role in a TV series with Space Dandy in 2014. Natsume then directed the first season of One-Punch Man, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., and Boogiepop and Others in 2015, 2017, and 2019 respectively. In 2021, he was put in charge of creating an original TV anime series, Sonny Boy. At the 2022 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Sonny Boy was nominated for anime of the year. Natsume himself was also nominated for best director. In 2022 he directed The Tatami Time Machine Blues, the sequel to The Tatami Galaxy.

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. - Regards (2020)

Set in the capital city of Badon one year after the events of the TV anime, Jean and the rest of the ACCA department are preparing for the one-year anniversary of the establishment of the new order. For the characters — caught between rumors of unrest, unchanging ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shingo Natsume  •  Keiichiro Saito
CAST:  Hiro Shimono  •  Kenjiro Tsuda  •  Junichi Suwabe  •  Hiroki Yasumoto

Set in the capital city of Badon one year after the events of the TV anime, Jean and the rest of the ACCA department are preparing for the one-year anniversary of the establishment of the new order. For the characters — caught between rumors of unrest, unchanging ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shingo Natsume  •  Keiichiro Saito
CAST:  Hiro Shimono  •  Kenjiro Tsuda  •  Junichi Suwabe  •  Hiroki Yasumoto

The Tatami Time Machine Blues (2022)

It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the remote before it breaks. However, his prankster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shingo Natsume
CAST:  Shintaro Asanuma  •  Hiroyuki Yoshino  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kazuya Nakai

It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the remote before it breaks. However, his prankster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shingo Natsume
CAST:  Shintaro Asanuma  •  Hiroyuki Yoshino  •  Maaya Sakamoto  •  Kazuya Nakai