Shinji Higuchi
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
- His and Her Circumstances (1998)
- All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
- Lost Man Found (2022)
- The Private Detective Mike (2002)
- Luca on the Road (2024)
- THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN (2026)
- Kyrie (2023)
- The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)
- Death Kappa (2010)
- Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director (2024)
- Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion (2021)
- Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003)
- Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006)
- GAMERA 1999 (1999)
- The Intermission (2013)
- Brush of the God (2024)
- The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020)
- Document Love & Pop (1998)
- Taroman Historia (2022)
- Kibakichi (2004)