Shinji Higuchi

Shinji Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 真嗣, Hepburn: Higuchi Shinji, born September 22, 1965) is a Japanese filmmaker and anime storyboard artist, and one of the top special effects supervisors in Japan, best known in the west for his work on Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy in the 1990s, and the Shin trilogy of tokusatsu franchise reboots with Hideaki Anno in the 2010s and 2020s. He works on both anime and tokusatsu projects.

Shinji Higuchi
樋口 真嗣
Higuchi at the premiere of Shin Godzilla
Born (1965-09-22) September 22, 1965
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationDirector, special effects director, storyboard artist
Years active1984–present
Known forAnimation, Film
Notable work

Biography

As a key Daicon/Gainax member, he played an important part in the creation of one of the most popular anime series, Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995). He was a writer and art director/storyboarder for the series. He was also the namesake for the show's protagonist, Shinji Ikari.[1] He later voice-acted a musician modeled after himself in two episodes of Karekano.[2]

Filmography

Director

Assistant director

Special effects director

Visual effects director

Assistant special effects director

Special effects designer

Storyboards

Writer

Visual Concept Designer

References
  1. "Character Name Origins: NGE". Archived from the original on August 19, 2007.
  2. "untitled". gainax.co.jp. Archived from the original on February 11, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  3. "白石和彌監督『仮面ライダーBlacksun』製作スタッフ発表 樋口真嗣氏や田口清隆氏が参加 11・21にキャラデザ解禁へ".
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