Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之, Imaishi Hiroyuki, born October 4,
1971) is a Japanese key animator and animation director and one of the
co-founders of Studio 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.After drawing the manga for doujinshi circle, Imaishi worked as
a creator. He worked at Gainax in 1995 as a key animator for Neon
Genesis Evangelion. Some of his early works include animation
direction, storyboarding and key animation for FLCL, Diebuster, Oval X
Over, and the ending animation of Paradise Kiss. Imaishi is known for
manga scenes in Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances) and FLCL. He
went on to direct Dead Leaves, a 2004 anime film produced by
Production I.G. and the first episode of Re: Cutie Honey.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
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. Imaishi left Gainax and established Studio Trigger in 2011. His
first directorial work at the studio is Kill la Kill. He directed the
opening for season 2 of Black Dynamite.
1971) is a Japanese key animator and animation director and one of the
co-founders of Studio 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.After drawing the manga for doujinshi circle, Imaishi worked as
a creator. He worked at Gainax in 1995 as a key animator for Neon
Genesis Evangelion. Some of his early works include animation
direction, storyboarding and key animation for FLCL, Diebuster, Oval X
Over, and the ending animation of Paradise Kiss. Imaishi is known for
manga scenes in Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances) and FLCL. He
went on to direct Dead Leaves, a 2004 anime film produced by
Production I.G. and the first episode of Re: Cutie Honey.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
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. Imaishi left Gainax and established Studio Trigger in 2011. His
first directorial work at the studio is Kill la Kill. He directed the
opening for season 2 of Black Dynamite.
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