Hiroyuki Imaishi
Directing
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
Known for
Directing24
tvNew PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
2025
Series Director
tvCyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022
Series Director
tvStar Wars: Visions
2021
Director
tvBNA
2020
Action Director
moviePromare / Side: Galo
2019
Director
moviePromare
2019
Director
tvDARLING in the FRANXX
2018
Action Director
tvSpace Patrol Luluco
2016
Series Director, Director
tvJapan Animator Expo
2014
Director
tvKill la Kill
2013
Series Director, Director
tvInferno Cop
2012
Series Director
tvGurren Lagann
2007
Director, Series Director
movieOval x Over
2005
Director
tvRe: Cutie Honey
2004
Director
movieDead Leaves
2004
Director
movieAnimation Store Manager
2002
Director
tvPaRappa the Rapper
2001
Director
tvMedabots
1999
Director
Visual Effects48
tvCyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022
Opening/Ending Animation
movieEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021
Key Animation
tvBNA
2020
Key Animation
moviePromare
2019
Key Animation
moviePromare / Side: Galo
2019
Key Animation
tvLittle Witch Academia
2017
Key Animation
tvSpace Patrol Luluco
2016
Key Animation
movieLittle Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
2015
Key Animation
tvNinja Slayer From Animation
2015
Character Designer
movieSex & Violence with Machspeed
2015
Key Animation
tvJapan Animator Expo
2014
Key Animation
tvKill la Kill
2013
Key Animation
movieEvangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
2012
Key Animation
tvLupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
2012
Key Animation
tvStar Driver
2010
Key Animation
tvPanty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010
Key Animation
movieShoka
2010
Key Animation
movieRedline
2009
Key Animation
movieGurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
2009
Animation Director, Key Animation
movieGurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
2008
Key Animation, Animation Director
tvRosario + Vampire
2008
Key Animation
tvGurren Lagann
2007
Key Animation, Animation Director
tvGaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu
2005
Key Animation
movieOval x Over
2005
Animation Director
tvRe: Cutie Honey
2004
Key Animation
tvThis Ugly Yet Beautiful World
2004
Key Animation
movieDead Leaves
2004
Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation
tvFullmetal Alchemist
2003
Key Animation
movieAnimation Store Manager
2002
Character Designer
tvMagical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
2002
Animation Director
tvTrava: Fist Planet
2002
Key Animation
tvMahoromatic
2001
Key Animation
movieLupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection
2001
Key Animation
tvFLCL
2000
Animation Director, Key Animation
tvMedabots
1999
Key Animation, Animation Director
tvMicroman
1999
Key Animation
tvPopolocrois Monogatari
1998
Key Animation
tvHis and Her Circumstances
1998
Animation Director, Key Animation
movieLupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis
1998
Key Animation
tvVirus Buster Serge
1997
Key Animation
movieLupin the Third: Island of Assassins
1997
Key Animation
movieNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
1997
Key Animation
tvNeon Genesis Evangelion
1995
Key Animation
tvGunbuster
1988
Key Animation
Art24
tvNew PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
2025
Storyboard Artist
tvCyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022
Storyboard Artist
tvStar Wars: Visions
2021
Storyboard Artist
tvBNA
2020
Storyboard Artist
moviePromare / Side: Lio
2019
Art Direction
moviePromare / Side: Galo
2019
Art Direction
moviePromare
2019
Art Designer, Storyboard Artist, Art Direction
tvLittle Witch Academia
2017
Storyboard Artist
tvSpace Patrol Luluco
2016
Storyboard Artist
tvJapan Animator Expo
2014
Storyboard Artist
tvKill la Kill
2013
Storyboard Artist
tvTHE iDOLM@STER
2011
Storyboard Artist
tvPanty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010
Storyboard Artist
movieProfessor Layton and the Eternal Diva
2009
Storyboard Artist
movieGurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
2009
Storyboard Artist
movieGurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
2008
Storyboard Artist
tvGurren Lagann
2007
Storyboard Artist
movieOval x Over
2005
Storyboard Artist
tvRe: Cutie Honey
2004
Opening Title Sequence
movieDead Leaves
2004
Storyboard Artist
movieAnimation Store Manager
2002
Art Direction
tvMagical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
2002
Storyboard Artist
tvFLCL
2000
Storyboard Artist, Art Designer
tvHis and Her Circumstances
1998
Storyboard Artist
Writing6
tvNew PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
2025
Series Composition, Storyboard
tvSpace Patrol Luluco
2016
Original Concept, Series Composition, Writer, Original Story
tvPanty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010
Writer, Scenario Writer, Original Story
movieAnimation Store Manager
2002
Screenplay
tvMedabots
1999
Storyboard
