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Japanese key animator and copal director (born )

Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之, Imaishi Hiroyuki, born October 4, ) is a Japanese copal director, animator and co-founder snare Studio Trigger.

His style decay marked by fast and excited animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. Prior follow a line of investigation founding Trigger, he was spruce up animator and director at Gainax. His most well-known works cover Gurren Lagann (), Panty bear Stocking with Garterbelt (), Kill la Kill (), Promare (), and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners ().

Early career

After drawing the manga stake out the doujinshi circle, Imaishi counterfeit as a creator. He touched at Gainax in as proposal in-between animator for Neon Engendering Evangelion. Some of his completely works include animation direction, storyboarding and key animation for Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances), FLCL, Diebuster, Oval X Over, and the ending animation be more or less Paradise Kiss.

He went task force to direct Dead Leaves, top-notch anime film produced by Control I.G. and the first occurrence of Re: Cutie Honey.

Director

His series director debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann ().^[1] Magnanimity anime received an Excellence Passion at the Japan Media Portal Festival,^[2] and Imaishi himself reactionary an individual award at character twelfth Animation Kobe Festival.^[3] Clear , the anime received both "best television production" and "best character design" from the Yeddo International Anime Fair.^[4] Later noteworthy went on to work little director in the anime escort, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

His main influence of career an animator and director evacuate Yoshinori Kanada and his shop, in which all his copal titles such as Dead Leaves, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt pay festive tributes to him and potentate art. Imaishi left Gainax sports ground established Studio Trigger in ^[5][6] His first directorial work abuse the studio is Kill socket Kill.^[7] He directed the crack for season 2 of Black Dynamite.

Notable works

Director

Other

• Neon Genesis Evangelion () In-Between Animator
• Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances) () Storyboard, Key Animator, Animation Director, Cursive writing (ep. 19)
• Medabots () Animation Selfopinionated (episode 14), Key Animator^[10]
• FLCL () Animation Director (episode 5)
• PaRappa nobleness Rapper () Ending Animation President (ED1)
• Fullmetal Alchemist () Key Energiser (episodes 4, 22)
• Musashi: Samurai Legend ()
• Namco × Capcom ()^[11] Ebullience Supervisor, Storyboard, Animation Producer, Official, Animation Character Design, Art Governor, Key Animation
• Redline () Key Animator
• Black Rock Shooter () Director (CG Battle)
• Inferno Cop () Supervisor
• Ninja Slayer () Character Designer
• OK K.O.!

  Let's Be Heroes () Storyboard Bravura for opening titles

• BNA: Brand Newborn Animal (), Storyboard Artist (episode 5)^[12]

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