is a Japanese

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

, character designer, and

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that gained popularity for his episode animation director work for the 1990s ''Sailor Moon'' anime series. His other notable works as a character designer includes ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Hisashi Kagawa entered the anime industry in 1988, and provided various episode animation direction for the second season of ''

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''. From 1992 to 1997, Kagawa then provided many key animations and episode animation direction for ''

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'' series, and eventually provided character designs and animation direction for its two movies: '' Sailor Moon S: The Movie'' and '' Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie''. After ''Sailor Moon'' had ended, from 1997 to 2008, Kagawa provided various episode animation direction for ''

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'', and character designs for '' St. Luminous Mission High School'', ''

'', ''

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'', '' Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet'', ''

Tai Chi Chasers ''Tai Chi Chasers'' ( ko, 태극천자문, ''Taegeuk Cheonjamun''; ja, 太極千字文, ''Tai Chi Senjimon'', th, ไทชิเชสเซอร์ ''Taichi Chasers'' lit. "1000 Characters of Tai Chi" in Asian territories; also known as '' ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

Glass Maiden is a half-hour anime series directed by Mitsuko Kase and was broadcast on Chiba TV, KBS Kyoto, KIDS STATION, Sun TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa, and TV Saitama. Story The story follows a group of eclectic characters who form a de ...

''. In 2009, Kagawa provided the character designs for one of the ''

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'' series, titled ''

''. In 2011, Kagawa provided the character designs for ''

'' series. In 2015, Kagawa provided character design and animation director for ''Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure'' segment in '' Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!''. In 2016, Kagawa provided the character design for ''

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'', and that same year, Kagawa provided the animated attack sequence for '' Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS'' live-action sentai film. In 2020, Kagawa provided the character designs for '' Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga'' series.

Works

TV Anime

Anime film

OVA (Original Video Animation)

Live-Action

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kagawa, Hisashi 1965 births Living people People from Ehime Prefecture Japanese animators