Noriyuki Abe

Noriyuki Abe (阿部 記之 (formerly 阿部 紀之), Abe Noriyuki, born July 19, 1961) is a Japanese anime storyboard artist, sound director and director best known for working with Studio Pierrot on major hits such as Ninku, Flame of Recca, Bleach and Yu Yu Hakusho. The latter won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994.

Noriyuki Abe
Born	(1961-07-19) July 19, 1961 Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Storyboard Artist, Sound Director, Director

Works

• Norakuro-kun (1987 TV series), Episode director
• Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990 TV series), Storyboard, Episode director
• Ore wa Chokkaku (1991 TV series), Episode director
• Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director
  • Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie (1993 film), Director
  • Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report (1994 film), Supervision
• Ninku (1995 TV series), Director, Storyboard
  • Ninku: The Movie (1995 film), Director, Storyboard
• Midori no Makibaō (1996 TV series), Director, Episode director
• Flame of Recca (1997 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director
• Saber Marionette J to X (1998 TV series), Storyboard (ep 16)
• Chiisana Kyojin Microman (1999 TV series), Series director
• Great Teacher Onizuka (1999 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Recording Director
• Banner of the Stars (2000 TV series), Storyboard
• Ghost Stories (2000 TV series), Director, Sound director
• Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001 TV series), Storyboard (eps #5, #8)
• Banner of the Stars II (2001 TV series), Storyboard
• Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 TV series), Director, Recording Director
• Detective School Q (2003 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director
• Bleach (2004 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director, Technical director
  • Bleach: Memories in the Rain (2004 OVA), Director
  • Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (2005 OVA), Director
  • Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006 film), Director, Storyboard[1]
  • Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007 film), Director, Storyboard, Unit director
  • Bleach: Fade to Black (2008 film), Director[2][3]
  • Bleach: Hell Verse (2010 film), Director
• Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014 TV series), Director
  • Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014 OVA), Director
  • Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017 film), Director
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015 TV series), Director
  • The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (2016 TV series), Director
• Divine Gate (2016 TV series), Director
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017 TV series), Chief director (eps #1–#104)
• The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky (2018 film), Chief director
• Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga (2019 TV series), Director[4]
• Arad Senki: The Wheel of Reversal (2020), Director[5]

References

1. "News: First Bleach Film to Run in U.S. Theaters June 11–12". Anime News Network. 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
2. "News: Toho Lists Third Bleach Movie in December in Japan". Anime News Network. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
3. "News: Third Bleach Film, First Major Film Have Titles, Dates". Anime News Network. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
4. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 27, 2018). "Studio DEEN Reveals Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga Original TV Anime with Hakuōki Anime's Staff". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
5. "New Arad Senki/Dungeon Fighter Online Anime's Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. December 25, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.

External links

• Noriyuki Abe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia