Hiroyuki Okiura
Hiroyuki Okiura | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 13, 1966 Katano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupations | Anime director and animator |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Spouse | Sumi Mutoh |
Hiroyuki Okiura (沖浦啓之, Okiura Hiroyuki; born October 13, 1966) is a Japanese anime director and animator working for Production I.G.
Career
Okiura left high school at the age of 16 and entered the animation industry as a member of the studio Anime R, where he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and which Taniguchi superintends.[1] He is known for his detailed effects animation in, for example, the chopper attack scene in Patlabor 2: The Movie, and more recently his highly realistic character animation in works such as the opening credits to Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and several Production I.G features. His debut work as a director, Jin-Roh, completed in 1998, was the recipient of the Minami Toshiko Award at the 11th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2000.[2]
Okiura's next written and directed feature film, A Letter to Momo, premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, about 11 years after his first film. It was in-development for seven years.
Personal life
He is married to voice actress Sumi Mutoh, who portrayed Kei Amemiya in Jin-Roh.
Filmography
The following are the works of Hiroyuki Okiura:
Director
Black Magic M-66 (1987, animation director and key animator)
Zillion (1987, animation director, character designer, key animator)
Record of Lodoss War (1990, animation director)
Hashire Melos! (1992, animation director, character designer and storyboard)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999, director, original character designer and storyboard)
A Letter to Momo (2011, director, screenplay and storyboard)
Japan Animator Expo (2015, Ep. 34, animation director, character designer, screenplay, key animation)[3]
Key Animator
Miyuki (1983-1994)
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (1983-1984)
Black Magic M-66 (1987, also animation director)
Akira (1988)
Venus Wars (1989)
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
Roujin Z (1991)
Catnapped! (1995)
Memories (1995, chief animator and key animator: Magnetic Rose / key animator: Stink Bomb)
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Metropolis (2001)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001, opening credit sequence director and key animator)
Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai (2005)
xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)
Paprika (2006)
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
Your Name (2016)
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (2017)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (2022)
Other
Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985-1986, mechanical animation director)
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993, assistant animation supervisor)
Ghost in the Shell (1995, character design, animation supervisor and layout artist)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004, character designer and animation supervisor)
Notes
- ^ "Production I.G [WORK LIST[Details]]". www.productionig.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ "YUBARI INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2000". yubarifanta.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "Japan Animator Expo Streams Hiroyuki Okiura's 'Robot on the Road' Anime Short". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
External links
- Hiroyuki Okiura at IMDb
- Hiroyuki Okiura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Hiroyuki Okiura profile & works at Anipages