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Shinji Higuchi

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Born: September 22, 1965
From: Tokyo, Japan

Also known as

Higuchi Shinji · 樋口真嗣

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

Shin Godzilla

Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan II: End of the World

Shin Ultraman

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

1990 Series 7.4

Bullet Train Explosion

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

Filmography

32 displayed · 86 matching · 86 total

2026

THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN

Acting (Self)

EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening

Production (Production Supervisor)

2025

Bullet Train Explosion

Directing (Director)

2024

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

Acting (Himself)

Brush of the God

Luca on the Road

Acting (Takashi Shiomi) 10 EP

2023

Breakfast of the Movie

Acting (Takashi Shiomi)

2022

Taroman Historia

Acting (Self)

Kamen Rider Black Sun

Art (Concept Artist) 10 EP

Lost Man Found

Acting (Himself) 1 EP

Shin Ultra Fight

Directing (Director) 2 EPDirecting (Series Director) 3 EP

Shin Ultraman

Art (Storyboard Artist) Directing (Director)

Crew (Special Effects)

Thunderbirds 55/GOGO

Directing (Director) Editing (Editor) Writing (Writer)

2021

Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion

Acting (Self)

2020

The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8

Acting Writing (Story) Writing (Original Concept)

2019

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

Acting (Self - SFX Director)

2018

DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan

Directing (Series Director) 12 EPWriting (Original Story) 12 EPArt (Storyboard Artist) 1 EP

2016

Shin Godzilla

Writing (Storyboard) Visual Effects (Visual Effects Director) Directing (Director) Visual Effects (Visual Effects Technical Director) Visual Effects

2015

Attack on Titan II: End of the World

Directing (Director)

Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets

Directing (Series Director) 3 EP

Attack on Titan

Directing (Director)

2014

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark

Art (Storyboard Artist)

2013

Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film

Directing (Director)

Kill la Kill

Art (Storyboard Artist) 1 EP

Attack on Titan

Art (Storyboard Artist) 1 EP

The Intermission

2012

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Art (Storyboard Artist)

The Floating Castle

Directing (Director)

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

Directing (Director)

2011

Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams

Art (Storyboard Artist)