Shinji Higuchi

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Shinji Higuchi
樋口 真嗣
Higuchi at the premiere of Shin Godzilla in 2016
Born	(1965-09-22) September 22, 1965 (age 55) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Director, special effects director, storyboard artist
Years active	1984–present
Known for	Animation, Film
Notable work	Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Neon Genesis Evangelion Sinking of Japan Attack on Titan Shin Godzilla

Shinji Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 真嗣, Hepburn: Higuchi Shinji, born September 22, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese filmmaker and anime storyboard artist, 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.

Biography[]

As a key Daicon/Gainax member, he 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 two episodes of Karekano.^[2]

Filmography[]

Director[]

• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
• Sinking of Japan (2006)
• Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess (2008)
• Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012)
• The Floating Castle (2012)
• Attack on Titan (2015)
• Attack on Titan: End of the World (2015)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018)
• Shin Ultraman (2021)

Assistant director[]

• Wings of Honneamise (1987)

Special effects director[]

• Mikadroid (1991)
• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)

Visual effects director[]

• Shin Godzilla (2016)

Assistant special effects director[]

• The Return of Godzilla (1984)

Special effects designer[]

• Dragon Head (2003)

Storyboards[]

• Gunbuster (1988)
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–1991)
• The End of Evangelion (1997)
• Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker (2003)
• Casshern (2004)
• Rebuild of Evangelion (2007–present)
• Tekken: Blood Vengeance (2011)
• Kill la Kill (2013)
• Attack on Titan Season 3 (2018)

Writer[]

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
• The End of Evangelion (1997)

References[]

External links[]

• Shinji Higuchi at IMDb
• 樋口真嗣 (Shinji Higuchi) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)