is a Japanese

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director.

Career

Kamiyama has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise

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, such as his work on ''

Jin-Roh , also known as ''Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' in its American release, is a 1999 Japanese action political thriller anime film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura (in his directorial debut) and written by Mamoru Oshii. ''Jin-Roh'' is the third film in Osh ...

'', '' Patlabor'', '' Blood: The Last Vampire'', and for whom he has directed the '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' anime television series, which was followed on into a second season, '' Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' and a TV movie, '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society''. After working as a

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for productions such as '' Akira'' and '' Kiki's Delivery Service'', Kamiyama joined Team Oshii at Production I.G, contributing the screenplay of ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' and working as animation director for ''Jin-Roh''. In 2002, Kamiyama made his directorial debut with ''MiniPato'', followed by ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG''. In 2007, after almost six years of work on the ''Stand Alone Complex'' world, he directed the TV series ''

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'' and ''

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''. On November 29, 2018, it was announced that Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki will direct the initial season of '' Blade Runner: Black Lotus'', an anime for

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and

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. On August 2, 2021, it was announced that Kamiyama, both director and writer of the feature-length anime work, ''

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'' (The Eternal 831) which will be broadcast in January 2022 on WOWOW.

Filmography

* '' DuckTales'' (1987), backgrounds * '' Patlabor'' (1988–1989), backgrounds * ''

Burn Up! ''Burn Up!'' is a 1991 Japanese anime original video animation. It concerns a special group of police officers called Team Warrior who are often given special assignments in the police department. In North America, AnimEigo first released ...

'' (1991), art director * '' Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors'' (1990–1991, 1993–1995), art director * ''

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'' (1991), assistant art director * ''

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'' (1994), art director * '' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' (1998), unit director * '' Wild Arms: Twilight Venom'' (1999–2000), scripts for episodes 3, 10 and 21 * '' Medabots'' (1999–2000), storyboards for episodes 19, 34, 41, 48 and episode director for 34, 41, 48 * '' Popolocrois Story II'' (2000), storyboards * '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' (2000), screenplay, planning assistance * '' Mini Pato'' (2002), director * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' (2002–2003), director, series composition, script, storyboard, chief writer * '' Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' (2004–2005), director, series composition, script, storyboard, chief writer * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society'' (2006), director, script, storyboard * '' Eat and Run: 6 Beautiful Grifters'' (2007), segment director * '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' (2007), director, script * ''

'' (2009), director, series composition, script, storyboard, chief writer * ''Eden of the East: Air Communication'' (2009), director, screenplay * ''Eden of the East: The King of Eden'' (2009), director, screenplay * ''Eden of the East: Paradise Lost'' (2010), director, screenplay * ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D'' (2011), director, script, storyboard * '' 009 Re:Cyborg'' (2012), director, script * ''Mou Hitotsu no Mirai o.'' (2014), director * '' Cyborg 009 Call of Justice'' (2016), chief director * ''

Napping Princess is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film. It was produced by Signal.MD, written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, and stars Mitsuki Takahata. It was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 18, 2017. An English dubbed versi ...

'' (2017), director, screenplay * '' Ultraman'' (2019–present), co-director with Shinji Aramaki * '' Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045'' (2020–2022), co-director with Shinji Aramaki *'' Star Wars: Visions'' (2021) (''"The Ninth Jedi"'') * '' Blade Runner: Black Lotus'' (2021–2022), co-director with Shinji Aramaki * ''

'' (2022), director * '' The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim'' (2024), director

References

External links

Interview with Kenji Kamiyama
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamiyama, Kenji 1966 births Background artists Anime directors Japanese storyboard artists Living people People from Saitama Prefecture Science fiction film directors