Shinji Higuchi
Director
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.
As Director
Attack on Titan
2015
Attack on Titan II: End of the World
2015
Bullet Train Explosion
2025
Shin Ultraman
2022
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
2012
Japan Sinks
2006
The Floating Castle
2012
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
The Last Princess
2008
Vandread Turbulence
2002
Vandread Integral
2001Filmography
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Otaku 2001
Death Kappa
as Reporter 2010
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice) 2006
Kibakichi
as Shinnosuke Higuchi 2004
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - SFX Director 2019
A Forest with No Name
as No. 19 2003
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
as Self 2021
Kyrie
as Takashi Shiomi 2023
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
Brush of the God
2024
GAMERA 1999
1999
Breakfast of the Movie
2023
The Intermission
2013
Document Love & Pop
1998
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
as Himself 2024