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.

Фільмографія

• 2026EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening — Production Supervisor
• 2025Бомба у швидкісному потягу — Director
• 2024Brush of the God
• Luca on the Road — Takashi Shiomi
• 2023Breakfast of the Movie
• 2023Kyrie — Takashi Shiomi
• Kamen Rider Black Sun — Concept Artist
• 2022Ribbon — Special Effects
• Shin Ultra Fight — Director, Series Director
• 2022Shin Urotoraman — Storyboard Artist, Director
• 2022Thunderbirds 55/GOGO — Director, Editor, Writer
• 2020The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 — Story, Original Concept
• Хісоне та Масотан — Series Director, Original Story, Storyboard Artist
• 2016Shin Gojira — Storyboard, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects Technical Director
• Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets — Series Director
• 2015Атака титанів. Фiльм перший: Жорстокий свiт — Director
• 2015Атака титанів. Фільм другий: Кінець світу — Director
• 2014Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark — Storyboard Artist
• 2013Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film — Director
• 2013The Intermission
• Атака титанів — Storyboard Artist
• РІЖ РУБАЙ — Storyboard Artist
• 2012Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo — Director
• 2012The Floating Castle — Director
• 2012Євангеліон: 3.33 Ти (не) зміниш — Storyboard Artist
• 2011Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams — Storyboard Artist
• 2010Death Kappa — Reporter
• Monster Magnitude: 9 — Series Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• Трусяшка та Панчошка разом з Паском — Storyboard Artist
• 2009Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster — Executive Producer
• 2009Євангеліон: 2.22 Ти (не) пройдеш — Storyboard Artist, Assistant Script
• 2008The Last Princess — Director
• 2007Євангеліон: 1.11 Ти (не) самотній — Storyboard Artist
• 2006Gunbuster: The Movie — Storyboard Artist
• 2006Japan Sinks — Director
• 2006Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters — Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
• 2005Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean — Director
• 2004Kibakichi — Shinnosuke Higuchi
• 2003Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name — No. 19
• 2003Покемон: Джирачі - виконувач бажань — Other
• 2002Minimoni The Movie: The Great Cake Adventure! — Director
• The Private Detective Mike
• 2002Vandread Turbulence — Director
• 2001All About Lily Chou-Chou — Otaku
• 2001Pistol Opera — Special Effects
• 2001The Princess Blade — Visual Effects Director
• 2001Vandread Integral — Director
• ФЛКЛ — Mechanical Designer
• 1999GAMERA 1999
• 1999Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris — Creature Design, Visual Effects Director
• 1998Document Love & Pop
• 1998EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² — Screenplay
• 1998Revival of Evangelion — Screenplay
• Його та її обставини — Member B (voice)
• 1997Євангеліон нового покоління: Кінець Євангеліону — Storyboard Artist
• 1997Євангеліон нового покоління: Смерть та переродження — Screenplay
• 1996Gamera 2: Advent of Legion — Visual Effects Director, Creature Design
• 1996Space Ship Remnant 6 — Visual Effects Director
• 1995Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe — Special Effects
• 1995The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
• Нова ера — Євангеліон — Writer, Storyboard Artist
• 1993The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman — Storyboard Artist
• Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero — Special Effects Supervisor, Storyboard Artist
• 1992Future Memories: Last Christmas — Visual Effects Director
• 1992The Cat — Special Effects Assistant
• 1991Mikadroid — Special Effects
• 1991Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I — Director
• 1991Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II — Director
• 1991Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III — Director
• 1991The Cat- Beast Wars: Nine Lives — Special Effects Supervisor
• 1991Фільм про отаку — Storyboard
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water — Storyboard Artist, Director
• 1990Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars — Storyboard, Storyboard Artist
• 1989The Men Who Made Ultraman — Special Effects
• 1988Dragon Quest Fantasia Video — Special Effects
• Прагнення до вершини! Gunbuster — Storyboard Artist
• 1987Королівські космічні сили – крила Онеамісу — Assistant Director
• 1985Godzilla 1985 — Special Effects
• 1985Orochi Strikes Again — Visual Effects, Special Effects
• 1984Повернення Ґодзілли — Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
• Untitled Shin Godzilla Sequel — Director

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (6)

• 2026THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN — Self
• 2024Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director — Himself
• Lost Man Found — Himself
• 2022Taroman Historia — Self
• 2021Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion — Self
• 2019The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga — Self - SFX Director