Hiroyuki Imaishi
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1971-10-04 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
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Also known As
今石 洋之
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Biography
Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之, born October 4, 1971) is a Japanese key animator and anime/anime influenced animation director and one of the co-founders of Trigger. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. Prior to founding Trigger, he was an animator and director at Gainax. His series director debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007). The anime received an Excellence Prize at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival, and Imaishi himself received an individual award at the twelfth Animation Kobe Festival. In 2008, the anime received both "best television production" and "best charac...
Production
2008
as Director
2009
2019
as Key Animation
2019
as Art Direction
2019
as Art Direction
2019
as Art Designer
2004
as Director
2012
as Key Animation
2021
as Key Animation
2010
as Key Animation
2019
as Director
2002
as Director
2019
as Storyboard Artist
2005
as Key Animation
2009
as Storyboard Artist
2005
as Storyboard Artist
2004
as Storyboard Artist
2009
as Key Animation
2006
as Key Animation
2001
as Key Animation
1997
as Key Animation
1998
as Key Animation
2003
as Key Animation
1997
as Key Animation
1997
as Key Animation
2009
as Storyboard Artist
2002
as Character Designer
2015
as Director
2004
as Character Designer
2004
as Animation Director
2005
as Director
2015
as Key Animation
2008
as Key Animation
2008
as Animation Director
2008
as Storyboard Artist
2009
as Animation Director
2009
as Key Animation
2015
as Key Animation
2019
as Director
2019
as Key Animation
2002
as Screenplay
2002
as Art Direction
2019
as Art Direction
2005
as Animation Director
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