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Shinji Higuchi

Shinji Higuchi

Known For Directing
Birthday Sep 22, 1965 (60)
Birthplace Tokyo, Japan
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Sep 13, 2025
Entry Date Aug 14, 2024
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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 hi ... s 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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All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001

as Otaku

Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

2016

Visual Effects, Storyboard, Visual Effects Technical Director, Visual Effects Director

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

2012

Storyboard Artist

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

2009

Storyboard Artist, Assistant Script

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

2007

Storyboard Artist

Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

2016

Director

Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan

2015

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Luca on the Road

as Takashi Shiomi

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 25, 2024

His and Her Circumstances

as Member B (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1998

The Private Detective Mike

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 01, 2002

Lost Man Found

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 26, 2022

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