Isamu Imakake

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-04-22 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Kagoshima, Japan

Also Known As いまかけ いさむ

Isamu Imakake

Biography

Isamu Imakake (今掛 勇, Imakake Isamu, April 22, 1968) is an animator, animation director, character and mechanical designer, and anime director. He is from Kagoshima prefecture. He became widely known for his Cowboy Bebop set design. He has been a freelancer in Gainax since 1988 and has been active in manga, book covers and illustrations in the past. He is currently a director of animated theatrical works, an animation director, and character designer.

Known For

Director

2013
Amnesia

as Director

2012
The Mystical Laws

as Director

2006
2004
Area 88

as Series Director

Visual Effects

2015
The Laws Of The Universe - Part 0

as Character Designer

2015
The Laws Of The Universe - Part 0

as Animation Director

2001
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

as Key Animation

1998
1998
Cowboy Bebop

as Key Animation

1997
Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz

as Character Designer

1996
Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive

as Animation Director

1995
Neon Genesis Evangelion

as Key Animation

1993
1992
Ellcia

as Key Animation

1991
Moonlight Pierce

as Key Animation

1991
Detonator Orgun

as Key Animation

1991
Doomed Megalopolis

as Key Animation

1990
1983
Armored Trooper VOTOMS

as Key Animation

Art

2010
Durarara!!

as Storyboard Artist

2003
A Detective Story

as Production Design

2001
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002

as Storyboard Artist

1998
Cowboy Bebop

as Set Designer

1995
1993
Crimson Wolf

as Production Design

Writer

2014
One Week Friends

as Storyboard

2013
Amnesia

as Storyboard

1993
Crimson Wolf

as Storyboard