Hiroyuki Imaishi

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1971-10-04 (53 years old)

Also Known As 今石 洋之

Hiroyuki Imaishi

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

Director

2022
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

as Series Director

2021
Star Wars: Visions

as Director

2020
BNA

as Action Director

2019
2019
Promare

as Director

2018
DARLING in the FRANXX

as Action Director

2016
Space Patrol Luluco

as Series Director

2016
2014
2013
Kill la Kill

as Series Director

2013
Kill la Kill

as Director

2012
Inferno Cop

as Series Director

2007
Gurren Lagann

as Director

2007
Gurren Lagann

as Series Director

2005
Oval x Over

as Director

2004
Dead Leaves

as Director

2004
Re: Cutie Honey

as Director

2002
2001
PaRappa the Rapper

as Director

1999
Medabots

as Director

Visual Effects

2022
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

as Opening/Ending Animation

2020
BNA

as Key Animation

2019
Promare

as Key Animation

2019
Promare / Side: Galo

as Key Animation

2017
Little Witch Academia

as Key Animation

2016
Space Patrol Luluco

as Key Animation

2015
2015
Ninja Slayer From Animation

as Character Designer

2014
Japan Animator Expo

as Key Animation

2013
Kill la Kill

as Key Animation

2013
Kill la Kill

as Animation Director

2010
Shoka

as Key Animation

2010
Redline

as Key Animation

2008
Rosario + Vampire

as Key Animation

2007
Gurren Lagann

as Key Animation

2007
Gurren Lagann

as Animation Director

2005
Oval x Over

as Animation Director

2004
Dead Leaves

as Animation Director

2004
Dead Leaves

as Character Designer

2004
Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster

as Animation Director

2004
Re: Cutie Honey

as Key Animation

2004
2002
Animation Store Manager

as Character Designer

2002
2001
Mahoromatic

as Key Animation

2000
FLCL

as Animation Director

2000
FLCL

as Key Animation

1999
Microman

as Key Animation

1999
Medabots

as Key Animation

1999
Medabots

as Animation Director

1998
1998
His and Her Circumstances

as Animation Director

1998
His and Her Circumstances

as Key Animation

1998
Popolocrois Monogatari

as Key Animation

1997
Virus Buster Serge

as Key Animation

1995
Neon Genesis Evangelion

as Key Animation

1988
Gunbuster

as Key Animation

Art

2022
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

as Storyboard Artist

2021
Star Wars: Visions

as Storyboard Artist

2020
BNA

as Storyboard Artist

2019
Promare / Side: Lio

as Art Direction

2019
Promare / Side: Galo

as Art Direction

2019
Promare

as Art Designer

2019
Promare

as Storyboard Artist

2019
Promare

as Art Direction

2017
Little Witch Academia

as Storyboard Artist

2016
Space Patrol Luluco

as Storyboard Artist

2014
Japan Animator Expo

as Storyboard Artist

2013
Kill la Kill

as Storyboard Artist

2011
THE iDOLM@STER

as Storyboard Artist

2010
2009
2007
Gurren Lagann

as Storyboard Artist

2005
Oval x Over

as Storyboard Artist

2004
Dead Leaves

as Storyboard Artist

2004
Re: Cutie Honey

as Opening Title Sequence

2002
Animation Store Manager

as Art Direction

2002
2000
FLCL

as Storyboard Artist

2000
FLCL

as Art Designer

1998
His and Her Circumstances

as Storyboard Artist

Writer

2016
Space Patrol Luluco

as Original Concept

2016
Space Patrol Luluco

as Series Composition

2016
2016
Space Patrol Luluco

as Original Story

2010
2010
2002
1999
Medabots

as Storyboard

Actor

2021
THE ANIME STUDIO

as Self - Director

2021

Creator