Shinji Higuchi
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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
Credits
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
as Otaku
Death Kappa (2010)
as Reporter
GAMERA 1999 (1999)
Actor
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN (2026)
as Self
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003)
as No. 19
Kyrie (2023)
as Takashi Shiomi
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion (2021)
as Self
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006)
as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director (2024)
as Himself
Breakfast of the Movie (2023)
Actor
Kibakichi (2004)
as Shinnosuke Higuchi
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020)
Actor
The Intermission (2013)
Actor
Brush of the God (2024)
Actor
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)
as Self - SFX Director
Document Love & Pop (1998)
Actor
The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Actor
Taroman Historia (2022)
as Self