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