Koichi Chigira
Directing · Storyboard Artist · Director · Key Animation
Born May 4, 1959 · Kanagawa, Japan
Active 1971–present
Koichi Chigira is an anime director who has directed several series, usually working with Studio GONZO and has begun his career at Madhouse. Chigira is known for directing Full Metal Panic and Last Exile.
Filmography
Rurouni Kenshin (1996) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorNinja Scroll (1993) — Key AnimationMagic Knight Rayearth (1994) — Director · Key AnimationCagaster of an Insect Cage (2020) — Series DirectorLupin the 3rd (1971) — Writer · DirectorCase Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998) — Key AnimationDetective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999) — Key AnimationFull Metal Panic! (2002) — Series Director · Series Composition · Writer · DirectorChihayafuru (2011) — Storyboard ArtistMobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) — Key AnimationLast Exile (2003) — Series Director · Series Composition · Writer · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Sound DirectorMobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989) — Key AnimationA Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion (2013) — Storyboard ArtistSPRIGGAN (2022) — Storyboard ArtistWitch Hunter Robin (2002) — Storyboard ArtistBrave Story (2006) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorDirty Pair: Project Eden (1986) — Key AnimationUrusei Yatsura (2022) — Director · Storyboard ArtistX (1996) — Key AnimationHyper Police (1997) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorA Wind Named Amnesia (1990) — Key AnimationKimagure Orange Road (1987) — Animation DirectorThe Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk (2008) — DirectorBlue Submarine No. 6 (1998) — Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist