Shinji Higuchi
- Directing
- September 22, 1965 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN · Self
- EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening · Production Supervisor
- Bullet Train Explosion · Director
- Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director · Self
- Brush of the God
- Luca on the Road · Takashi Shiomi
- Breakfast of the Movie
- Kyrie · Takashi Shiomi
- Taroman Historia · Self
- Kamen Rider Black Sun · Concept Artist
- Lost Man Found · Self
- Shin Ultra Fight · Director, Series Director
- Shin Ultraman · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Ribbon · Special Effects
- Thunderbirds 55/GOGO · Director, Editing
- Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion · Self
- The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 · Story, Original Concept
- The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga · Self
- DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan · Series Director, Story
- Shin Godzilla · Storyboard, Visual Effects Director
- Attack on Titan II: End of the World · Director
- Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets · Series Director
- Attack on Titan · Director
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark · Storyboard Artist
- Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film · Director
- Kill la Kill · Storyboard Artist
- Attack on Titan · Storyboard Artist
- The Intermission
- Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo · Storyboard Artist
- The Floating Castle · Director
- Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo · Director
- Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams · Storyboard Artist
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt · Storyboard Artist
- Monster Magnitude: 9 · Series Director, Director
- Death Kappa · Reporter
- Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance · Storyboard Artist, Assistant Script
- Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster · Executive producer
- The Last Princess · Director
- Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone · Storyboard Artist
- Gunbuster: The Movie · Storyboard Artist
- Japan Sinks · Director
- Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters · Beefbowl Ushigoro (Voice)
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean · Director
- Kibakichi · Shinnosuke Higuchi
- Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker · Other
- Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name · No. 19
- Minimoni The Movie: The Great Cake Adventure! · Director
- Vandread Turbulence · Director
- The Private Detective Mike
- Vandread Integral · Director
- The Princess Blade · Visual Effects Director
- Pistol Opera · Special Effects
- All About Lily Chou-Chou · Otaku
- FLCL · Mechanical Designer
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris · Visual Effects Director, Creature Design
- GAMERA 1999
- Document Love & Pop
- His and Her Circumstances · Member B (Voice)
- Revival of Evangelion · Screenplay
- EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² · Screenplay
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion · Storyboard Artist
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth · Screenplay
- Space Ship Remnant 6 · Visual Effects Director
- Gamera 2: Advent of Legion · Visual Effects Director, Creature Design
- Neon Genesis Evangelion · Writer, Storyboard Artist
- Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe · Special Effects
- The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero · Special Effects Supervisor, Storyboard Artist
- The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman · Storyboard Artist
- The Cat · Special Effects Assistant
- Future Memories: Last Christmas · Visual Effects Director
- Otaku no Video · Storyboard
- The Cat- Beast Wars: Nine Lives · Special Effects Supervisor
- Mikadroid · Special Effects
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III · Director
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I · Director
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II · Director
- Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars · Storyboard, Storyboard Artist
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water · Storyboard Artist, Director
- The Men Who Made Ultraman · Special Effects