Shinji Aramaki

Shinji Aramaki
Aramaki at the Ready Player One Japan premiere in 2018
Born	(1960-10-02) October 2, 1960 (age 60) Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	anime director and mechanical designer

Shinji Aramaki (荒牧 伸志, Aramaki Shinji, born October 2, 1960) is a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer, born in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was a member of Artmic.

He is noted for work on powered exoskeletons and his mecha and CG design on several anime series.^[1]

On November 29, 2018, it was announced that he and Kenji Kamiyama will direct the initial season of Blade Runner: Black Lotus, an anime for Adult Swim and Crunchyroll.^[2][3][4]

Work[]

As director[]

• Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 (director, 1987)
• Megazone 23 III (director, 1989, with Ken'ichi Yatagai)
• Genesis Survivor Gaiarth (director, 1992-1993)
• Appleseed (director, 2004)^[5]
• Appleseed Ex Machina (director, 2007)^[5]
• Viper's Creed (chief director, 2009)
• Halo Legends, episode The Package (director, 2010)
• Starship Troopers: Invasion (director, 2012)^[6]
• Harlock: Space Pirate (director, 2013)^[7][8][9]
• Appleseed Alpha (director, 2014)^[10]
• Evangelion: Another Impact (director, 2014)^[11]
• Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (director, 2017, with Masaru Matsumoto)
• Ultraman (director, 2019–present, with Kenji Kamiyama)
• Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 (director, 2020, with Kenji Kamiyama)
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus (director, 2021, with Kenji Kamiyama)

As designer[]

• Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (mechanical design, 1983-1984)
• Pole Position (mechanical design, 1984)
• The Transformers (TV series) (mechanical design, 1984-1987)^[12]
• Megazone 23 (mechanical design, 1985–1989)
• M.A.S.K. (mechanical design, 1985–1986)
• Bubblegum Crisis (production design, 1987-1991)
• Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 (mechanical design, 1988)
• The New Adventures of He-Man (mechanical design, 1990)
• Bubblegum Crash (production design, 1991)
• Genesis Survivor Gaiarth (mechanical design, 1992-1993)
• Gasaraki (mechanical design, 1998-1999)
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (mecha design, 1998-1999)
• Digimon Tamers (CG design, 2001-2002)
• s-CRY-ed (design works, 2001)
• Crush Gear Turbo (mechanical design, 2001-2003)
• Witch Hunter Robin (design works, 2002)
• Wolf's Rain (mechanical design, 2003)
• Astro Boy (2003 TV series) (mechanical design, 2003-2004)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (production design, 2003-2004)
• Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO (mechanical design, 2004-2009)
• Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (mechanical design, 2004)
• Sugar Sugar Rune (makai art concept, 2005-2006)
• Project Blue Earth SOS (mechanical design, 2006)
• Reideen (mechanical design, 2007)
• Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (mechanical design (Nephthys-IX), 2007)
• Soul Eater (conceptual design 2008)
• Halo Legends (2010), episodes Prototype (power suit designer) and The Package (mechanical designer)
• Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto (conceptual design, 2010-2011)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (mechanical design, 2011)
• Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (spinner design, 2017)

Other[]

• Kappa (CG design)
• Ping Pong (table-tennis scene CG)
• Sonic Unleashed (CG movie director)
• Gasaraki (storyboard writer of episode 25, 1998-1999)
• Halo Legends (creative advisor, 2010)

References[]

Further reading[]

• Kemps, Heidi (2014-08-28). "Interview: Shinji Aramaki". Anime News Network.

External links[]

• Shinji Aramaki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Shinji Aramaki at IMDb
• Shinji Aramaki entry at Gears Online