Hiroyuki Imaishi
Directing · Director · Key Animation · Art Direction
Born Oct 4, 1971
Active 1988–present
Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石 洋之, born October 4, 1971) is a Japanese key animator and anime/anime influenced animation director and one of the co-founders of Trigger.
Filmography
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT (2025) — Series Composition · Series Director · Storyboard · Storyboard ArtistUntitled Hiroyuki Imaishi/Kazuki Nakashima Project — DirectorNeon Genesis Evangelion (1995) — Key AnimationDARLING in the FRANXX (2018) — Action DirectorCyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022) — Opening/Ending Animation · Series Director · Storyboard ArtistNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) — Key AnimationFullmetal Alchemist (2003) — Key AnimationEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) — Key AnimationGurren Lagann (2007) — Director · Series Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Animation DirectorKill la Kill (2013) — Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Key Animation · DirectorBNA (2020) — Action Director · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistEvangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) — Key AnimationFLCL (2000) — Art Designer · Animation Director · Storyboard Artist · Key AnimationRedline (2009) — Key AnimationNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997) — Key AnimationRosario + Vampire (2008) — Key AnimationStar Wars: Visions (2021) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorMedabots (1999) — Key Animation · Storyboard · Director · Animation DirectorLittle Witch Academia (2017) — Storyboard Artist · Key AnimationPromare (2019) — Key Animation · Art Designer · Storyboard Artist · Director · Art DirectionHis and Her Circumstances (1998) — Writer · Storyboard Artist · Animation Director · Key AnimationOne Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005) — Key AnimationGurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars (2009) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Animation Director · Key AnimationProfessor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009) — Storyboard Artist