Directed credits
16
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 11All crew credits: 57
TMDB ID: 109191
IMDb ID: nm0408043
Known for: Directing
Born: October 4, 1971
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 7.46
Wikidata: Q3023829
Also known as
今石 洋之
Frequent jobs
Director (10)Series Director (3)Action Director (2)Animation Director (1)Key Animation (30)Storyboard Artist (5)Art Direction (2)Character Designer (1)Opening/Ending Animation (1)Original Concept (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之, born October 4, 1971) is a Japanese key animator and anime/anime influenced animation director and one of the co-founders of Trigger. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. Prior to founding Trigger, he was an animator and director at Gainax. His series director debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007). The anime received an Excellence Prize at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival, and Imaishi himself received an individual award at the twelfth Animation Kobe Festival. In 2008, the anime received both "best television production" and "best character design" from the Tokyo International Anime Fair. Later he went on to work as director in the 2010 anime series, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. His main influence of being an animator and director are Yoshinori Kanada and his works, in which all his anime titles such as Dead Leaves, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt pay special tributes to him and his art. In 2011, Imaishi branched off Gainax to form a new studio, Trigger, alongside Masahiko Ohtsuka and others. His first directorial work at the studio is Kill la Kill. Source: Wikipedia
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Sex & Violence with Machspeed
Director
2015 Movie
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
Director
2009 Movie
Dead Leaves
Director
2004 Movie
Animation Store Manager
Director
2002 Movie
Untitled Hiroyuki Imaishi/Kazuki Nakashima Project
Director
Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi.
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Series Director • 30 eps
2025 Series
BNA
Action Director • 1 eps
2020 Series
DARLING in the FRANXX
Action Director • 24 eps
2018 Series
Japan Animator Expo
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
Kill la Kill
Series Director • 24 eps
2013 Series
Inferno Cop
Series Director • 13 eps
2012 Series
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Director • 3 eps
2010 Series
Gurren Lagann
Director • 1 eps
2007 Series
Re: Cutie Honey
Director • 1 eps
2004 Series
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Animation Director • 2 eps
2002 Series
PaRappa the Rapper
Director • 15 eps
2001 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
1997 Movie
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Key Animation
2021 Movie
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
Director
2009 Movie
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Key Animation
2008 Movie
Redline
Key Animation
2009 Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Key Animation
1997 Movie
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Storyboard Artist
2009 Movie
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Key Animation
2012 Movie
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Key Animation
2005 Movie
Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
Key Animation
2015 Movie
Promare
Key Animation
2019 Movie
Dead Leaves
Director
2004 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Key Animation • 1 eps
1995 Series
DARLING in the FRANXX
Action Director • 24 eps
2018 Series
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Opening/Ending Animation • 10 eps
2022 Series
Medabots
Key Animation • 2 eps
1999 Series
Fullmetal Alchemist
Key Animation • 1 eps
2003 Series
Gurren Lagann
Director • 1 eps
2007 Series
Kill la Kill
Series Director • 24 eps
2013 Series
BNA
Action Director • 1 eps
2020 Series
FLCL
Storyboard Artist • 3 eps
2000 Series
Little Witch Academia
Key Animation • 1 eps
2017 Series
His and Her Circumstances
Writer • 1 eps
1998 Series
Rosario + Vampire
Key Animation • 1 eps
2008 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Key Animation
1997 Movie
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Key Animation
2021 Movie
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
Key Animation
1997 Movie
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Key Animation
2005 Movie
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Key Animation
1997 Movie
Redline
Key Animation
2009 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Opening/Ending Animation • 10 eps
2022 Series
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Key Animation • 1 eps
1995 Series
Gurren Lagann
Director • 1 eps
2007 Series
Kill la Kill
Series Director • 24 eps
2013 Series
Fullmetal Alchemist
Key Animation • 1 eps
2003 Series
Star Wars: Visions
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2021 Series
DARLING in the FRANXX
Action Director • 24 eps
2018 Series
Medabots
Key Animation • 2 eps
1999 Series
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Series Director • 30 eps
2025 Series
Rosario + Vampire
Key Animation • 1 eps
2008 Series
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Director • 3 eps
2010 Series
FLCL
Storyboard Artist • 3 eps
2000 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Key Animation
2021 Movie
Promare
Key Animation
2019 Movie
Promare / Side: Galo
Art Direction
2019 Movie
Promare / Side: Lio
Art Direction
2019 Movie
Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
Key Animation
2015 Movie
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Key Animation
2012 Movie
Shoka
Key Animation
2010 Movie
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Storyboard Artist
2009 Movie
Redline
Key Animation
2009 Movie
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Key Animation
2008 Movie
Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie
Key Animation
2006 Movie
Oval x Over
Storyboard Artist
2005 Movie
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Key Animation
2005 Movie
Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure
Key Animation
2003 Movie
Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection
Key Animation
2001 Movie
Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis
Key Animation
1998 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Opening/Ending Animation • 10 eps
2022 Series
Star Wars: Visions
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2021 Series
Little Witch Academia
Key Animation • 1 eps
2017 Series
Space Patrol Luluco
Original Concept • 13 eps
2016 Series
Ninja Slayer From Animation
Character Designer • 26 eps
2015 Series
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Key Animation • 1 eps
2012 Series
THE iDOLM@STER
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2011 Series
Star Driver
Key Animation • 1 eps
2010 Series
Rosario + Vampire
Key Animation • 1 eps
2008 Series
Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu
Key Animation • 2 eps
2005 Series
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Key Animation • 1 eps
2004 Series
Fullmetal Alchemist
Key Animation • 1 eps
2003 Series
Trava: Fist Planet
Key Animation • 1 eps
2002 Series
Mahoromatic
Key Animation • 1 eps
2001 Series
FLCL
Storyboard Artist • 3 eps
2000 Series
Medabots
Key Animation • 2 eps
1999 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Hiroyuki Imaishi.
The Making of Kill la Kill: 500 Days of Total Coverage
as (Self)
2014 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Hiroyuki Imaishi.
THE ANIME STUDIO
as Self - Director • 1 eps
2021 Series