Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Biography

Trademarks

• Realistic character animations.
• Action scenes featuring elaborate choreography and dynamic camera work.
• High levels of graphic sex and violence.
• Often uses characters with the ability to use shadows as a weapon.
• Often includes old men of small stature who act as wise sages.
• Often includes teams of demons/monsters with their own unique powers.

  Trivia

• Is a fan of ', but not other Stanley Kubrick films.
• One of Kawajiri's favorite directors is John Carpenter.
• Considers 'Rawhide , Yojimbo, , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blade Runner and Die Hard to be among the films and television shows that have influenced him the most as a director.

  Filmography

Films

• ' – director, storyboard, character design, key animation
• Wicked City – director, screenwriter, character design, animation director
• Neo Tokyo – director, screenwriter, character design, animation director
• Demon City Shinjuku – director, character design
• A Wind Named Amnesia – screenwriter, supervision
• Ninja Scroll – director, screenwriter, original work, original character design
• ' – director, screenwriter, storyboard
• The Animatrix – director, screenwriter
• ' – screenwriter
• ' – director, storyboard, key animation

  OVAs

• The Phoenix -Space- – director
• Goku: Midnight Eye – director
• Cyber City Oedo 808 – director, character design
• The Cockpit – director, screenwriter, character design, animation director
• Biohunter – screenwriter, supervision, key animation
• Birdy the Mighty – director, screenwriter, storyboard, key animation
• – director

  TV series

• X – director, script, storyboard
• – original creator

  Other work

• Dororo – in-between animation
• Cleopatra – in-between animation
• Tomorrow's Joe – in-between animation, key animation
• New Moomin – key animation
• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman – key animation
• Dokonjō Gaeru – key animation
• Aim for the Ace! – ending Illustration, key animation
• Jungle Kurobe – key animation
• Samurai Giants – key animation
• Judo Sanka – key animation
• Hajime Ningen Gyatoruz – key animation
• The Fire G-Man – key animation
• Adventures of Ganba – key animation
• Demon Dragon of the Heavens Gaiking – key animation
• Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi – episode director, character design, key animation, background art
• Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi – episode director, character design, key animation, background art
• Jetter Mars – key animation
• Future Boy Conan – key animation
• Animation Kikō Marco Polo no Bōken – storyboard, key animation
• Botchan – key animation
• The Fantastic Adventures of Unico – key animation, setting
• The Sea Prince and the Fire Child – key animation
• The Door Into Summer – layout
• Wandering Cloud – storyboard, layout, key animation
• Unico in the Island of Magic – layout, key animation
• Barefoot Gen – key animation
• Harmagedon – key animation
• Georgie! – opening animation
• Stop!! Hibari-kun! – episode director
• The Dagger of Kamui – key animation
• Barefoot Gen 2 – key animation
• Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger- – key animation
• Junk Boy – special CF
• Bride of Deimos – key animation
• Legend of the Forest – key animation
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes – guest character design
• Kimba the White Lion – character design
• Record of Lodoss War – key animation
• Zetsuai 1989 – storyboard
• Phantom Quest Corp. – opening animation
• Bronze: Cathexis – storyboard
• Azuki-chan – character design
• Memories – supervision, key animation
• X – key animation
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn – main title director
• Master Keaton – screenwriter, storyboard
• Pet Shop of Horrors – storyboard
• ' – storyboard, key animation
• Party 7 – key animation
• Metropolis – key animation, layout
• Ogawa No Medaka – key animation
• ' – storyboard
• Gokusen – storyboard
• ' – key animation
• Shigurui – storyboard
• Redline – 1st key animation
• Iron Man – storyboard
• Wolverine – storyboard
• The Tibetan Dog – key animation
• Kaiji: Against All Rules – storyboard
• X-Men – storyboard
• Blade – storyboard
• Chihayafuru – storyboard
• Black Jack: Dezaki's Final Chapter – key animation
• Btooom! – storyboard
• Chihayafuru 2 – storyboard
• ' – storyboard
• Ace of Diamond – storyboard
• Overlord - storyboard
• ' - storyboard
• One Punch Man - storyboard
• ' – storyboard
• Alderamin on the Sky - storyboard
• All Out!! - storyboard
• ' - storyboard
• Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul - storyboard
• Overlord II - storyboard
• ' - storyboard
• Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 1 - storyboard
• Boogiepop and Others - storyboard
• - storyboard