Shinji Higuchi
Birthday
1965/09/22 (59 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
Higuchi Shinji, 樋口 真嗣
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.
Acting
(2010) Death Kappa
as Reporter
(2023) Kyrie
as Takashi Shiomi
(2003) A Forest with No Name
as No. 19
(2024) Brush of the God
as ---
(2001) All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Otaku
(2006) Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
(1995) The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
as ---
(2019) The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - SFX Director
(1999) GAMERA 1999
as ---
(2013) The Intermission
as ---
(2020) The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
as ---
(2021) Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
as Self
(1998) Document Love & Pop
as ---
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
as Himself
(2002) The Private Detective Mike
as ---
(1998) His and Her Circumstances
as Member B (voice)
(2022) Lost Man Found
as Himself
(2024) Luca on the Road
as Takashi Shiomi