Naoyuki Itō

Naoyuki Itō (伊藤 尚往, Itō Naoyuki) is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. Some of his major works directed include the first Kanon series released in 2002, and Digimon Data Squad, the latter of which had a run of 48 episodes in 2006–07. In 2015, he directed the anime adaptation of the Overlord novel series.

Naoyuki Itō
伊藤 尚往
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Naozumi Ito[1]
Occupation(s)	Animator, storyboard artist, director

Filmography

Anime

List of production work in anime

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source[2]
2001	Grappler Baki: Maximum Tournament	Character Design
2001	Kin'niku bandzuke kongō-kun no dai bōken! 筋肉 番付 金剛くんの大冒険!	Character Design	OVA series
2002	Kanon	Chief Director
2004	Futari wa Pretty Cure	Director	Episodes 1 and 30
2004	Re:Cutie Honey	Director	OVA series
2005	Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart	Director	Episodes 38 and 46
2005	Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu	Director	OVA series
2006	Digimon Data Squad	Series Director
2007	Kindaichi Case Files Special	Director	Episode 1
2012	Toriko and One Piece special	Director
2013	DokiDoki! PreCure the Movie: Mana's Getting Married!!? The Dress of Hope Tied to the Future ja:映画 ドキドキ!プリキュア マナ結婚!!?未来につなぐ希望のドレス	Director	film	[3]
2015–present	Overlord	Series Director		[4]
2017	Kimi no Koe o Todoketai	Director		[5]
2019–20	No Guns Life	Director		[6]