Shinji Higuchi
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.
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as OtakuCharts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the...
Movie pageGAMERA 1999
as uncreditedHideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From...
Movie pageDeath Kappa
as ReporterWhen military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic...
Movie pageThe Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - SFX DirectorJapan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic...
Movie pageHideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
as SelfEVANGELION is coming to an end. NHK spent 4 years with exclusive access to director Hideaki...
Movie pageThe 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
as uncreditedAn actor who has lost his job due to the coronavirus buys capsule monsters online and begins to...
Movie pageKyrie
as Takashi ShiomiLuca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak....
Movie pageThe Intermission
as uncreditedA unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at...
Movie pageThe Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
as uncreditedThe production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke...
Movie pageTachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed...
Movie pageBrush of the God
as uncreditedHis story follows a schoolgirl named Akari Tokimiya and the fantastical adventure which occurs...
Movie pageDocument Love & Pop
as uncreditedTwo shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a...
Movie pageA Forest with No Name
as No. 19Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a...
Movie pageHis and Her Circumstances
as Member B (voice)In His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and...
TV Show pageThe Private Detective Mike
as uncreditedMike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the...
TV Show pageLost Man Found
as HimselfSatoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the...
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