Hidefumi Kimura Explained

Hidefumi Kimura
Birth Date:	12 March 1965
Birth Place:	Aomori, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Occupation:	Artist Writer Animator
Years Active:	1988-present

is a Japanese artist, writer and animator. He is a member of gímik, along with Keiji Gotoh and Megumi Kadonosono, and is responsible for composing the scenarios and writing most of the episodic screenplays for their anime, and for writing some of the related manga and light novels. Some of his major works in illustration include Generator Gawl, Kiddy Grade, and Avenger.^[1]

Works

Anime television series

• Generator Gawl (1998): Series composition, screenplay
• Space Pirate Mito (1999): screenplay
• Dai-Guard (1999): Science fiction concept, screenplay (episodes 14, 19, and 20)
• Love Hina (2000): screenplay
• Sister Princess (2001): stage manager
• Full Metal Panic! (2002): screenplay
• Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002): setting design
• Kiddy Grade (2002): Series composition, Screenplay (episodes 1–3, 6, 8, 10–11, 15–17, and 20–24), Storyboards (episodes 9, 14, 16, and 20), Key animation (episodes 1, 10, and 20), Eyecatch illustration (episode 22)
• Avenger (2003): Series composition, screenplay
• Uta Kata (2004): Series composition, screenplay
• Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (2007): Series composition, screenplay, Storyboards (episodes 12, 16, 22, and 25)
• Kiddy Girl-and (2009): Series composition, screenplay
• Shin-Men (2010): screenplay
• Freezing (2011): setting supervisor
• Crayon Shin-chan (2012): screenplay
• Freezing Vibration (2013): setting design, monitor design, key animation
• Dai-Shogun - Great Revolution (2014): scene designer, monitor design
• The Silver Guardian (2017): Series composition, screenplay
• Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ (2017): unit design
• Dies Irae: To the Ring Reincarnation (2018): screenplay
• Fairy Tail (2019): dragon design
• A Certain Scientific Accelerator (2019): prop design, storyboards
• Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (2019): prop design, storyboards
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens (2020): monster design
• Mewkledreamy (2020): storyboards
• Farmagia (2025): prop design^[2]

OVAs

• Agent Aika (1997): mechanical design
• Labyrinth of Flames (2000): mechanical design
• éX-Driver (2001): mechanical design
• Fragtime (2019): background art

Movies

• (2005): screenplay, storyboards
• (2006): storyboards
• Kiddy Grade -Ignition- (April 2007): Series composition, screenplay
• Kiddy Grade -Maelstrom- (June 2007): Series composition, screenplay
• Kiddy Grade -Truth Dawn- (September 2007): Series composition, screenplay

Manga

• Kiddy Grade Reverse (2003), author
• Kiddy Girl-and Pure (2009), author

Novels

• Kiddy Grade Pr. (2001), illustrator
• Kiddy Grade (2002), author
• Gemini Knives (2006), author
• Kiddy Girl-and (2010), author

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kiddy Grade Spinoff Kiddy Girl-and Announced (Update 3). Anime News Network. 29 June 2015.
2. Web site: 2024-11-15 . Farmagia Anime's 1st Video Reveals Cast, Staff, Theme Songs, January 10 Debut . 2024-11-15 . Anime News Network . en.