Directing · geboren 1965-09-22 · Tokyo, Japan

Shinji Higuchi

Shinji Higuchi ist Filmregisseur, Storyboard-Künstler und Spezialeffekt-Spezialist. Er zählt zu den führenden Spezialeffekt-Experten Japans und arbeitet häufig im Animationsbereich. Higuchi ist neben Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto und Takami Akai einer der Gründer von Gainax. Er erlangte Anerkennung für seine Spezialeffekt-Arbeit in Shusuke Kanekos Gamera-Trilogie und arbeitet regelmäßig mit Hideaki Anno an Anime- und Tokusatsu-Projekten zusammen.

Bekannt aus

• Attack on Titan (2013) – Storyboard Artist
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) – Writer
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) – Storyboard Artist
• Shin Godzilla (2016) – Storyboard
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) – Storyboard Artist
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) – Storyboard Artist
• Evangelion: 3.0 - You can (not) redo (2012) – Storyboard Artist
• Attack on Titan (2015) – Director
• Kill la Kill (2013) – Storyboard Artist
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) – Screenplay
• FLCL (2000) – Mechanical Designer
• Attack On Titan II: End of the World (2015) – Director
• Godzilla - Die Rückkehr des Monsters (1984) – Special Effects
• All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) – Otaku
• Pokémon 6: Jirachi Wishmaker (2003) – Other
• Shin Ultraman (2022) – Storyboard Artist
• Godzilla - Die Rückkehr des Monsters (1985) – Special Effects
• Gamera - Guardian of the Universe (1995) – Special Effects
• Kare Kano: Mein Geheimnis, dein Geheimnis (1998) – Member B (voice)
• Wings of Honneamise - Eroberung des Universums (1987) – Assistant Director
• Gamera - Revenge of Iris (1999) – Visual Effects Director
• Gamera - Attack of the Legion (1996) – Visual Effects Director
• Evangelion: Death (True)² (1998) – Screenplay
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) – Storyboard Artist
• Nadia und die Macht des Zaubersteins (1990) – Storyboard Artist
• Gunbuster (1988) – Storyboard Artist
• Bullet Train Explosion (2025) – Director
• Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022) – Concept Artist
• 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 DEATH(TRUE)²／Air／まごころを､君に (1998) – Screenplay
• Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012) – Director
• The Princess Blade (2001) – Visual Effects Director
• The Cat (1992) – Special Effects Assistant
• The Floating Castle - Festung der Samurai (2012) – Director
• Sinking of Japan (2006) – Director
• Drachenflieger (2018) – Series Director
• Towanoquon - Fiktive Einmischung (2011) – Storyboard Artist
• ピストルオペラ (2001) – Special Effects
• Lorelei I-507 - Deutsche Wunderwaffe im Pazifik (2005) – Director
• Otaku no Video (1991) – Storyboard
• Star Blazers 2199 - Space Battleship Yamato - Odyssey of the Celestial Arc (2014) – Storyboard Artist