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Shinji Higuchi (樋口真嗣 Higuchi Shinji?, born September 22, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a storyboard artist (especially in anime) and is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, best known for his work on the Heisei [[Gamera Trilogy]]. He works on both [[Anime]] and [[Tokusatsu]] projects. |
Shinji Higuchi (樋口真嗣 Higuchi Shinji?, born September 22, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a storyboard artist (especially in anime) and is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, best known for his work on the Heisei [[Gamera Trilogy]]. He works on both [[Anime]] and [[Tokusatsu]] projects. |
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As a teenager fan, he started out as one of the four founders of Daicon Films (now Gainax), along with [[Hideaki Anno]], [[Yoshiyuki Sadamoto]] and [[Takami Akai]]. A highly talented artist, he worked on many of their early anime and tokusatsu productions, doing storyboarding as well as special effects. Soon, he got to help out special effects director [[Teruyoshi Nakano]] as an uncredited assistant for The Return of Godzilla (1984). But his first major FX credit came with Daicon's 1985 low-budget daikaiju epic-comedy, The Eight-Headed Giant Serpent Strikes Back. He continued to be a storyboarder for anime such as [[ |
As a teenager fan, he started out as one of the four founders of Daicon Films (now Gainax), along with [[Hideaki Anno]], [[Yoshiyuki Sadamoto]] and [[Takami Akai]]. A highly talented artist, he worked on many of their early anime and tokusatsu productions, doing storyboarding as well as special effects. Soon, he got to help out special effects director [[Teruyoshi Nakano]] as an uncredited assistant for The Return of Godzilla (1984). But his first major FX credit came with Daicon's 1985 low-budget daikaiju epic-comedy, The Eight-Headed Giant Serpent Strikes Back. He continued to be a storyboarder for anime such as [[Gunbuster]] (1988) and [[Otaku no Video]] (1991), and was the special effects director for Toho/Tsuburaya Productions' 1991 SF-thriller, [[Mikadoroid]]. |
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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, assistant director, and art director/storyboarder for that series. He was also the namesake for the show's protagonist, Shinji Ikari[1]. |
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, assistant director, and art director/storyboarder for that series. He was also the namesake for the show's protagonist, Shinji Ikari[1]. |
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That same year was another turning point for Higuchi - he had directed the special effects for the highly-acclaimed 90s Gamera trilogy of films, all directed by Shusuke Kaneko. He had truly proved himself to be a top master in the field of Japanese special effects. He continued to direct FX for movies such as Sakuya - Slayer of Demons (2000), [[Princess Blade]] and [[Pistol Opera]], both 2001. That same year, he helped out with the sequence in the [[Godzilla]] film, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, where Godzilla is confronted by JSDF jet fighters, and thus attacks them with his radioactive ray breath. |
That same year was another turning point for Higuchi - he had directed the special effects for the highly-acclaimed 90s Gamera trilogy of films, all directed by Shusuke Kaneko. He had truly proved himself to be a top master in the field of Japanese special effects. He continued to direct FX for movies such as Sakuya - Slayer of Demons (2000), [[Princess Blade]] and [[Pistol Opera]], both 2001. That same year, he helped out with the sequence in the [[Godzilla]] film, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, where Godzilla is confronted by JSDF jet fighters, and thus attacks them with his radioactive ray breath. |
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In addition to special effects direction, Higuchi provided the CG animation for the first ''[[ |
In addition to special effects direction, Higuchi provided the CG animation for the first ''[[Hamtaro]]'' movie, and storyboarded the fight scenes for the CG tokusatsu superhero epic, ''[[Neo-Human Casshern|Casshern]]'' (2004), based on [[Tatsuo Yoshida]]'s 1973 anime series. |
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In 2005, he has directed the tokusatsu SF/World War II epic, [[Lorelei]], which has become a box-office success in Japan. His next project was a remake of the classic 70s [[Toho]] disaster film Japan Sinks, released in 2006. The latter film was a massive success at the box office, but was poorly received by critics and won first place at the Golden Raspberry Awards (the Japanese equivalent of a Razzie). Recently Shinji Higuchi directed [ThreeVillainsOfTheHiddenFortress:TheLastPrincess\], released in May 10, 2008. It is a remake of [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s [[The Hidden Fortress]]. |
In 2005, he has directed the tokusatsu SF/World War II epic, [[Lorelei]], which has become a box-office success in Japan. His next project was a remake of the classic 70s [[Toho]] disaster film Japan Sinks, released in 2006. The latter film was a massive success at the box office, but was poorly received by critics and won first place at the Golden Raspberry Awards (the Japanese equivalent of a Razzie). Recently Shinji Higuchi directed [ThreeVillainsOfTheHiddenFortress:TheLastPrincess\], released in May 10, 2008. It is a remake of [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s [[The Hidden Fortress]]. |