Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Fighting scenes - [Yoh Yoshinari (吉成 曜 Yoshinari Yō)]

Extra - [Koji Morimoto] - [1996]

Seven years after his role as co-animator on Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 landmark feature ‘Akira’, Studio 4°C founder Kōji Morimoto revisits some familiar visual themes in this colourful music video for Ken Ishii’s ‘Extra’…

Koji Morimoto (森本晃司 Morimoto Kōji), born December 26, 1959) is one of Japan’s premier anime directors.^[1]

Born in Wakayama, Japan, he graduated from the Osaka School of Design in 1979 and a couple years later joined the studio Annapuru as an animator for the TV series “Tomorrow's Joe”. While working there, he saw some animation by Takashi Nakamura in ‘Gold Lightan’, an otherwise standard mecha TV series by a rival studio. He was impressed, and it inspired him to quit his job and become a freelance animator.

Morimoto often collaborated with Nakamura, most notably in Katsuhiro Otomo’s 'The Order to Stop Construction’ segment of the anthology film ‘Neo-Tokyo’. This opened many doors for him, from working as animation director on Otomo’s landmark feature ‘Akira’ and a chance to direct a short for the ‘Robot Carnival’ anthology. Around this time he founded Studio 4°C with producer Eiko Tanaka and fellow animator Yoshiharu Sato.

Since then, Morimoto has focused almost exclusively on his directing work. His work became increasingly unusual with time. This is best represented by the concert scenes in ‘Macross Plus’ (his only animation work in the past 15 years) and his short film ‘Noiseman Sound Insect’.

Aside from a small cult following, his films have been ignored outside of Japan.^[2] This has begun to change in recent years, with his artwork being featured in Takashi Murakami’s Superflat exhibitions worldwide, and being invited by the Wachowski Brothers to direct "Beyond", a segment of The Animatrix. He is currently working on ‘Sachiko’, his second feature-length film.

Filmography

Film

• Robot Carnival – "Franken's Gears" (1987)
• Akira (1988)
• Fly! Peek the Whale (とべ!くじらのピーク Tobe! Kujira no Peek^?) (1991)
• Nine Love Stories – "Hero" (1991)
• Open the door (トビラを開けて Tobira wo Akete^?) (1995)
• Memories – "Magnetic Rose" (1996)
• Noiseman Sound Insect (1997)
• Eternal Family (1997)
• The Animatrix – "Beyond" (2003)
• Digital Juice – "The Saloon in the Air" (2003)
• Genius Party Beyond – "Dimension Bomb" (2008)

Music video

• KEN ISHII – "EXTRA" (1996)
• The Bluetones – "4-Day Weekend" (1998)
• Glay – "Survival" (サバイバル Sabaibaru^?) (1999)
• Ayumi Hamasaki – "Connected" (2003)
• Hikaru Utada – "You Make Me Want To Be A Man" (2005)
• Hikaru Utada – "Passion" (2005)

(Source: wikipedia)

Takeshi Koike 小池 健 [MAD-AMV-Sakuga]

Lupin scene is not sure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Koike

Takeshi Koike (小池健 Koike Takeshi) (born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese studio animator, illustrator and film director.

Something of a protégée of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Katsuhito Ishii. He went straight from a high school education to beginning his career at Madhouse as an in-betweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him. His first professional work as director is the title sequence of the 2000 film Party 7; while his first feature film is Redline, which premiered in 2009 and was released in 2010. He served as character designer and animation director for 2012's Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and directed a film continuation called Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone for 2014.^[7] Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=7344

Family name (in kanji): 小池

Given name (in kanji): 健

Date of birth: 1968-01-26

Chronology:

(1986) After getting an interview with Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Koike is hired to work for Madhouse.

Web Diary / Blog:

Takeshi Koike @ Twitter (Japanese)

News:

New Lupin III TV Anime's Staff, Cast, Title Revealed (Updated) (Mar 7, 2012)

Redline Wins Fantasia Audience Award for Animated Film (Aug 13, 2011)

Redline Scheduled for DVD/BR Release November 14 (Jul 15, 2011)

Redline DVD/BR Held Back to "Mid-October" (Jun 15, 2011)

Anchor Bay Films' Redline Release Slated for Fall (May 18, 2011)

Redline screening in Birmingham, March 26 (Mar 1, 2011)

Redline Wins Audience Award at LA Animation Fest (Dec 13, 2010)

L.A. Animation Festival to Screen Redline, Midori-ko (Nov 12, 2010)

Summer Wars, Redline Shown at Minneapolis Film Fest (Oct 29, 2010)

Hawaii Film Fest to Show Redline, Space Show, Beck (Oct 11, 2010)

Staff in:
(English version)
World Record (OAV) : Director

Staff in:
Afro Samurai (TV) : Director (Pilot), Storyboard (Pilot), Character Design (Pilot), Key Animation (Pilot), Setting (Pilot)
BioHunter (OAV) : Key Animation
Blood: The Last Vampire (movie) : Key Animation
Bride of Deimos (OAV) : In-Between Check
Cardcaptor Sakura (TV) : Key Animation (eps 1, 57)
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card : Key Animation
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie : Key Animation
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (TV) : Key Animation (OP; eps 1, 5)
Chironup no Kitsune (movie) : In-Between Animation
CLAMP in Wonderland (OAV) : Key Animation
Cyber City Oedo 808 (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 3), Mechanical animation Director
Darkside Blues (movie) : Key Animation
Dead Leaves (OAV) : Key Animation
Demon City Shinjuku (OAV) : In-Between Check
DNA² (TV) : Mecha design
Doomed Megalopolis (OAV) : Assistant Animation Director (1-2), Key Animation (1-3)
Fighting Spirit (TV) : Key Animation (OP 1; ep 20)
Giant Robo (OAV) : Key Animation (eps 1, 6)
Goku II - Midnight Eye (OAV) : Key Animation
Goku: Midnight Eye (OAV) : In-Between Check, Key Animation
Hidamari no Ki (TV) : Key Animation
Iron Man (TV) : Director (Pilot), Mechanical design, Key Animation (eps 1, 7, 11)
Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (TV) : Animation Director (eps 10-11)
Kamisama Kiss (TV) : Key Animation (eps 4, 12)
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (TV) : Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 13), Key Animation (OP; ep 13)
Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen Daisuke no Bohyō (movie) : Director, Character Design, Animation Director, Mechanical design
Ninja Scroll (movie) : Key Animation
Patlabor WXIII (movie 3) : Key Animation
(The) Phoenix: Chapter of Ho-o (movie) : In-Between Animation
(The) Phoenix: Chapter of Yamato (OAV) : In-Between Animation
Program (OAV) : Mechanical design
Redline (movie) : Director, Storyboard, Unit Director, Character Design, Animation Director, Background Design, Key Animation (uncredited), Layout (uncredited), Layout Supervisor (uncredited), Machine Design
Samurai Champloo (TV) : Key Animation (ep 5), Opening Animation
Slipstream (OAV) : Key Animation
Spirit Warrior (OAV 2) : Character Design
Stink Bomb (movie) : Key Animation
Texhnolyze (TV) : Key Animation (ep 1)
Trava (OAV) : Director, Storyboard
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (movie) : Key Animation
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (movie) : Key Animation
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (movie) : Key Animation, Setting Design
Wicked City (movie) : In-Between Animation
A Wind Named Amnesia (movie) : Key Animation
World Record (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director, Key Animation (half of the total number of key frames)
X (movie) : Key Animation
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (TV) : Key Animation (eps 1, 18)
Zankyō no Terror (TV) : Storyboard (ED), Unit Director (ED), Animation (ED)

大平晋也 (Shinya Ohira) [MAD-Sakuga]

Shinya Ohira: see on animenewsnetwork.com

by Shinya Ohira

Sakuga MAD 2014.08 - [MAD-Sakuga]

Yutaka Nakamura(中村 豊)
Ikuo Geso (おくい　ひさあき)
Akira Amemiya(雨宮 哲)
Hiroyuki Aoyama(青山 浩行)
Shingo Yamashita( 山下清悟)
Keisuke Kojima(小嶋 慶祐)
Takafumi Hori(堀 剛史) 
Naotoshi Shida(志田 直俊) 
Rapparu(らっパル)
Arifumi Imai(今井 有文)
Yuki Hayashi(林 祐己)
Hirofumi Okita(沖田 博文)
Tetsuya Takeuchi(竹内 哲也)
Naoki Yoshibe(吉邊 尚希) 
Norifumi Kugai(久貝 典史)
Hironori Tanaka(田中宏紀 )
Kiyotaka Oshiyama(押山 清高)

Music: Avalon by Maduk

Takashi Taniguchi's weird animation - Some of Taniguchi’s strangest work - [tofugu.com] - [2013]

http://www.tofugu.com/2013/01/05/japans-strangest-animator/


Mr. Ando of the Woods

“Mr. Ando of the Woods,” a bizarre animated short about a penguin who saves a community of forest animals from the evils of human development.

Shigeo is Handsome

Good-looking people seem to get everything in life; they get the most attractive dates, the best jobs, and their handsomeness can deflect bullets.

Salaryman Man

There are many salarymen in Japan, but only one Salaryman Man, the savior of white collar workers across the country. He’ll drink you under the table duringnomikai, then use his business cards to fly away and fight evil. My hero!

The Tears of Junichi the Rough

Some people chain themselves to trees to protest the harm that humans do to the environment. Other people, like Junichi the Rough, grab people with their loin cloth and swing them around menacingly. I’ll let you decide which is more effective.

Hiroyuki Imaishi [今石 洋之] - [MAD]

Hiroyuki Imaishi is a Japanese key animator and anime director. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. A former animator and director at Gainax, he is currently the co-founder of Trigger. Imaishi began his career at Gainax in 1995 as a key animator on Neon Genesis Evangelion. Some of his early works include animation direction, storyboarding, and key animation in FLCL episode 5, Diebuster, Oval X Over, and the ending animation of Paradise Kiss. Imaishi was also known for his "manga" scenes in Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances) and FLCL. He went on to direct Dead Leaves, a 2004 anime film produced by animation studio Production I.G., and the first episode of Re: Cutie Honey.

Hiroyuki Imaishi [今石 洋之]

Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之 Imaishi Hiroyuki, born October 4, 1971) is a Japanese key animator and anime director. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. A former animator and director at Gainax, he is currently the co-founder of Trigger.

Hiroyuki Imaishi
Native name	今石 洋之
Born	October 4, 1971 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	anime director, animator, character designer
Years active	1995–present Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之 Imaishi Hiroyuki, born October 4, 1971) is a Japanese key animator and anime director. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. A former animator and director at Gainax, he is currently the co-founder of Trigger.

Early career

Imaishi began his career at Gainax in 1995 as a key animator on Neon Genesis Evangelion. Some of his early works include animation direction, storyboarding, and key animation in FLCL episode 5, Diebuster, Oval X Over, and the ending animation of Paradise Kiss. Imaishi was also known for his "manga" scenes inKare Kano (His and Her Circumstances) and FLCL. He went on to direct Dead Leaves, a 2004 anime film produced by animation studio Production I.G., and the first episode of Re: Cutie Honey.

Director

His series director debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007).^[1] The anime received an Excellence Prize at the 2007Japan Media Arts Festival,^[2] and Imaishi himself received an individual award at the twelfth Animation Kobe Festival.^[3] In 2008, the anime received both "best television production" and "best character design" from the Tokyo International Anime Fair.^[4] 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 left Gainax to form a new studio, Trigger, alongside Masahiko Ohtsuka and others.^[5][6] His first directorial work at the studio is Kill la Kill.^[7]

Notable works

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (Key Animator)
• FLCL (Animation Director)
• Dead Leaves (Director, Character Design)
• Re: Cutie Honey (Director, ep. 1)
• Gurren Lagann (Director)
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Director)
• Black Rock Shooter (CG Battle Director)
• Inferno Cop (Supervisor)
• Kill la Kill (Director)

References

1. Jump up
   ^ "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann". (November 2006) Newtype USA. p. 17.
2. Jump up
   ^ "Coo, Gurren-Lagann, 'Kafka' Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Networks. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
3. Jump up
   ^ "Gurren Lagann's official blog" (in Japanese). Gainax. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
4. Jump up
   ^ "Eva 1.0 Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Animation of the Year". Anime News Network. February 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
5. Jump up
   ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-06/animator/gurren-lagann-helmer-imaishi-establishes-studio
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   ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-10-07/hiroyuki-imaishi-new-studio-name-website-revealed
7. Jump up
   ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-08/kill-la-kill-anime-reunites-gurren-lagann-director-writer

External links

• Hiroyuki Imaishi profile & works
• (French) Hiroyuki Imaishi interview -(Archived Japanese )
• Hiroyuki Imaishi at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

from Animenewsnetwork.com:

Family name (in kanji): 今石

Given name (in kanji): 洋之

Date of birth: 1971-10-04

Hometown: Tokyo, Japan

Chronology:

(1995) Starts out his animation career by joining GAINAX and working on Neon Genesis Evangelion as an in-betweener

(2004) Makes his directorial debut with Dead Leaves

(2011) Leaves GAINAX to found Trigger with Masahiko Otsuka and Kazuya Masumoto

Favorites:

American Adult Animation

Animator: Yoshinori Kanada

Film Directors: John Woo, Robert Rodriguez and Stephen Sommers

Web Diary / Blog:

Hiroyuki Imaishi (shiimai) @ Twitter (Japanese)

Non-anime staff credits:

Director: Opening Animation for "Musashi: Samurai Legend" (VG) (Japanese)

Illustrator: Animated Movies for "Tales of Symphonia" (VG) (Japanese)

Original Artist: Opening Movie for "Wild Arms 3" (VG) (Japanese)

News:

Sanzigen, Ordet, Trigger Form Ultra Super Pictures Holding Firm (Oct 27, 2011)

Trigger, Gurren Lagann's Shibata, Sushio Make Idolm@ster #17 (Oct 24, 2011)

Anime/Manga/Game Events Cancelled After March 11 Quake (Mar 11, 2011)

Coo, Gurren-Lagann, 'Kafka' Win Media Arts Awards (Dec 4, 2007)

Other articles:

The List - 8 Most Visually Striking Anime Productions (Sep 8, 2012)

Staff in:
(English version)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (live-action movie) : Special Thanks To

Staff in:
Anime Tenchō (OAV) : Screenplay, Art Director, Animation Character Design, Continuity
Battle Athletes Victory (TV) : Key Animation (eps 8, 23)
Black Cat (TV) : Storyboard (ep 18), Key Animation (OP; ep 18)
Black Rock Shooter (TV) : Storyboard (OP; eps 1-3, 7-8), Episode Director (eps 1-4, 7-8), Unit Director (OP), CG Battle Director, Key Animation Layout (eps 1-2)
Captain Kuppa (TV) : Key Animation (ep 4)
Chiisana Kyojin Microman (TV) : Animation Director (ep 26), Key Animation (eps 39, 52)
Corpse Princess (TV) : Key Animation (OP+Ep. 5)
Cromartie High School (TV) : Storyboard (OP)
Dai-Guard (TV) : Storyboard (ep 3), Key Animation (OP)
Dead Leaves (OAV) : Director, Character Design, Animation Director, Continuity, Drawing Supervisor , Key Animation
EUREKA SEVEN AO (TV) : Illustration (by Elena; ep 12)
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (movie) : Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (movie) : Key Animation
FLCL (OAV) : Storyboard (eps 1, 5-6), Animation Director (eps 2, 5), Art Layout, Assistant Animation Director (eps 1, 3), Key Animation(eps 1, 3-6), Key Animation Supervisor, Setting (eps 2, 5)
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) : Key Animation (eps 4, 22)
Gad Guard (TV) : Storyboard (ep 5), Key Animation (ep 24)
Gaiking: Legend of Daikū-maryū (TV 2/2005) : Key Animation (eps 1, 13)
GaoGaiGar: King of the Braves (TV) : Key Animation (eps 28, 30)
Generator Gawl (TV) : Key Animation (eps 1-2)
Geobreeders (OAV) : Key Animation
Getter Robo: Armageddon (OAV) : Animation (Key Animation for ep. 2)
Gunbuster 2: Diebuster (OAV) : 2nd Key Animation (ep 3), Key Animation (eps 1-2, 5), Mechanical animation Director (ep 4)
Gunbuster vs Diebuster Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie : Key Animation
Gurren Lagann (TV) : Director, Storyboard (eps 1, 8, 27), Episode Director (ep 27), Episode Title Font Design (eps 1-8), Eyecatch Illustration (ep 1), Key Animation (5 episodes), Mechanical animation Director (ep 27)
Gurren Lagann the Movie – The Lights in the Sky Are Stars : Director, Storyboard, Animation Director (Mecha), Key Animation
Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood's End- : Director, Storyboard, Animation Director (Mecha), Eyecatch Illustration, Key Animation
Hayate the Combat Butler (TV) : Key Animation (ep 39)
He Is My Master (TV) : Storyboard (ep 4)
Hellsing (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Heroman (TV) : Key Animation (ep 26)
His and Her Circumstances (TV) : Script (ep 19), Storyboard (1,3,8,19,24 Chapters), Animation Director (eps 3, 11, 19), Key Animation (6 episodes)
(The) IDOLM@STER (TV) : Storyboard (1 episodes)
Inferno Cop (ONA) : Director 
Jubei-Chan 2: The Counterattack of Siberia Yagyu (TV) : Key Animation (ep 7)
Kamisama Dolls (TV) : Key Animation (ep 13)
Kill la Kill (TV) : Director, Storyboard (OP 1-2, ED 1-4; 5 episodes), Episode Director (ep 24), Unit Director (ED 1, 3), Key Animation (2 episodes)
Knight Hunters (TV) : Animation (OP 2), Opening Animation (OP2)
Kodocha (TV) : Key Animation (eps 54, 75)
LBX (TV) : Key Animation (OP 2)
Little Witch Academia (movie) : Story Cooperation
Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection (special) : Key Animation
Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo (special) : Key Animation
Lupin III: Island of Assassins (special) : Key Animation
Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure (special) : Key Animation
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (TV) : Key Animation (ep 12)
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV) : Storyboard (eps 3, 12), Episode Director (ep 3), Animation Director (eps 3, 12), Creative Design (ep 12)
Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 4)
Mahoromatic: I'm Home! (special) : Key Animation (ep 1)
Medabots (TV) : Storyboard (ep 14), Episode Director (ep 14), Animation Director (ep 14), Key Animation (2 episodes)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (TV) : Key Animation (ep 25)
Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi (TV) : Key Animation (OP 1-2)
(The) Mystic Archives of Dantalian (TV) : Storyboard (ep 6)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) : In-Between Animation (12 episodes), Key Animation (DC of ep. 23)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie) : Key Animation (Death & Rebirth)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) : Key Animation (eps 25-26)
Night Warriors - Darkstalkers' Revenge (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 4)
Ojamajo Doremi # (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
One Piece: Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima (movie 6) : Key Animation
OVAL X OVER (OAV) : Director, Storyboard, Animation Director
Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox (OAV) : Director, Storyboard (eps 1-3, 5-8), Episode Director (eps 1-3, 5-8)
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (TV) : Director, Script (5 episodes), Storyboard (OP, ED; 5 episodes), Episode Director (4 episodes), Unit Director (OP, ED), 2nd Key Animation (ep 11), Key Animation (eps 1-2, 28)
Paradise Kiss (TV) : Key Animation (ED)
Parappa the Rapper (TV) : Storyboard (ED 1; eps 5, 11, 18), Unit Director (ED 1), Key Animation (all for ED 1)
Petite Princess Yucie (TV) : Storyboard (ep 7), Key Animation (ep 7)
PoPoLoCrois (TV) : Key Animation (ep 6)
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (movie) : Storyboard
Re: Cutie Honey (OAV) : Director (ep 1), Episode Director (ep 1), Unit Director (OP), Key Animation (OP; eps 1, 3)
Redline (movie) : Key Animation
Rosario + Vampire (TV) : Key Animation (ep 10)
Samurai Champloo (TV) : Storyboard (ep 9)
Shaman King (TV) : Key Animation (OP 1-2)
Shikabane Hime: Kuro (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Shoka (special) : Key Animation
Slayers Next (TV) : Key Animation (eps 22, 26)
Slayers Try (TV) : Key Animation (eps 1, 6, 14)
Space Dandy (TV) : Guest Mechanical Design Draft (ep 7)
Speed Racer X (TV) : Key Animation (OP 1-2; eps 4, 34)
Star Driver (TV) : Key Animation (ep 25)
Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (OAV) : Key Animation
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) : Key Animation (OP, ED 1; ep 7)
Trava (OAV) : Storyboard (ep 2), Key Animation (eps 2-3)
Virus Buster Serge (TV) : Key Animation (eps 1, 4, 11)
Wild Arms - Twilight Venom (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 3)
Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life (TV) : End Card (ep 8)
Yatterman (TV 2008) : Key Animation (eps 12, 54)
Zettai Shonen (TV) : Key Animation (ep 23)
Zoku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei (TV) : Storyboard (Zetsubou Fight)