
Director
Shinji Higuchi
Born 1965 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Directed

Shin Godzilla
Director · 2016

Shin Ultraman
Director · 2022

Attack on Titan
Director · 2015

Bullet Train Explosion
Director · 2025

Attack on Titan II: End of the World
Director · 2015

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Assistant Director · 1987

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Director · 1990

The Floating Castle
Director · 2012

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Director · 2012

DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan
Series Director · 2018

Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets
Series Director · 2015

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Director · 2005

Japan Sinks
Director · 2006

The Last Princess
Director · 2008

Vandread Integral
Director · 2001

Vandread Turbulence
Director · 2002

Monster Magnitude: 9
Series Director · 2010

Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
Director · 2022
Acting

All About Lily Chou-Chou
Otaku · 2001

His and Her Circumstances
Member B (voice) · 1998

Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
Self · 2021

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
Self - SFX Director · 2019

Lost Man Found
Himself · 2022

Kyrie
Takashi Shiomi · 2023

Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
Beefbowl Ushigoro (voice) · 2006

Luca on the Road
Takashi Shiomi · 2024

Kibakichi
Shinnosuke Higuchi · 2004

A Forest with No Name
No. 19 · 2003

Death Kappa
Reporter · 2010

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
Himself · 2024

THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
Self · 2026
Writing

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Writer · 1995

Shin Godzilla
Storyboard · 2016

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Screenplay · 1997

Revival of Evangelion
Screenplay · 1998

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
Screenplay · 1998

DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan
Original Story · 2018

Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Storyboard · 1990

Otaku no Video
Storyboard · 1991

The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
Story · 2020

Monster Magnitude: 9
Writer · 2010

Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
Writer · 2022