Kouichi Arai

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

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Kouichi Arai

Biography

Arai Kouichi 新井浩一 is a Japanese freelance animator. He was one of the first trainees at Toei Animation, and in March 2008 he founded the animation production company Kinema Citrus together with production desk manager Ogasawara Munenori, producer Matsuie Yuichiro, and director Tachibana Masaki . Michio Mihara describes him as "a pioneer in creating three-dimensional shadows . " source: jp wiki

Production

2009

Summer Wars

as Key Animation

1990

Nineteen 19

as Key Animation

2021

2019

The Wonderland

as Key Animation

2019

The Wonderland

as Animation Director

2011

2017

Fireworks

as Key Animation

2014

2014

The Last: Naruto the Movie

as Animation Director

2014

The Last: Naruto the Movie

as Storyboard Artist

2015

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

as Key Animation

2004

Steamboy

as Key Animation

1998

Perfect Blue

as Key Animation

2007

Sword of the Stranger

as Key Animation

2008

The Sky Crawlers

as Key Animation

2001

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

as Key Animation

1998

Spriggan

as Key Animation

1988

Akira

as Key Animation

2017

2002

Millennium Actress

as Key Animation

1987

G.I. Joe: The Movie

as Key Animation

1985

Odin: Starlight Mutiny

as Key Animation

2000

Blood: The Last Vampire

as Key Animation

1991

Roujin Z

as Key Animation

1993

Ninja Scroll

as Key Animation

1991

Silent Möbius

as Key Animation

2014

Giovanni's Island

as Key Animation

1996

X: The Movie

as Key Animation

2011

2014

Tomcat's Big Adventure

as Key Animation

2010

Trigun: Badlands Rumble

as Key Animation

1994

1991

Fly! Peek the Whale

as Key Animation

2012

Rainbow Fireflies

as Key Animation

2009

1999

Digimon Adventure

as Key Animation

2013

Short Peace

as Key Animation

2015

1995

Macross Plus: The Movie

as Key Animation

2000

Digimon: The Movie

as Key Animation

1995

Ghost in the Shell

as Key Animation

2022

1989

2017

Napping Princess

as Animation Director

2012

A Letter to Momo

as Key Animation

2018

Destiny Child

as Character Designer

1993

Suikoden Demon Century

as Key Animation

2023

The Imaginary

as Key Animation

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