Shinji Higuchi

Born: 1965-09-22

Shinji Higuchi is a movie director, storyboard artist and SFX specialist. He is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, often working in animation. Higuchi is one of the original founders of Gainax, along with Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Takami Akai. Higuchi gain recognition for his special effects work in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy and is a frequent collaborator with Hideaki Anno on both anime and tokusatsu projects.


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All About Lily Chou-Chou

as Otaku
Released: 2001-10-06

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the...

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GAMERA 1999

as uncredited
Released: 1999-02-20

Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From...

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Death Kappa

as Reporter
Released: 2010-06-25

When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic...

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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

as Self - SFX Director
Released: 2019-04-02

Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic...

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Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion

as Self
Released: 2021-03-22

EVANGELION is coming to an end. NHK spent 4 years with exclusive access to director Hideaki...

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The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8

as uncredited
Released: 2020-07-31

An actor who has lost his job due to the coronavirus buys capsule monsters online and begins to...

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Kyrie

as Takashi Shiomi
Released: 2023-10-13

Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak....

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The Intermission

as uncredited
Released: 2013-02-23

A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at...

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The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

as uncredited
Released: 1995-02-24

The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke...

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Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters

as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
Released: 2006-04-08

Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed...

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Brush of the God

as uncredited
Released: 2024-07-26

His story follows a schoolgirl named Akari Tokimiya and the fantastical adventure which occurs...

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Document Love & Pop

as uncredited
Released: 1998-11-27

Two shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a...

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A Forest with No Name

as No. 19
Released: 2003-03-19

Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a...

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His and Her Circumstances

as Member B (voice)
First aired: 1998-10-02

In His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and...

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The Private Detective Mike

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-07-01

Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the...

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Lost Man Found

as Himself
First aired: 2022-06-26

Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the...

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