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Junji Nishimura

Junji Nishimura

Junji Nishimura

1955-12-23

Saga, Saga, Japan

Age: 69

DIRECTING

Best known for:

Ranma ½

Rurouni Kenshin

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Barefoot Gen

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

Zenki

Basilisk

Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix

ASSASSINS PRIDE

Fruits Basket

Barefoot Gen 2

ViVid Strike!

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea

Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

Canaan

Chained Soldier

Dirty Pair Flash

Dog Days

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow

True Tears

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture

Kyo Kara Maoh!

Vlad Love

The Fire Hunter

Filmography:

GoShogun (1981)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist, Director
GoShogun (1982)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Barefoot Gen (1983)
6.3
APPEREAD AS:
Boku Pak (voice)
Pro Golfer Saru (1985)
WORK AS:
Director
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party (1985)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor
Pro Golfer Saru: Super Golf World e no Chousen!! (1986)
WORK AS:
Director
Pro Golfer Saru: Kouga Hikyou! Kage no Ninpou Golfer Sanjou! (1987)
WORK AS:
Director

Six God Combination GodMars - Seventeen Year Old Legend (1988)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Ranma ½ (1989)
7.7
WORK AS:
Director, Storyboard Artist
Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid (1989)
WORK AS:
Director
Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid (1989)
WORK AS:
Director
Super Zugan (1992)
WORK AS:
Director
Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix (1994)
6.4
WORK AS:
Director
Dirty Pair Flash (1994)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Zenki (1995)
6.8
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist

Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
7.4
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
You're Under Arrest! (1996)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Kishin Douji Zenki Gaiden: Anki Kitan (1997)
WORK AS:
Director
Eat-Man '98 (1998)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Microman (1999)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture (1999)
WORK AS:
Director
逮捕しちゃうぞ Special (1999)
WORK AS:
Director
Fruits Basket (2001)
5.7
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
7
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Windy Tales (2004)
WORK AS:
Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Script, Director
Kyo Kara Maoh! (2004)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
Basilisk (2005)
6.1
WORK AS:
Series Director
Simoun (2006)
WORK AS:
Series Director
True Tears (2008)
WORK AS:
Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
6.3
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Canaan (2009)
5.3
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (2010)
6.3
WORK AS:
Series Director
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow (2011)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist, Director, Writer
Dog Days (2011)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012)
6.1
WORK AS:
Writer
Mushibugyou (2013)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Koitabi: True Tours Nanto (2013)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Storyboard Artist, Series Director
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (2013)
6.5
WORK AS:
Writer
Glasslip (2014)
WORK AS:
Series Composition, Writer, Series Director, Storyboard Artist
ViVid Strike! (2016)
7
WORK AS:
Series Director
The Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita (2016)
WORK AS:
Director
The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi (2016)
WORK AS:
Director
Kabukibu! (2017)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Bermuda Triangle ~ Colorful Pastorale (2019)
WORK AS:
Series Director
ASSASSINS PRIDE (2019)
5.6
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Vlad Love (2021)
WORK AS:
Series Director, Storyboard Artist
Extreme Hearts (2022)
WORK AS:
Series Director, Storyboard Artist
The Fire Hunter (2023)
WORK AS:
Series Director, Director, Storyboard Artist
Chained Soldier (2024)
WORK AS:
Series Director
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise (2025)
WORK AS:
Screenplay