Directed credits
25
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Koichi Chigira
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 16All crew credits: 57
TMDB ID: 234363
IMDb ID: nm0157363
Known for: Directing
Born: May 4, 1959
Age: 67
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2022
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.93
Wikidata: Q3201281
Also known as
Kouichi Chigira • 千明 孝一
Frequent jobs
Director (20)Series Director (3)Animation Director (2)Key Animation (14)Storyboard Artist (12)Screenplay (4)Storyboard (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Koichi Chigira is an anime director who has directed several series, usually working with Studio GONZO and has begun his career at Madhouse. Chigira is known for directing Full Metal Panic and Last Exile.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Koichi Chigira.
Director
"Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
2022 • Movie
Director
Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2016 • Movie
Director
Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2008 • Movie
Director
Full Metal Panic!
2002 • Movie
Director
Welcome to Lodoss Island!
1998 • Movie
Director
Tokyo Babylon 2
1994 • Movie
Director
Sleepless Oedo
1993 • Movie
Director
Tokyo Babylon 1
1992 • Movie
Director
Nineteen 19
1990 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Koichi Chigira.
Director • 1 eps
Urusei Yatsura
2022 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
Cagaster of an Insect Cage
2020 • Series
Director • 1 eps
18if
2017 • Series
Director • 12 eps
Luck & Logic
2016 • Series
Director • 12 eps
The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2008 • Series
Series Director • 47 eps
Last Exile
2003 • Series
Series Director • 24 eps
Full Metal Panic!
2002 • Series
Director • 24 eps
Gate Keepers
2000 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Blue Submarine No. 6
1998 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Phantom Quest Corp.
1994 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Natsuki Crisis
1994 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Tokyo Babylon
1992 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Doomed Megalopolis
1991 • Series
Animation Director • 6 eps
The Enemy's the Pirates!
1990 • Series
Animation Director • 1 eps
Kimagure Orange Road
1987 • Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Koichi Chigira.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Koichi Chigira.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Koichi Chigira.
Key Animation
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
1999 • Movie
Key Animation
Ninja Scroll
1993 • Movie
Key Animation
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 • Movie
Key Animation
Arion
1986 • Movie
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1988 • Movie
Key Animation
X
1996 • Movie
Storyboard Artist
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
2013 • Movie
Key Animation
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1991 • Movie
Key Animation
A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Koichi Chigira.
Writer • 1 eps
Lupin the 3rd
1971 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Chihayafuru
2011 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Rurouni Kenshin
1996 • Series
Series Director • 24 eps
Full Metal Panic!
2002 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Urusei Yatsura
2022 • Series
Animation Director • 1 eps
Kimagure Orange Road
1987 • Series
Series Director • 47 eps
Last Exile
2003 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
2022 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Witch Hunter Robin
2002 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Popolocrois Monogatari
1998 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
Cagaster of an Insect Cage
2020 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Koichi Chigira.
Screenplay
Full Metal Panic! 3rd Section: Into the Blue
2018 • Movie
Screenplay
Full Metal Panic! 2nd Section: One Night Stand
2018 • Movie
Screenplay
Full Metal Panic! 1st Section: Boy Meets Girl
2017 • Movie
Screenplay
Ryo
2013 • Movie
Storyboard Artist
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
2013 • Movie
Storyboard Artist
Brave Story
2006 • Movie
Key Animation
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
1999 • Movie
Key Animation
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 • Movie
Key Animation
X
1996 • Movie
Key Animation
Anne Frank's Diary
1995 • Movie
Storyboard Artist
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
1994 • Movie
Key Animation
Ninja Scroll
1993 • Movie
Key Animation
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1991 • Movie
Key Animation
A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 • Movie
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1988 • Movie
Key Animation
Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1986 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Koichi Chigira.
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
2022 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
SPRIGGAN
2022 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Blade and Soul
2014 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Chihayafuru
2011 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Shangri-La
2009 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Witch Hunter Robin
2002 • Series
Storyboard • 1 eps
Pecola
2001 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Popolocrois Monogatari
1998 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Hyper Police
1997 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Rurouni Kenshin
1996 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
1989 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
1987 • Series
Key Animation • 2 eps
The Legend of Lyon: Flare
1986 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
Lupin the 3rd
1971 • Series