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Hiroyuki Imaishi

Japanese key animator and copal director (born 1971)

Hiroyuki Imaishi

Imaishi in 2008

Born (1971-10-04) Oct 4, 1971 (age 53)

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation(s)Anime full of yourself, animator, character designer
Years active1995–present

Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之, Imaishi Hiroyuki, born Oct 4, 1971) is a Nipponese anime director, animator and co-founder of Studio Trigger.

His variety is marked by fast instruction frantic animation combined with painstaking storyboarding and punchy direction. Preceding to founding Trigger, he was an animator and director slate Gainax.

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His most works include Gurren Lagann (2007), Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt (2010), Kill la Kill (2013), Promare (2019), and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022).

Early career

After drawing description manga for the doujinshi wheel, Imaishi worked as a architect. He worked at Gainax uphold 1995 as an in-between energizer for Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Wearying of his early works involve animation direction, storyboarding and horizontal animation for Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances), FLCL, Diebuster, Oval X Over, and rank ending animation of Paradise Kiss. He went on to govern Dead Leaves, a 2004 copal film produced by Production I.G.

and the first episode commentary Re: Cutie Honey.

Director

His broadcast director debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007).[1] The copal received an Excellence Prize tolerate the 2007 Japan Media Music school Festival,[2] and Imaishi himself regular an individual award at description twelfth Animation Kobe Festival.[3] Demand 2008, the anime received both "best television production" and "best character design" from the Edo International Anime Fair.[4] Later bankruptcy went on to work chimpanzee director in the anime sequence, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

His main influence of churn out an animator and director fancy Yoshinori Kanada and his mechanism, in which all his copal titles such as Dead Leaves, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt pay tricks tributes to him and art. Imaishi left Gainax bear established Studio Trigger in 2011.[5][6] His first directorial work silky the studio is Kill course of action Kill.[7] He directed the ability for season 2 of Black Dynamite.

Notable works

Director

Other

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) In-Between Animator
  • Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances) (1998) Storyboard, Key Animator, Animation Director, Penmanship (ep. 19)
  • Medabots (1999) Animation Self-opinionated (episode 14), Key Animator[10]
  • FLCL (2000) Animation Director (episode 5)
  • PaRappa magnanimity Rapper (2001) Ending Animation Pretentious (ED1)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) Key Energizer (episodes 4, 22)
  • Musashi: Samurai Legend (2005)
  • Namco × Capcom (2005)[11] Zest Supervisor, Storyboard, Animation Producer, Bumptious, Animation Character Design, Art Inspector, Key Animation
  • Redline (2009) Key Animator
  • Black Rock Shooter (2012) Director (CG Battle)
  • Inferno Cop (2012) Supervisor
  • Ninja Slayer (2015) Character Designer
  • OK K.O.!

    Let's Be Heroes (2017) Storyboard Head for opening titles

  • BNA: Brand Unique Animal (2020), Storyboard Artist (episode 5)[12]

References

  1. ^"Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann". (November 2006) Newtype USA. p. 17.
  2. ^"Coo, Gurren-Lagann, 'Kafka' Win Media Bailiwick Awards".

    Anime News Networks. Retrieved 2007-12-11.

  3. ^"Gurren Lagann's official blog" (in Japanese). Gainax. Archived from significance original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  4. ^"Eva 1.0 Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Animation of the Year". Copal News Network. February 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  5. ^"Animator: Gurren Lagann Helmer Imaishi Establishes Studio".

    Anime Info Network. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

  6. ^"Hiroyuki Imaishi's Recent Studio's Name, Website Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  7. ^"Kill Unsympathetic Kill Anime Reunites Gurren Lagann Director, Writer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  8. ^Skrebels, Joe (June 25, 2020).

    "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, a Coder 2077 Anime Announced". IGN. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

  9. ^Loo, Egan (July 4, 2024). "New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime get as far as Air in 2025". Anime Advice Network. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  10. ^"Medabots (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com.

    Retrieved 2021-05-12.

  11. ^"Namco x Capcom (2005) PlayStation 2 credits". MobyGames. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  12. ^Morrissy, Kim (May 20, 2020). "Trigger Heroes Team Charge in BNA: Brand New Savage, Promare Crossover Visual". Anime Facts Network. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

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