Shinji Higuchi

Shinji Higuchi (樋口 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.

Shinji Higuchi
Shinji Higuchi in 2016
Born (1965-09-22) September 22, 1965
Tokyo, Japan
Known forAnimation, Film
Notable work
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Sinking of Japan
Attack on Titan
Shin Godzilla

Biography

As a key Daicon/Gainax member, he also 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.[1] He later voice-acted a musician modeled after himself in 2 episodes of Karekano.[2]

Filmography

Director

Assistant director
  • Wings of Honneamise (1987)

Special Effects Director

Visual Effects Director

Assistant Special Effects Director

Special Effects Designer Filmography
  • Dragonhead (2003)

Storyboards

Writer

References
  1. Character Name Origins: NGE, archived from the original on August 19, 2007
  2. "untitled". gainax.co.jp. Archived from the original on February 11, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
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