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.
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TV Credits
Hiroyuki Imaishi has appeared in 1 TV Series.
These include
THE ANIME STUDIO.
Production Credits
Hiroyuki Imaishi has 94 production credits.
Directing
Credited for Director in 15 shows -
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi,
Animation Store Manager,
Dead Leaves,
Re: Cutie Honey,
Oval x Over,
Gurren Lagann,
Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End,
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars,
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt,
KILL la KILL,
Japan Animator Expo,
Sex & Violence with Machspeed,
Promare,
Promare / Side: Galo and
Star Wars: Visions.
Visual Effects
Credited for Key Animation in 29 shows -
Gunbuster,
Neon Genesis Evangelion,
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth,
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion,
Virus Buster Serge,
His and Her Circumstances,
Popolocrois Monogatari,
Microman,
FLCL,
Mahoromatic,
Re: Cutie Honey,
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island,
Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie,
Gurren Lagann,
Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End,
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars,
Shoka,
Redline,
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt,
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo,
KILL la KILL,
Japan Animator Expo,
Sex & Violence with Machspeed,
Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade,
Little Witch Academia,
Promare,
Promare / Side: Galo,
BNA and
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.
Art
Credited for Storyboard Artist in 18 shows -
His and Her Circumstances,
FLCL,
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi,
Dead Leaves,
Oval x Over,
Gurren Lagann,
Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End,
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars,
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva,
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt,
THE iDOLM@STER,
KILL la KILL,
Japan Animator Expo,
Little Witch Academia,
Promare,
BNA,
Star Wars: Visions and
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Credited for Art Designer in 2 shows -
FLCL and
Promare.
Writing
