FILM DIRECTOR

Hiroyuki Imaishi

1971 - Today

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Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之, Imaishi Hiroyuki, born October 4, 1971) is a Japanese anime director, animator and co-founder of Studio Trigger. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. Prior to founding Trigger, he was an animator and director at Gainax. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroyuki Imaishi has received more than 866,688 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroyuki Imaishi is the 1,486th most popular film director, the 1,639th most popular biography from Japan and the 56th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hiroyuki Imaishi ranks 1,486 out of 2,041. Before him are Victor Salva, Kurt Wimmer, Kelly Reichardt, Andy Muschietti, Dennis Muren, and Srđan Dragojević. After him are Doris Dörrie, Lav Diaz, Ari Aster, Tom Mankiewicz, Oscar Apfel, and Eytan Fox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Hiroyuki Imaishi ranks 319. Before him are Hwang Dong-hyuk, Craig Robinson, Barbara Hannigan, Noriko Sakai, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, and Gregory Porter. After him are José Amavisca, Stanislas Merhar, Gillian Flynn, Xavier Naidoo, Giorgia, and Eric Mabius.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroyuki Imaishi ranks 1,639 out of 6,245. Before him are Mieko Kawakami (1976), Yui Horie (1976), Kenji Honnami (1964), Masakazu Morita (1972), Samaire Armstrong (1980), and Eiji Ueda (1953). After him are Jun Maeda (1975), Nobuko Jashima (1959), Kenichi Suzumura (1974), Hiromi Uehara (1979), Kumiko Okae (1956), and Go Oiwa (1972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hiroyuki Imaishi ranks 56. Before him are Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Takashi Shimizu (1972), and Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886). After him are Noriyuki Abe (1961), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Byron Howard (1968), Mari Okada (1976), Tatsuya Ishihara (1966), and Naoko Yamada (1984).

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Filmography

ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス
Director
The story is set in the distant future. The land is ruined, and humanity establishes the mobile fort city Plantation. Pilots produced inside Plantation live in Mistilteinn, also know as the "birdcage." Children live there knowing nothing of the outside world or the freedom of the sky. Their lives consist of battling to carry out missions. Their enemies are mysterious giant lifeforms known as Kyouryuu, and the children pilot robots called Franxx to face off against them. For the children, riding the Franxx proves their existence. A boy named Hiro is called Code:016, and he was once known as a prodigy. However, he has fallen behind, and his existence seems unnecessary. Not piloting a Franxx is the same as ceasing to exist. One day, a mysterious girl known as "Zero Two" appears before him. Two horns grow out of her head.
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サイバーパンク: エッジランナーズ
Director
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
8.5 / 10
天元突破グレンラガン
Director
In the distant future, mankind has lived quietly and restlessly underground for hundreds of years, subject to earthquakes and cave-ins. Living in one such village are 2 young men: one named Simon who is shy and naïve, and the other named Kamina who believes in the existence of a “surface” world above their heads.
8.164 / 10