(born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese

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and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. Something of a protégée of

Yoshiaki Kawajiri is a writer and director of Japanese animation. He is the creator of titles such as '' Wicked City'', ''Ninja Scroll'', and '' Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust''. Biography Kawajiri was born on November 18, 1950 and grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Pr ...

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Yoshinori Kanada was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 1984 work ''Birth'', one of the first (after Dallos) original video animations released in the market. Though he did not create many character des ...

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Frank Miller Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book writer, penciller and inker, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on Daredevil (Marvel Comics ser ...

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Mike Mignola Mike Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer best known for creating ''Hellboy'' for Dark Horse Comics, part of a shared universe of titles including ''B.P.R.D.'', '' Abe Sapien'', '' Lobster Johnson'', '' Wit ...

, and

Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director best known for directing '' The Taste of Tea'' (2004), ''Funky Forest'' (2005), and ''Smuggler'' (2011). Career After graduating from Musashino Art University, Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began direc ...

. He went straight from a

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education to beginning his career at Madhouse as an in-betweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him. His first professional work as director is the

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of the 2000 film ''Party 7''; while his first feature film is ''

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'', which premiered in 2009 and was released in 2010. He served as character designer and animation director for 2012's '' Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine'', and directs film continuations of it starting with ''Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone'' in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".

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The Foxes of Chironup Island is a 1987 Japanese animated film, directed by Tetsuo Imazawa. It was based on the eponymous children's book by . Plot The story happened on a fictional island called "Chironup" (fox in Ainu language) in the Northern Japan. Two foxes were born a ...

'' (1987) In-Between Animation *'' Wicked City'' (1987) - In-Between Animation *'' Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars'' (1988) - Animation Check *''

Bride of Deimos is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written by Etsuko Ikeda and illustrated by Yuuho Ashibe. It premiered in ''Princess'' magazine in December 1974, later moving to ''Viva Princess'', where it ran until the magazine became defunct with ...

'' (1988) Animation Check *''

Demon City Shinjuku is a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi that was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) in 1988, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The title has also been translated as ''Hell City Shinjuku'' and ''Monster City''. It was also released as two man ...

'' (1988) - Animation Check *'' Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1st season'' (1988) - Key Animation (Ep 19) *'' Goku: Midnight Eye'' (1989) - Animation Check, Key Animation *'' Goku II: Midnight Eye'' (1989) - Key Animation *'' Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl'' (1989) Key Animation (Ep 1, 18) *''

Cyber City Oedo 808 is a 1990–1991 cyberpunk original video animation. It was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Set in the year 2808 in the city of Oedo (Tokyo), it tells the story of three criminals who are enlisted into fighting crime in exchange for reduced sent ...

'' (1990) - 　Mechanical Animation Director,　Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3) *'' Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyoen'' (1990) Key Animation (Ep 1, 2) *''

Nineteen 19 ''Nineteen 19'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shō Kitagawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1988 to 1990, with its chapters collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. An original video animat ...

'' (1990) Key Animation *''

A Wind Named Amnesia , also known as ''The Wind of Amnesia'' in Australia and the United Kingdom, is a Japanese novel authored by Hideyuki Kikuchi, originally published in 1983 by Asahi Sonorama. An anime film adaptation was released theatrically on December 22, ...

'' (1990) - Key Animation *'' Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling'' (1991) - Key Animation *''

Doomed Megalopolis is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series. It is an adaptation of the historical fantasy novel ''Teito Monogatari'' by Hiroshi Aramata. The anime is darker in tone, more violent, and more sexually explicit than any previous adaptat ...

'' (1991) - Assistant Animation Director (Ep 1, 2), Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3) *'' Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1992) - Key Animation (Ep 1, 6) *''

Ninja Scroll is a 1993 Japanese animated ''jidaigeki''- ''chanbara'' film written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, starring the voices of Kōichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Daisuke Gōri, Toshihiko Seki and Shūichirō Moriyama. The film was a ...

'' (1993) - Key Animation *''

The Cockpit The Cockpit can refer to: * Cockpit Theatre, a 17th-century theatre in London (also known as the Phoenix) that opened in 1616 * The Cockpit Theatre (Marylebone), Cockpit, a theatre in London, England that opened in 1970 * The Cockpit (OVA), ''The C ...

'' (1994) (segment Slipstream) - Key Animation *'' True Peakock King'' (1994) - Character Design, Key Animation *''

Clamp in Wonderland ''Clamp in Wonderland'' is a series of music videos produced by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi (formerly Mick Nekoi) and Mokona (formerly Mokona Apapa). The short films feature characters from ...

'' (1994) - Key Animation *''

Darkside Blues is a manga series by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The story has been adapted into an anime film directed by Yoshimichi Furukawa. The film was originally licensed by Central Park Media and then later licensed by ADV Films. Storyline The story involves ...

'' (1994) - Key Animation *'' Mighty Space Miners'' (1994) - Opening Animation, Ending Animation *''

DNA² is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between August 1993 and July 1994, spanning 42 chapters collected in a total of five ''tankōbon'' volum ...

'' (1996) - Mechanic Design, Opening Animation *''

Bio Hunter is a Japanese manga series authored by Fujihiko Hosono. It tells the story about two molecular biologists, Koshigaya and Komada who take on humans with strange viruses that make them less human and more demonic. It was serialized in the Sco ...

'' (1995) - Key Animation *''

Memories Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...

'' (1995) (segment Stink Bomb) - Key Animation *'' X'' (1996) - Key Animation *''

Birdy the Mighty is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. His initial attempt with the story ran in Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from 1985 to 1988, but it was eventually abandoned. Over a decade later, Yuki began a rebo ...

'' (1996) - Key Animation (Ep 1-4) *''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon'' ...

'' (1998) - Key Animation (Ep1, 57) *'' Jubei-chan - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch'' (1999) - Animation Director (Ep 10, 11) *'' Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie'' (1999) - Key Animation *'' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' (2000) - Key Animation (Op, Ep 1, 5) *''

Hidamari no Ki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka about a friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate. ''Hidamari no Ki'' received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1984 for general ma ...

'' (2000) - Key Animation *'' Fighting Spirit'' (2000) - Key Animation (Op 1, Ep 20) *'' Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card'' (2000) - Key Animation *'' Blood: The Last Vampire'' (2000) - Key Animation *'' Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' (2000) - Setting Design, Key Animation *'' WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3'' (2002) - Key Animation *''

Texhnolyze ''Texhnolyze'' (stylized as ''TEXHNOLYZE'') is a Japanese experimental film, experimental anime television series animated by Madhouse (company), Madhouse and directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, with screenplay by Chiaki J. Konaka, with original char ...

'' (2003) - Key Animation (Ep1) *'' Dead Leaves'' (2004) - Key Animation *''

Samurai Champloo is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series. The debut television production of studio Manglobe, the 26-episode series aired from May 2004 to March 2005. It was first partially broadcast on Fuji TV, then had a complete ai ...

'' (2004) Key Animation (Opening Animation, Ep 5) *''

The Taste of Tea is the third film by Japanese writer and director Katsuhito Ishii. It has been referred to as a " surreal" version of Ingmar Bergman's '' Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). It was a selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis The film follows the ...

'' (2004) - Animation Director *''

Funky Forest , also known as ''Funky Forest: The First Encounter'' or simply ''Funky Forest'', is a 2005 Japanese surrealist anthology comedy film co-written and co-directed by Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine and Shunichiro Miki. It is composed of several sto ...

'' (2005) - Animation Director *''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...

'' (2010) - Mechanical Design, Key Animation (Ep 1, 7, 11) *'' Trigun: Badlands Rumble'' (2010) - Key Animation *'' Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine'' (2012) - Character Design, Animation Director, Episode Animation Director (Ep 1, 13), Key Animation (Opening, Ep 13) *''

Yasuke Yasuke ( or ) was a man of African origin who served as a retainer and weapon-bearer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga. In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missi ...

'' (2021) - Character Design

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