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Hideaki Maegawa

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Hideaki Maegawa was born in 1972 in Mie, Japan. Hideaki is a director and assistant director, known for Death Note (2006), Ao oni ver. 2.0 (2015) and Gantz (2010).
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Tatsuya Fujiwara and Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Death Note (2006)
    Death Note
    7.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 2006
    Ao oni ver. 2.0 (2015)
    Ao oni ver. 2.0
    4.2
    • Director(as Hideaki Maekawa)
    • 2015
    Kazunari Ninomiya, Tomoroo Taguchi, Takayuki Yamada, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kanata Hongô, Yuriko Yoshitaka, and Natsuna in Gantz (2010)
    Gantz
    6.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2010
    Shunji Fujimura, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Kaga, Sakura Uehara, Nana Katase, Magy, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, and Erika Toda in Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
    Death Note: The Last Name
    7.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Song of the Samurai (2026)
      Song of the Samurai
      7.9
      TV Series
      • vfx supervisor: Digital Frontier
      • 2026
    • Demon City (2025)
      Demon City
      5.4
      • vfx supervisor
      • 2025
    • Once Upon a Crime (2023)
      Once Upon a Crime
      5.3
      • virtual production supervisor: Digital Frontier
      • 2023
    • Wataru Ichinose in Sanctuary (2023)
      Sanctuary
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • vfx director: Digital Frontier
      • 2023
    • Call Me Chihiro (2023)
      Call Me Chihiro
      7.0
      • visual effects producer
      • 2023
    • Uzukawamura Jiken (2022)
      Uzukawamura Jiken
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • vfx producer: Digital Frontier
      • 2022
    • Platinum End (2021)
      Platinum End
      6.0
      TV Series
      • cg producer: Digital Frontier
      • 2021–2022
    • Yowamushi Pedal (2020)
      Yowamushi Pedal
      6.3
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2020
    • Koya no Kotobuki Hikotai (2019)
      Koya no Kotobuki Hikotai
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • compositing artist: Digital Frontier
      • 2019
    • Sôsuke Ikematsu, Erika Toda, Masaki Suda, and Masahiro Higashide in Death Note: Light Up the New World (2016)
      Death Note: Light Up the New World
      5.7
      • lighting & compositing artist: Digital Frontier
      • 2016
    • Tomoko Tabata, Kôdai Asaka, and Maika Yamamoto in Cherry Blossom Memories (2015)
      Cherry Blossom Memories
      5.9
      • vfx supervisor
      • 2015
    • The Human Trust (2013)
      The Human Trust
      4.4
      • cg director (as Hideaki Maekawa)
      • 2013
    • Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
      Jellyfish Eyes
      4.7
      • vfx supervisor: Digital Frontier
      • 2013
    • Dave Wittenberg, Courtenay Taylor, and Matthew Mercer in Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)
      Resident Evil: Damnation
      6.4
      • 3d stereo lead
      • 2012
    • Ultraman Saga (2012)
      Ultraman Saga
      6.3
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2012

    Director

    • Ao oni ver. 2.0 (2015)
      Ao oni ver. 2.0
      4.2
      • Director (as Hideaki Maekawa)
      • 2015

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Dino Crisis 3 (2003)
      Dino Crisis 3
      5.4
      Video Game
      • assistant director: 3DCGI product
      • 2003

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Hideaki Maekawa
    • Born
      • 1972
      • Mie, Japan

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