Directed credits
22
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Koichi Chigira
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 15All crew credits: 56
TMDB ID: 234363
IMDb ID: nm0157363
Known for: Directing
Born: May 4, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2022
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 7.08
Wikidata: Q3201281
Also known as
Kouichi Chigira • 千明 孝一
Frequent jobs
Director (18)Animation Director (2)Series Director (2)Key Animation (15)Storyboard Artist (11)Screenplay (4)Original Story (1)Series Composition (1)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.
6.0
"Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Director
2022 Movie
Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
Director
2008 Movie
Welcome to Lodoss Island!
Director
1998 Movie
Tokyo Babylon 2
Director
1994 Movie
Sleepless Oedo
Director
1993 Movie
Tokyo Babylon 1
Director
1992 Movie
10.0
Nineteen 19
Director
1990 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Koichi Chigira.
6.8
Urusei Yatsura
Director • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Cagaster of an Insect Cage
Series Director • 12 eps
2020 Series
5.4
18if
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
4.8
Luck & Logic
Director • 12 eps
2016 Series
7.0
The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
Director • 12 eps
2008 Series
7.2
Last Exile
Series Director • 47 eps
2003 Series
8.0
Gate Keepers
Director • 24 eps
2000 Series
5.9
Blue Submarine No. 6
Director • 4 eps
1998 Series
8.4
Magic Knight Rayearth
Director • 4 eps
1994 Series
6.2
Phantom Quest Corp.
Director • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.5
Natsuki Crisis
Director • 2 eps
1994 Series
5.2
Tokyo Babylon
Director • 2 eps
1992 Series
4.4
Doomed Megalopolis
Director • 1 eps
1991 Series
The Enemy's the Pirates!
Animation Director • 6 eps
1990 Series
6.7
Kimagure Orange Road
Animation Director • 1 eps
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.
7.8
Ninja Scroll
Key Animation
1993 Movie
7.3
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
Key Animation
1999 Movie
7.1
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
Key Animation
1998 Movie
6.3
Brave Story
Storyboard Artist
2006 Movie
7.2
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Key Animation
1988 Movie
6.0
X: The Movie
Key Animation
1996 Movie
5.5
Love City
Key Animation
1986 Movie
7.0
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
Storyboard Artist
2013 Movie
5.5
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Key Animation
1991 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Koichi Chigira.
8.0
Lupin the 3rd
Writer • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.6
Chihayafuru
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.8
Urusei Yatsura
Director • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.5
Rurouni Kenshin
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Full Metal Panic!
Series Composition • 24 eps
2002 Series
5.4
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Last Exile
Series Director • 47 eps
2003 Series
8.4
Magic Knight Rayearth
Director • 4 eps
1994 Series
5.4
18if
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.2
Witch Hunter Robin
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
5.0
Popolocrois Monogatari
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.7
Kimagure Orange Road
Animation Director • 1 eps
1987 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Koichi Chigira.
3.8
Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
Screenplay
2018 Movie
4.7
Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
Screenplay
2018 Movie
4.0
Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
Screenplay
2017 Movie
4.0
Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
Original Story
2016 Movie
6.8
Ryo
Screenplay
2013 Movie
7.0
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
Storyboard Artist
2013 Movie
6.3
Brave Story
Storyboard Artist
2006 Movie
7.3
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
Key Animation
1999 Movie
7.1
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
Key Animation
1998 Movie
6.0
X: The Movie
Key Animation
1996 Movie
6.6
Anne Frank's Diary
Key Animation
1995 Movie
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
Storyboard Artist
1994 Movie
7.8
Ninja Scroll
Key Animation
1993 Movie
5.5
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Key Animation
1991 Movie
5.9
A Wind Named Amnesia
Key Animation
1990 Movie
7.2
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Key Animation
1988 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Koichi Chigira.
5.4
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
2022 Series
6.7
SPRIGGAN
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.4
Blade and Soul
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Chihayafuru
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Shangri-La
Key Animation • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.2
Witch Hunter Robin
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.0
Full Metal Panic!
Series Composition • 24 eps
2002 Series
4.7
Pecola
Storyboard • 1 eps
2001 Series
5.0
Popolocrois Monogatari
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1998 Series
9.0
Hyper Police
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1997 Series
8.5
Rurouni Kenshin
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.9
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Key Animation • 1 eps
1989 Series
4.0
Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
Key Animation • 1 eps
1987 Series
5.0
The Legend of Lyon: Flare
Key Animation • 2 eps
1986 Series
8.0
Lupin the 3rd
Writer • 1 eps
1971 Series