Michiya Kato

Birth : , Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Movies

Bubble
VFX Supervisor
In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl.
Okko's Inn
Director of Photography
12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
VFX Supervisor
Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under their control, and now their king wishes to add the immortality to his bloodline. They ravage the Iorph homeland and kill most of its inhabitants. Caught in the midst of the attack, Maquia is carried off by one of the Renato. It soon dies, and she is left deserted in a forest, now truly alone save for the cries of a single baby off in the distance. Maquia finds the baby in a destroyed village and decides to raise him as her own, naming him Ariel. Although she knows nothing of the human world, how to raise a child that ages much faster than her.
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu
VFX Supervisor
With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade in order to become a human again.
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu
Director of Photography
With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade in order to become a human again.
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu
VFX Supervisor
Koyomi Araragi was turned into a vampire by the legendary vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, and he needs to revive the weakened vampire back to her complete form to return to being human again. The only way for Koyomi to achieve his goal is to fight the three vampire hunters – Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter.
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
VFX Supervisor
One day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. the "King of Apparitions." He saves the fatally wounded Kiss-shot by offering his blood at the expense of his own life as a human. Now Koyomi has to face the vampire hunters to retrieve Kiss-shot’s limbs which were taken by these hunters...
Dokuro the Ghost
Creator
There's a back alley everybody calls the "Alley of Ghosts". Gacharico the Ghost lives there, but it's a secret that only little Miku, who's family runs the nearby candy shop, knows. While the contents of the shop's capsule machines appear to be ordinary toys, inside live a large number of ghosts, each with their own personality and ability. Today, Miku's grandmother has lost her dentures, and it's up to Miku to get them back with the help of Gacharico and the other ghosts.
Dokuro the Ghost
Director
There's a back alley everybody calls the "Alley of Ghosts". Gacharico the Ghost lives there, but it's a secret that only little Miku, who's family runs the nearby candy shop, knows. While the contents of the shop's capsule machines appear to be ordinary toys, inside live a large number of ghosts, each with their own personality and ability. Today, Miku's grandmother has lost her dentures, and it's up to Miku to get them back with the help of Gacharico and the other ghosts.
Dokuro the Ghost
Script
There's a back alley everybody calls the "Alley of Ghosts". Gacharico the Ghost lives there, but it's a secret that only little Miku, who's family runs the nearby candy shop, knows. While the contents of the shop's capsule machines appear to be ordinary toys, inside live a large number of ghosts, each with their own personality and ability. Today, Miku's grandmother has lost her dentures, and it's up to Miku to get them back with the help of Gacharico and the other ghosts.
Flowers Will Bloom In Tohoku
Director
Domo-kun and Charo meet a strange girl in the hustle and bustle Tokyo. Since "that day", she has not gone back home. When Charo gives the girl a wreath of Gerbera plants, she accidentally sneezes. A burst of magic came out of the Gerbera, and a flower train emerges from the middle of a flower garden. As the three board the flower train, it starts moving toward the girl's hometown. However, what awaits them is a ferocious storm! Animated short to support the reconstruction of areas hit by the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake.
Batman: Gotham Knight
Director of Photography
A chronicle of Bruce Wayne's establishment and progression into Gotham City’s legendary caped crusader through 6 standalone episodes.
Paprika
CGI Director
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Paprika
Director of Photography
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.