Hiroyuki Imaishi
Directing
Born: October 4, 1971 (age 54)
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. Source: Wikipedia
Known for
Neon Genesis Evangelion
1995
DARLING in the FRANXX
2018
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022
Fullmetal Alchemist
2003
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
2012
Gurren Lagann
2007
Redline
2009
Kill la Kill
2013
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
1997
Star Wars: Visions
2021
Photos (2)
Self / Appearances (2)
Upcoming (1)
Directing (26)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Series Director
Gurren Lagann
Director
Gurren Lagann
Series Director
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Series Director
Kill la Kill
Series Director
Kill la Kill
Director
DARLING in the FRANXX
Action Director
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Director
Star Wars: Visions
Director
BNA
Action Director
Medabots
Director
Japan Animator Expo
Director
Space Patrol Luluco
Series Director
Space Patrol Luluco
Director
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Director
PaRappa the Rapper
Director
Re: Cutie Honey
Director
Promare
Director
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Director
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
Director
Animation Store Manager
Director
Inferno Cop
Series Director
Dead Leaves
Director
Sex & Violence with Machspeed
Director
Promare / Side: Galo
Director
Oval x Over
Director
Writing (12)
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Series Composition
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Storyboard
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Writer
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Scenario Writer
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Original Story
His and Her Circumstances
Writer
Medabots
Storyboard
Space Patrol Luluco
Original Concept
Space Patrol Luluco
Series Composition
Space Patrol Luluco
Writer
Space Patrol Luluco
Original Story
Animation Store Manager
Screenplay
Other Crew (83)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Opening/Ending Animation
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Storyboard Artist
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Key Animation
Gurren Lagann
Storyboard Artist
Gurren Lagann
Key Animation
Gurren Lagann
Animation Director
Fullmetal Alchemist
Key Animation
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Storyboard Artist
Kill la Kill
Storyboard Artist
Kill la Kill
Key Animation
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Storyboard Artist
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Key Animation
Star Wars: Visions
Storyboard Artist
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
Star Driver
Key Animation
Rosario + Vampire
Key Animation
BNA
Key Animation
BNA
Storyboard Artist
FLCL
Storyboard Artist
FLCL
Animation Director
FLCL
Art Designer
FLCL
Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Key Animation
His and Her Circumstances
Storyboard Artist
His and Her Circumstances
Animation Director
His and Her Circumstances
Key Animation
Medabots
Key Animation
Medabots
Animation Director
THE iDOLM@STER
Storyboard Artist
Japan Animator Expo
Storyboard Artist
Japan Animator Expo
Key Animation
Little Witch Academia
Key Animation
Little Witch Academia
Storyboard Artist
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Key Animation
Space Patrol Luluco
Storyboard Artist
Space Patrol Luluco
Key Animation
Gunbuster
Key Animation
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Animation Director
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Storyboard Artist
Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu
Key Animation
Microman
Key Animation
Popolocrois Monogatari
Key Animation
Ninja Slayer From Animation
Character Designer
Mahoromatic
Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Key Animation
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Key Animation
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Key Animation
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Key Animation
Virus Buster Serge
Key Animation
Re: Cutie Honey
Opening Title Sequence
Re: Cutie Honey
Key Animation
Redline
Key Animation
Promare
Key Animation
Promare
Art Designer
Promare
Storyboard Artist
Promare
Art Direction
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Storyboard Artist
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Animation Director
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Key Animation
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
Storyboard Artist
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
Animation Director
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
Key Animation
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Storyboard Artist
Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
Key Animation
Animation Store Manager
Character Designer
Animation Store Manager
Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection
Key Animation
Dead Leaves
Storyboard Artist
Dead Leaves
Character Designer
Dead Leaves
Animation Director
Dead Leaves
Key Animation
Trava: Fist Planet
Key Animation
Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
Key Animation
Sex & Violence with Machspeed
Key Animation
Promare / Side: Galo
Art Direction
Promare / Side: Galo
Key Animation
Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie
Key Animation
Promare / Side: Lio
Art Direction
Oval x Over
Storyboard Artist
Oval x Over
Animation Director
Shoka
Key Animation