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Shinji Higuchi

Shinji Higuchi

Director · Born 1965-09-22 · Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Directed

  1. Shin Godzilla (2016) — Director
  2. Attack on Titan (2015) — Director
  3. Attack on Titan II: End of the World (2015) — Director
  4. Bullet Train Explosion (2025) — Director
  5. Shin Ultraman (2022) — Director
  6. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990) — Director
  7. Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012) — Director
  8. Japan Sinks (2006) — Director
  9. The Floating Castle (2012) — Director
  10. Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) — Director
  11. The Last Princess (2008) — Director
  12. Vandread Turbulence (2002) — Director
  13. Vandread Integral (2001) — Director
  14. Minimoni The Movie: The Great Cake Adventure! (2002) — Director
  15. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III (1991) — Director
  16. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I (1991) — Director
  17. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II (1991) — Director
  18. Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film (2013) — Director
  19. Thunderbirds 55/GOGO (2022) — Director
  20. Shin Ultra Fight (2022) — Director
  21. Monster Magnitude: 9 (2010) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) — Otaku
  2. His and Her Circumstances (1998) — Member B (voice)
  3. Death Kappa (2010) — Reporter
  4. Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006) — Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
  5. Kibakichi (2004) — Shinnosuke Higuchi
  6. Kyrie (2023) — Takashi Shiomi
  7. Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003) — No. 19
  8. Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion (2021) — Self
  9. The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) — Self - SFX Director
  10. Lost Man Found (2022) — Himself
  11. The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020)
  12. The Private Detective Mike (2002)
  13. Brush of the God (2024)
  14. GAMERA 1999 (1999)
  15. Luca on the Road (2024) — Takashi Shiomi
  16. Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director (2024) — Himself
  17. Breakfast of the Movie (2023)
  18. The Intermission (2013)
  19. Document Love & Pop (1998)
  20. The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
  21. THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN (2026) — Self
  22. Taroman Historia (2022) — Self