Hiroyuki Yamaga 山賀 博之 | |
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Yamaga at FanimeCon 2010 | |
Born | Niigata, Niigata, Japan | March 23, 1962
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Anime director, producer |
Hiroyuki Yamaga (山賀 博之, Yamaga Hiroyuki) is a Japanese anime director and producer, and a founding member of the animation studio Gainax. He is best known for directing the film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (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
[edit]Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1981 | Daicon III | Yes | Yes | Short, Opening animation | |
1983 | Daicon IV | Yes | Yes | Short, Opening animation | |
1987 | Wings of Honneamise | Yes | Yes | ||
1988 | Gunbuster | Yes | Mini-Series | ||
1989 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket | Yes | Series | ||
1989 | Komatsu Sakyo Anime Gekijo | Yes | |||
1991 | Otaku no video | Yes | Mini-series | ||
1995 | Neon Genesis Evangelion | Series | |||
1997 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion | ||||
2000 | FLCL | Mini-Series | |||
2001 | Mahoromatic | Yes | Yes | Series | |
2002 | Petite Princess Yucie | Yes | Series | ||
2002 | Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi | Yes | Yes | Series | |
2004 | This Ugly Yet Beautiful World | Yes | Series | ||
2005 | He Is My Master | Series | |||
2007 | Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | Series | |||
2008 | Corpse Princess: Aka/Kuro | Yes | |||
2011 | The Mystic Archives of Dantalian | Yes | Screenplay | ||
2016 | Omoi no Kakera | Short | |||
TBD | The Zero Century | Yes | |||
TBD | Uru in Blue | Yes | Yes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Anime Limited Licenses Wings of Honneamise Film". Anime News Network. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
External links
[edit]- Hiroyuki Yamaga at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Yamaga panel at FanimeCon (with pictures)
- Hiroyuki Yamaga at IMDb