Imaishi Hiroyuki
Twitter (shiimai) | Sakugabooru Hiroyuki Imaishi was born in 1971, in Tokyo. He joined studio Gainax after graduating from Tama University of Arts. Imaishi later left the studio to establish his own studio, Trigger, where he still works to this day. Imaishi made a name for himself on *Hideaki Anno*'s Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou. He did key animation and storyboards for several episodes, with episode 19 being a standout for its unorthodox paper cutout animation. His presence injected some stylized levity into Anno's shoujo drama. Imaishi started as an animator heavily influenced by Masahito Yamashita and Yoshinori Kanada. He draws with a similar warping of perspective and with characters snapping into discrete poses, mixed with cartoony devices reminiscent of A Pro's work on Dokonjo Gaeru, of which Imaishi is a fan. He also tends to draw his characters enveloped in speedlines, with strongly defined eyes and eyebrows, rectangular jawlines, and gummy, gritted teeth. His cuts are willfully limited, eliminating transitions between poses and using fast looping for comedic effect. Imaishi became one of Gainax' premier directors after Kare Kano. His directorial aesthetic is heavily informed by his animation. Elisions of graphic space become elisions of cinematic space and time.The interplay of moving and still planes, forceful use of text, and extreme variations in size are other major…
Imaishi Hiroyuki is credited as an author on 1 readable work in this catalogue, with publication years from 2008 to 2008.
Common themes in this collection include Action, Anthology, Cosmic Horror, Dinosaurs, Gods, Gore.
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