Tetsurō Araki
Tetsurō Araki (荒木 哲郎, Araki Tetsurō, born November 5, 1976) is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He goes by the alias Mochizuki Saburō (望月 三郎) when working as an episode director and key animator. His most notable direction titles include Death Note and the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.

Biography
After graduating from Seibugakuenbunri Junior High School and Senshu University's Department of Humanities, Araki joined Madhouse as a production assistant. He debuted as an episode director in his second year with the company. His directorial debut was 2005's original video animation Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin.
His wife is Aya Hida (肥田 文, Hida Aya), who is also a staff member of the animation production company Gonzo.
Araki worked with animation director Takayuki Hirao when he was at Madhouse, and he has occasionally worked as a key animator in projects that Hirao has directed. An article featuring him and Hirao was published in the monthly anime magazine Animage.
In October 2013, he won the Best Director award at the Newtype x Machi Asobi Anime Awards 2013, and in 2014 he won the Best Director award in the Anime of the Year category at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014. Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, also appeared at Anime Expo 2007.

Works
TV series
Death Note (2006–2007) – Director
Kurozuka (2008) – Director and series composition
Aoi Bungaku (2009, #5–6) – Director
Highschool of the Dead (2010) – Director
Guilty Crown (2011–2012) – Director
Attack on Titan (2013) – Director
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016) – Director
Attack on Titan Season 2 (2017) – Chief director
Attack on Titan Season 3 (2018–2019) – Chief director

Films
Death Note: Relight (2007–2008) – Director
Attack on Titan: Crimson Arrows (2014) – Director
Attack on Titan: The Wings of Freedom (2015) – Director
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Recap 1: Gathering Light (2016) – Director
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Recap 2: Burning Life (2017) – Director
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019) – Director
Bubble (2022) – Director

OVA
Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (2005) – Director
Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (2011) – Director
Attack on Titan: Ilse's Notebook (2013–2014, 3 episodes) – Director
Attack on Titan: No Regrets (2014–2015, 2 episodes) – Director

References
External links
Tetsurō Araki  at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Tetsuro Araki anime Archived 2019-05-15 at the Wayback Machine at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
Tetsurō Araki on Twitter