Directing
Shinji Higuchi
Also Known As: Higuchi Shinji, 樋口 真嗣
Birth Date
September 22, 1965
(60 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Popularity
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Biography
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.
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star7.9
TV Show
His and Her Circumstances
Member B (voice)
1998 • 1 episode
star8.5
TV Show
The Private Detective Mike
2002 • 1 episode
star7.4
Movie
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Otaku
2001
star8.1
TV Show
Lost Man Found
Himself
2022 • 1 episode
star8.0
TV Show
Luca on the Road
Takashi Shiomi
2024 • 10 episodes
star4.6
Movie
Death Kappa
Reporter
2010
Movie
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
Self
2026
star7.5
Movie
Kyrie
Takashi Shiomi
2023
star6.0
Movie
GAMERA 1999
1999
star8.7
Movie
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
Self - SFX Director
2019
star5.2
Movie
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
No. 19
2003
star8.6
Movie
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
Self
2021
star5.9
Movie
Kibakichi
Shinnosuke Higuchi
2004
Movie
Taroman Historia
Self
2022
star5.6
Movie
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
star7.0
Movie
Document Love & Pop
1998
star6.5
Movie
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
2006
star7.5
Movie
Breakfast of the Movie
2023
star7.0
Movie
The Intermission
2013
star8.2
Movie
Brush of the God
2024