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Hiroshi Hamasaki

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Art Department
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Hiroshi Hamasaki was born on 30 December 1959 in Fukuoka, Japan. He is a director, known for Ninja Scroll (1993), Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) and Perfect Blue (1997).
BornDecember 30, 1959
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    • Known for

    Ninja Scroll (1993)
    Ninja Scroll
    7.8
    • Animation Department
    • 1993
    Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
    Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
    7.7
    • Animation Department
    • 2000
    Perfect Blue (1997)
    Perfect Blue
    8.0
    • Animation Department
    • 1997
    Memories (1995)
    Memories
    7.5
    • Animation Department(segment "Stink Bomb")
    • 1995

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Tokyo Revengers (2021)
      Tokyo Revengers
      7.7
      TV Series
      • key animator (segment "OP")
      • 2021
    • Made in Abyss (2017)
      Made in Abyss
      8.3
      TV Series
      • key animator: opening sequence
      • 2017
    • Chiruran 1/2 (2017)
      Chiruran 1/2
      4.6
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2017
    • Orange (2016)
      Orange
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • 2016
    • Space Dandy (2014)
      Space Dandy
      8.0
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2014
    • Robotech: Love Live Alive (2013)
      Robotech: Love Live Alive
      5.5
      Video
      • animation director
      • 2013
    • Asami Imai and Mamoru Miyano in Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
      Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
      7.8
      • key animator
      • 2013
    • Steins; Gate (2011)
      Steins; Gate
      8.8
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2011
    • Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)
      Trigun: Badlands Rumble
      7.4
      • key animator
      • 2010
    • Redline (2009)
      Redline
      7.5
      • key animator
      • 2009
    • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007)
      Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
      6.7
      Video
      • key animator
      • 2007
    • Paranoia Agent (2004)
      Paranoia Agent
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • animation director (as Hiro Hamasaki, as Hiro Hamasaki)
      • 2004
    • The Animatrix: Program (2003)
      The Animatrix: Program
      7.0
      Video
      • key animator
      • 2003
    • X (2001)
      X
      7.4
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2001–2002
    • Trava: Fist Planet (2002)
      Trava: Fist Planet
      6.6
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2002

    Director

    • Blade of the Immortal (2019)
      Blade of the Immortal
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2020
    • Chiruran 1/2 (2017)
      Chiruran 1/2
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Orange: Mirai (2016)
      Orange: Mirai
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Orange (2016)
      Orange
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Steins; Gate (2011)
      Steins; Gate
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011–2015
    • Terra Formars (2014)
      Terra Formars
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Terra Formars: Bugs 2-hen
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Blade & Soul (2014)
      Blade & Soul
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Space Dandy (2014)
      Space Dandy
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Aiura (2013)
      Aiura
      6.1
      TV Series
      • ending
      • 2013
    • Asami Imai and Mamoru Miyano in Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
      Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
      7.8
      • chief director
      • 2013
    • Norman Reedus, James Mathis III, Troy Baker, Clare Grant, and Matthew Mercer in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)
      Iron Man: Rise of Technovore
      5.2
      Video
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Daisuke Namikawa and Nozomu Sasaki in Shigurui: Death Frenzy (2007)
      Shigurui: Death Frenzy
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007)
      Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
      6.7
      Video
      • co-director
      • 2007
    • Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (2004)
      Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2004

    Art Department

    • Hell's Paradise (2023)
      Hell's Paradise
      8.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2026
    • David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)
      Attack on Titan
      9.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Blade of the Immortal (2019)
      Blade of the Immortal
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019
    • RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time (2018)
      RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time
      5.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Chiruran 1/2 (2017)
      Chiruran 1/2
      4.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Kengo Kawanishi in March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)
      March Comes in Like a Lion
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Orange (2016)
      Orange
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Daisuke Namikawa, Yoshimasa Hosoya, and Yûsuke Kobayashi in The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015)
      The Heroic Legend of Arslan
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Space Dandy (2014)
      Space Dandy
      8.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Aiura (2013)
      Aiura
      6.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: ending
      • 2013
    • Norman Reedus, James Mathis III, Troy Baker, Clare Grant, and Matthew Mercer in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)
      Iron Man: Rise of Technovore
      5.2
      Video
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013
    • Steins; Gate (2011)
      Steins; Gate
      8.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: opening credits
      • storyboard artist
      • 2011
    • Supernatural: The Animation (2011)
      Supernatural: The Animation
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2011
    • The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
      The Tatami Galaxy
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2010
    • Kurozuka (2008)
      Kurozuka
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2008

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Hiro Hamasaki
    • Born
      • December 30, 1959
      • Fukuoka, Japan

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