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Shinji Kimura

  • Animation Department
  • Art Director
  • Director
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Shinji Kimura is known for Steamboy (2004), Akira (1988) and Dorohedoro (2020).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Steamboy (2004)
    Steamboy
    6.8
    • Art Director
    • 2004
    Akira (1988)
    Akira
    8.0
    • Animation Department(Kobayashi Production)
    • 1988
    Dorohedoro (2020)
    Dorohedoro
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    Attack of Higashi 2-chome
    Short
    • Director
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Hiiro Ishibashi and Mana Ashida in Children of the Sea (2019)
      Children of the Sea
      6.5
      • background supervisor
      • 2019
    • Keiji Fujiwara, Banjô Ginga, Akira Ishida, Rikiya Koyama, Mike McFarland, Hikaru Midorikawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Kazuya Nakai, Monica Rial, Maaya Sakamoto, Mark Stoddard, Akio Ôtsuka, Rie Kugimiya, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Ian Sinclair, Aaron Dismuke, Mamoru Miyano, Phil Parsons, Orion Pitts, Nana Mizuki, Yû Kobayashi, J. Michael Tatum, Jessie James Grelle, Alex Organ, Trina Nishimura, Micah Solusod, Megan Emerick, Francis Henry, Sarah Wiedenheft, and Yuma Uchida in Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.2
      TV Series
      • background artist
      • 2015
    • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
      Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent
      7.8
      • background artist
      • 2013
    • Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
      Batman: Gotham Knight
      6.6
      Video
      • animation staging and layout
      • animation supervisor
      • character designer (segment "Have I Got a Story For You")
      • 2008
    • Tetsujin 28 (2004)
      Tetsujin 28
      6.9
      TV Series
      • background artist: opening sequence
      • 2004
    • Spriggan (1998)
      Spriggan
      6.5
      • background artist
      • 1998
    • Hareluya II BØY (1997)
      Hareluya II BØY
      6.5
      TV Series
      • animator: opening sequence
      • 1997
    • Macross Plus Movie Edition (1995)
      Macross Plus Movie Edition
      7.5
      • background artist
      • 1995
    • Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
      Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
      6.9
      • background artist
      • 1995
    • Bonkers (1993)
      Bonkers
      6.7
      TV Series
      • background supervisor: Japan
      • 1993
    • Hashire Melos! (1992)
      Hashire Melos!
      7.2
      • background artist
      • 1992
    • Ushiro no shoumen daare (1991)
      Ushiro no shoumen daare
      7.9
      • background artist
      • 1991
    • Ai to ken Camelot: Mangaka Marina Time Slip (1990)
      Ai to ken Camelot: Mangaka Marina Time Slip
      • background artist: Kobayashi Production
      • 1990
    • Kasei Yakyoku (1989)
      Kasei Yakyoku
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • background artist: Kobayashi Production
      • 1989
    • Akira (1988)
      Akira
      8.0
      • background artist: Kobayashi Production
      • 1988

    Art Director

    • Kaiju No. 8 (2024)
      Kaiju No. 8
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 2024
    • Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower (2023)
      Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower
      6.1
      • Art Director
      • 2023
    • Phoenix: Eden17 (2023)
      Phoenix: Eden17
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 2023
    • Dorohedoro (2020)
      Dorohedoro
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 2020
    • Hiiro Ishibashi and Mana Ashida in Children of the Sea (2019)
      Children of the Sea
      6.5
      • Art Director
      • 2019
    • Keiji Fujiwara, Banjô Ginga, Akira Ishida, Rikiya Koyama, Mike McFarland, Hikaru Midorikawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Kazuya Nakai, Monica Rial, Maaya Sakamoto, Mark Stoddard, Akio Ôtsuka, Rie Kugimiya, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Ian Sinclair, Aaron Dismuke, Mamoru Miyano, Phil Parsons, Orion Pitts, Nana Mizuki, Yû Kobayashi, J. Michael Tatum, Jessie James Grelle, Alex Organ, Trina Nishimura, Micah Solusod, Megan Emerick, Francis Henry, Sarah Wiedenheft, and Yuma Uchida in Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 2015
    • Blue Exorcist: The Movie (2012)
      Blue Exorcist: The Movie
      7.1
      • Art Director
      • 2012
    • Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
      Batman: Gotham Knight
      6.6
      Video
      • Art Director (segment "Have I Got a Story for You")
      • 2008
    • Michael Arias, Scott Menville, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yû Aoi, and Elliot Fletcher in Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
      Tekkonkinkreet
      7.5
      • Art Director
      • 2006
    • Steamboy (2004)
      Steamboy
      6.8
      • Art Director
      • 2004
    • Glay: Sabaibaru
      Music Video
      • Art Director
      • 1999
    • Catnapped! The Movie (1995)
      Catnapped! The Movie
      6.9
      • Art Director
      • 1995
    • Project A-Ko (1986)
      Project A-Ko
      6.9
      • Art Director
      • 1986
    • Prefectural Earth Defense Force (1986)
      Prefectural Earth Defense Force
      6.8
      Video
      • Art Director
      • 1986

    Director

    • Attack of Higashi 2-chome
      Short
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Deathtic 4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Genius Party (2007)
      Genius Party
      6.9
      • Director (segment "Deathtic 4")
      • 2007
    • Ani*Kuri15 (2007)
      Ani*Kuri15
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Tetsujin 28 (2004)
      Tetsujin 28
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director (ending sequence)
      • 2004

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