Hisashi Hirai

Hisashi Hirai (平井久司, Hirai Hisashi, born on May 27, 1959) is a Japanese animator, character designer, and manga artist. He is noted for his work with Sunrise, having worked on Infinite Ryvius, s-CRY-ed, Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny and Fafner of the Azure. He was also the lead animator for Linebarrels of Iron.[1]

Hisashi Hirai
平井久司
Born	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Animator, Character Designer

Works

Anime

List of works in anime

Year	Series	Crew role	Notes	Source
1985	Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God	Design		[2]
1992	Dragon Slayer	Character Design, Animation Director (Nakamura Pro)	Also SNES version	[2]
1995	Wild Knights Gulkeeva	Character Design, Animation Director (Nakamura Pro), Art design, Animation (OP; ED; DN)		[2]
1995	The Silent Service	Design, animation		[2]
1999	Infinite Ryvius	Character Design, Animation Director (OP), ED Illustrations, Key Animation (episodes 14, 20, 26)		[2]
2001	s-CRY-ed	Character Design, Character Animation Director (episodes 1, 16, 26), Chief Character Animation Director, Key Animation (episode 26), Mechanical animation Director (episode 11), Opening/Ending Animation Director		[2][3]
2002	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED	Character designer		[4]
2004	My-HiME	Element gun design		[2][5]
2004	Fafner in the Azure	Character Design, Key Animation (OP/ED; episode 25)		[2]
2002	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny	Character designer		[6]
2006	Gin'iro no Olynssis	Character Design		[2]
2007	Heroic Age	Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP; ED)		[2][7]
2008	Linebarrels of Iron	Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP; episode 1)		[2][1]
2010	Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth	Character Design, Character Supervision, Key Animation	feature film	[8][9]
2013	Majestic Prince	Character Design, Animation Director (OP 1-2; ED2; episode 1), Key Animation (OP1; ED1)	Nominated–Character design, 3rd Newtype Anime Awards	[10]
2015	Fafner in the Azure: Exodus	Character Design, Animation Director (character; OP; ED), Animation (ED for episode 9), Assistant Animation Director (character; episode 1), Key Animation (episodes 2-5, 9), Photo Key Animation (episode 11)		[11]

Video games

List of works in video games

Year	Series	Crew role	Notes	Source
2015	Xuccess Heaven	Character design	smartphone RPG	[12]

References

1. Brami, David (July 8, 2008). "Linebarrels Of Iron : Asia Connection" (in French). Excessif.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
2. Clements & McCarthy 2014
3. "Bandai Publicizes New Anime at Toy Fair". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
4. "Story&Staff". sunrise-inc.co.jp. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
5. "[舞-HiME] 風華学園オフィシャルWeb". sunrise-inc.co.jp. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
6. "Main Staff". sunrise-inc.co.jp. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
7. "ヒロイック・エイジ　-HEROIC AGE-". xebec-inc.co.jp. Archived from the original on May 9, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
8. "Fafner Film, Milky Holmes TV Anime Dated". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
9. "TV Host: Soukyuu no Fafner Film Is in Production". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
10. "Attack on Titan Wins Top Prizes in Newtype Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
11. "Fafner Exodus Sequel's Teaser Video Reveals Fall 2014 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
12. "Xuccess Heaven Project Announced as Smartphone RPG". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

Book references

• Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. 1200pp. ISBN 9781611729092.

External links

• Hisashi Hirai at Anime News Network's encyclopedia