Shinji Higuchi (æ¨‹å £ 真嗣, Higuchi Shinji, born September 22, 1965
in Tokyo, Japan) is a storyboard artist, particularly in anime, 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. He
works on both anime and tokusatsu projects.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. He later voice-acted a
musician modeled after himself in 2 episodes of Karekano.
in Tokyo, Japan) is a storyboard artist, particularly in anime, 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. He
works on both anime and tokusatsu projects.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. He later voice-acted a
musician modeled after himself in 2 episodes of Karekano.
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