Hiroyuki Imaishi
male
Born on October 04, 1971 (54 years old)
Known for Directing
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 character design" from the Tokyo International Anime Fair. Later he went on to work as director in the 2010 anime series, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. His main influence of being an animator and director are Yoshinori Kanada and his works, in which all his anime titles such as Dead Leaves, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt pay special tributes to him and his art. In 2011, Imaishi branched off Gainax to form a new studio, Trigger, alongside Masahiko Ohtsuka and others. His first directorial work at the studio is Kill la Kill. Source: Wikipedia
Cast Credits
Crew Credits
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- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
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- 2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Original Concept
2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Series Composition
2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Series Director
2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Storyboard Artist
2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Writer
2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Key Animation
2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Director
2016
Space Patrol Luluco
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Original Story
2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
Shoka
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Key Animation
2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Director
2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Writer
2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Storyboard Artist
2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Key Animation
2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Scenario Writer
2010
Star Driver
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Key Animation
2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Original Story
2010
- 2009
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
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Director
2009
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
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Storyboard Artist
2009
Redline
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Key Animation
2009
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
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Storyboard Artist
2009
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
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Animation Director
2009
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
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Key Animation
2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
Dead Leaves
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Director
2004
Dead Leaves
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Storyboard Artist
2004
Dead Leaves
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Character Designer
2004
Dead Leaves
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Animation Director
2004
Dead Leaves
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Key Animation
2004
Re: Cutie Honey
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Director
2004
Re: Cutie Honey
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Opening Title Sequence
2004
Re: Cutie Honey
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Key Animation
2004
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
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Key Animation
2004
- 2003
- 2002
Animation Store Manager
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Director
2002
Animation Store Manager
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Character Designer
2002
Animation Store Manager
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Screenplay
2002
Animation Store Manager
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Art Direction
2002
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
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Animation Director
2002
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
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Storyboard Artist
2002
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
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Director
2002
Trava: Fist Planet
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Key Animation
2002
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