Hiroyuki Yamaga Explained

Hiroyuki Yamaga
Birth Date:23 March 1962
Birth Place:Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Anime director, producer

is a Japanese anime director and producer, and a founding member of the animation studio Gainax. He is best known for directing the film (1987)[1] at age 24, directing Mahoromatic (2001), Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002), and an episode of Gurren Lagann (2007). Yamaga also wrote the screenplay for Gundam 0080 (1989).

He is portrayed by actor Tsuyoshi Muro in the 2014 TV Drama Aoi Honō based on the autobiographical manga by his fellow Osaka University of Arts alumnus Kazuhiko Shimamoto. Yamaga himself cameos in Episode 7 of the series, playing the owner of a restaurant where his fictional counterpart faints.

Filmography

!Year!Film!Director!Writer!Producer!Notes
1981Daicon IIIYesYesShort, Opening animation
1983Daicon IVYesYesShort, Opening animation
1987Wings of HonneamiseYesYes
1988GunbusterYesMini-Series
1989YesSeries
1989Komatsu Sakyo Anime GekijoYes
1991Otaku no videoYesMini-series
1995Neon Genesis EvangelionSeries
1997Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
2000FLCLMini-Series
2001MahoromaticYesYesSeries
2002Petite Princess YucieYesSeries
2002Magical Shopping Arcade AbenobashiYesYesSeries
2004This Ugly Yet Beautiful WorldYesSeries
2005He Is My MasterSeries
2007Tengen Toppa Gurren LagannSeries
2008Corpse Princess: Aka/KuroYes
2011The Mystic Archives of DantalianYesScreenplay
2016Omoi no KakeraShort
TBDThe Zero CenturyYes
TBDUru in BlueYesYes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anime Limited Licenses Wings of Honneamise Film. 2014-05-22. 2014-08-30. Anime News Network.