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.

KNOWN FOR

Attack on Titan
2018
Neon Genesis Evangelion
1996
Kill la Kill
2014
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
1990
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010
FLCL
2000
His and Her Circumstances
1998
DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan
2018
Gunbuster
1988
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997
Shin Godzilla
2016
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
22
Directing
26
Writing
12
Producing
3
Editing
1
Art
20
Visual Effects
14
Crew
11
2026
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
as Self
2024
Brush of the God
2024
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
as Himself
2024
Luca on the Road
as Takashi Shiomi
2023
Kyrie
as Takashi Shiomi
2023
Breakfast of the Movie
2022
Taroman Historia
as Self
2022
Lost Man Found
as Himself
2021
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
as Self
2020
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2019
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - SFX Director
2013
The Intermission
2010
Death Kappa
as Reporter
2006
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
as Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice)
2004
Kibakichi
as Shinnosuke Higuchi
2003
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
as No. 19
2002
The Private Detective Mike
2001
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Otaku
1999
GAMERA 1999
1998
Document Love & Pop
1998
His and Her Circumstances
as Member B (voice)
1995
The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe