Birthday:
Sep 22, 1965
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Shinji Higuchi
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Death Kappa | Reporter | 2010 |
| Kyrie | Takashi Shiomi | 2023 |
| A Forest with No Name | No. 19 | 2003 |
| Brush of the God | 2024 | |
| All About Lily Chou-Chou | Otaku | 2001 |
| Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters | Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice) | 2006 |
| The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe | 1995 | |
| The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga | Self - SFX Director | 2019 |
| GAMERA 1999 | 1999 | |
| The Intermission | 2013 | |
| The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 | 2020 | |
| Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion | Self | 2021 |
| Document Love & Pop | 1998 | |
| Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director | Himself | 1970 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Private Detective Mike | 2002 | |
| His and Her Circumstances | Member B (voice) | 1998 |
| Lost Man Found | Himself | 2022 |
| Luca on the Road | Takashi Shiomi | 2024 |
