Haruo Sotozaki (Japanese: 外崎春雄, Hepburn: Sotozaki Haruo) is a Japanese anime and film director. He made his full directorial debut in 2004 with the anime adaptation of Ninja Nonsense. In 2019, he directed the anime adaptation of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, as well as its film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train in 2020, which has earned numerous awards.
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Works
TV series
X (2002–2003) (episode director)
Ninja Nonsense (ニニンがシノブ伝, Ninin ga Shinobuden) (2004) (director)
Tales of Symphonia: The Animation (テイルズ オブ シンフォニア The Animation, Teiruzu Obu Shinfonia The Animation) (2007–2012) (director)
Tales of Zestiria the X (テイルズ オブ ゼスティリア ザ クロス, Teiruzu Obu Zesutiria Za Kurosu) (2016–2017) (director)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃, Kimetsu no Yaiba) (2019–2024) (director)
Films
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編, Gekijō-ban "Kimetsu no Yaiba" Mugen Ressha-hen) (2020) (director)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限城編, Gekijō-ban "Kimetsu no Yaiba" Mugen Jō-hen) (2025) (director)
Video games
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (魔界戦記ディスガイア2, Makai Senki Disugaia Tsū) (2006) (animation part director, character designer, scenarist, cinematographer, animation director, opening animator)