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Hiroyuki Imaishi
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…
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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
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2025
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
TV show Series Director
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2022
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
TV show Opening/Ending Animation
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2021
THE ANIME STUDIO
TV show Self - Director
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2021
Star Wars: Visions
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2021
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Movie Key Animation
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2020
BNA
TV show Action Director
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2019
Promare
Movie Key Animation
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2019
Promare / Side: Galo
Movie Art Direction
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2019
Promare / Side: Lio
Movie Art Direction
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2018
DARLING in the FRANXX
TV show Action Director
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2017
Little Witch Academia
TV show Key Animation
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2016
Space Patrol Luluco
TV show Series Composition
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2015
Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
Movie Key Animation
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2015
Ninja Slayer From Animation
TV show Character Designer
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2015
Sex & Violence with Machspeed
Movie Director
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2014
Japan Animator Expo
TV show Director
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2013
Kill la Kill
TV show Series Director
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2012
Inferno Cop
TV show Series Director
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2012
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Movie Key Animation
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2012
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
TV show Key Animation
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2011
THE iDOLM@STER
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2010
Star Driver
TV show Key Animation
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2010
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
TV show Director
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2010
Shoka
Movie Key Animation
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2009
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2009
Redline
Movie Key Animation
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2009
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
Movie Director
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2008
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Movie Key Animation
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2008
Rosario + Vampire
TV show Key Animation
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2007
Gurren Lagann
TV show Director
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2006
Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie
Movie Key Animation
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2005
Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu
TV show Key Animation
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2005
Oval x Over
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2005
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Movie Key Animation
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2004
Re: Cutie Honey
TV show Director
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2004
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
TV show Key Animation
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2004
Dead Leaves
Movie Director
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2003
Fullmetal Alchemist
TV show Key Animation
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2003
Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure
Movie Key Animation
