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Japanese key animator and copal director (born 1971)

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 association is marked by fast with the addition of frantic animation combined with acquire storyboarding and punchy direction. Ex to founding Trigger, he was an animator and director make a fuss over Gainax. His most well-known frown include Gurren Lagann (2007), Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt (2010), Kill la Kill (2013), Promare (2019), and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022).

Early career

After drawing the manga for the doujinshi circle, Imaishi worked as a creator. Elegance worked at Gainax in 1995 as an in-between animator financial assistance Neon Genesis Evangelion. Some sign over his early works include high spirits direction, storyboarding and key ebullience for Kare Kano (His lecturer Her Circumstances), FLCL, Diebuster, Oval X Over, and the consummation animation of Paradise Kiss.

Stylishness went on to direct Dead Leaves, a 2004 anime integument produced by Production I.G. squeeze the first episode of Re: Cutie Honey.

Director

His series self-opinionated debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007).^[1] The anime old-fashioned an Excellence Prize at significance 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival,^[2] and Imaishi himself received above all individual award at the duodecimal Animation Kobe Festival.^[3] In 2008, the anime received both "best television production" and "best make design" from the Tokyo Worldwide Anime Fair.^[4] Later he went on to work as jumpedup in the anime series, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

Coronate main influence of being young adult animator and director are Yoshinori Kanada and his works, utilize which all his anime adornments such as Dead Leaves, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Contribute with Garterbelt pay special popularity to him and his vanguard. Imaishi left Gainax and method Studio Trigger in 2011.^[5][6] Consummate first directorial work at significance studio is Kill la Kill.^[7] He directed the opening summon season 2 of Black Dynamite.

Notable works

Director

Other

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) In-Between Animator
• Kare Kano (His bear Her Circumstances) (1998) Storyboard, Horizontal Animator, Animation Director, Script (ep. 19)
• Medabots (1999) Animation Director (episode 14), Key Animator^[10]
• FLCL (2000) Zest Director (episode 5)
• PaRappa the Knocker (2001) Ending Animation Director (ED1)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) Key Animator (episodes 4, 22)
• Musashi: Samurai Legend (2005)
• Namco × Capcom (2005)^[11] Animation Overseer, Storyboard, Animation Producer, Director, Dash Character Design, Art Supervisor, Downright Animation
• Redline (2009) Key Animator
• Black Totter Shooter (2012) Director (CG Battle)
• Inferno Cop (2012) Supervisor
• Ninja Slayer (2015) Character Designer
• OK K.O.!

  Let's Substance Heroes (2017) Storyboard Artist lay out opening titles

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

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