Hiroyuki Okiura Explained

Hiroyuki Okiura
Birth Date:	13 October 1966
Birth Place:	Katano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Anime director and animator
Yearsactive:	1982-present
Spouse:	Sumi Mutoh

is a Japanese anime director and animator working for Production I.G.

Career

Okiura left high school at the age of 16 and entered the animation industry as a member of the studio Anime R, where he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and which Taniguchi superintends.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: YUBARI INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2000 . yubarifanta.com . 2009-09-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145700/http://yubarifanta.com/index_pc.php?ct=archive.php&langue=21002 . 2011-07-18 .
2. Web site: Japan Animator Expo Streams Hiroyuki Okiura's 'Robot on the Road' Anime Short. 2020-06-04. Anime News Network. en.
3. Web site: Production I.G [WORK LIST[Details]]|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/86_/s01_/index.html|access-date=2020-06-04|website=www.productionig.com}} He is known for his detailed effects animation in, for example, the chopper attack scene in , and more recently his highly realistic character animation in works such as the opening credits to and several Production I.G features. His debut work as a director, Jin-Roh, completed in 1998, was the recipient of the Minami Toshiko Award at the 11th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2000.^[1]

   Okiura's next written and directed feature film, A Letter to Momo, premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, about 11 years after his first film. It was in-development for seven years.

   Personal life

   He is married to voice actress Sumi Mutoh, who portrayed Kei Amemiya in Jin-Roh.

   Filmography

   The following are the works of Hiroyuki Okiura:

   Director

   Black Magic M-66 (1987, animation director and key animator)
   Zillion (1987, animation director, character designer, key animator)
   Record of the Lodoss War (1990, animation director)
   Hashire Melos! (1992, animation director, character designer and storyboard)
   (1999, director, original character designer and storyboard)
   A Letter to Momo (2011, director, screenplay and storyboard)
   Japan Animator Expo (2015, Ep. 34, animation director, character designer, screenplay, key animation)^[2]

   Key Animator

   Miyuki (1983-1994)
   Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (1983-1984)
   Black Magic M-66 (1987, also animation director)
   Akira (1988)
   Venus Wars (1989)
   (1989)
   Roujin Z (1991)
   Catnapped! (1995)
   Memories (1995, chief animator and key animator: Magnetic Rose / key animator: Stink Bomb)
   (2000)
   Metropolis (2001)
   (2001, opening credit sequence director and key animator)
   Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai (2005)
   (2005)
   (2005)
   Paprika (2006)
   (2012)
   Your Name (2016)
   (2017)
   (2022)

   Other

   Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985-1986, mechanical animation director)
   (1993, assistant animation supervisor)
   Ghost in the Shell (1995, character design, animation supervisor and layout artist)
   (2004, character designer and animation supervisor)

   External links

   • • • Hiroyuki Okiura profile & works at Anipages
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