Akiyuki Shinbo
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Akiyuki Shinbo 新房 昭之 | |
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Born | Fukushima Prefecture, Japan | September 27, 1961
Occupation(s) | Animator, director, producer |
Years active | 1981–present |
Awards | 2011 Newtype Anime Awards—Director Prize 11th Tokyo Anime Award for Best Director |
Akiyuki Shinbo (Japanese: 新房 昭之, Hepburn: Shinbō Akiyuki, born September 27, 1961) is a Japanese animator, director, producer and storyboard artist. He joined Studio One Pattern in 1981. He made his directorial debut with Metal Fighter Miku in 1994. He joined Shaft in 2004. He has received the 11th Tokyo Anime Award and the 2011 Newtype Anime Award for Best director for his work on the acclaimed anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Biography
Early life
Shinbo was born in Fukushima Prefecture. After high school, he attended Tokyo Designer Institute before entering the anime industry.[1]
Career and style
After graduating from Tokyo Design Institute, Shinbo worked as an animator for the 1981 anime series Urusei Yatsura.[1] Shinbo participated with Studio Pierrot in 1990 as an episode director in Musashi, the Samurai Lord. His first full directorial debut was in 1994, where he helmed J.C.Staff's Metal Fighter Miku.[2] He continued his early directional career with several OVA series, such as Devil Hunter Yohko 6: Double Jeopardy in 1995, and in 1996: Galaxy Fraulein Yuna: The Abyssal Fairy, Debutante Detective Corps, and Hurricane Polymar: Blood War.[3] Shinbo participated with Seven Arcs starting with Triangle Heart: Sweet Songs Forever in 2003 and then became director for 2004's spin-off Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.[4]
His style in particular became noticed during his episode direction work on Yu Yu Hakusho's Dark Tournament arc.[5] After seeing Shinbo's stylized presence, the new president of Shaft, Mitsutoshi Kubota, approached Shinbo with the desire to make Shaft a distinctive studio among animation companies. In an interview, Kubota cited Le Portrait de Petit Cossette and The SoulTaker among Shinbo's most distinctive products that caught his eye.[6]
Shaft
His work at Shaft has been characterized by extensive experimentation within the visual medium of animation, and often includes pictures taken from real life cut into scenes, as well as art shifts, beat panels (despite the fact that his work is animated), kabuki sound effects, textures that remain stationary when the textured object moves, showing symbols or defining parts of a character (ahoge, hair decorations, foreheads, or more bizarre symbols) in place of characters during dialogue, written text in place (in opposition to dialogue), precise use of fan service, and head-turning cinematography (head-tilting, a style known as a Shaft specialty).[5]
After being introduced to Shaft, Shinbo brought the talents of his professional friends Shin Ōnuma (who later became the most prominent director of Silver Link) and Tatsuya Oishi. While Shinbo did direct various series at the studio, his role shifted to more of a mentoring and supervision-based role, and his job in all of these works was to ensure that they all kept the signature "Shaft style."[5]
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
During the production of Hidamari Sketch and Bakemonogatari, Shinbo expressed to Aniplex producer Atsuhiro Iwakami his desire to create a new magical girl series, thus spawning the development of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. During the early planning stage, Iwakami decided not to adapt an existing work in order to give Shinbo more freedom in his direction style.[7] Another goal of the project was to develop an anime that could appeal to a wider audience than the usual demographic for media within the magical girl genre. Shinbo and Iwakami intended for their series to be accessible to "the general anime fan."[8] Shinbo then contacted Gen Urobuchi to work on the project as a scriptwriter and Ume Aoki as a character designer.[7][9]
Shinbo won the 11th Tokyo Anime Award,[10] and the 2011 Newtype Anime Award for directing Madoka Magica.[11] In 2017, Shinbo was chosen by Japanese critics as one of the greatest anime directors, for directing Madoka Magica.[12][13]
Filmography
Note: Shinbo is credited as "chief director" in many works involving him, and thus he will be acknowledged accordingly.
Television series
- Metal Fighter Miku (1994)[2]
- Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (1998–1999)[14]
- The SoulTaker (2001)[15]
- Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase (2004–2005, chief)[16]
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (2004)[4]
- Pani Poni (2005)
- Negima!? (2006–2007)[17]
- Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2007)[18]
- Hidamari Sketch (2007, chief)[19]
- Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2008)[20]
- Hidamari Sketch x 365 (2008)[21]
- Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2009, also co-writer)[22]
- Natsu no Arashi! (2009, chief)[23]
- Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū (2009, chief)
- Maria Holic (2009)[24]
- Monogatari Series First Season (2009–2010, chief, also co-writer)[25][26][27]
- Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu (2010, chief)[28]
- Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010, chief)
- Arakawa Under the Bridge (2010, chief)[29]
- And Yet the Town Moves (2010)[30]
- Hidamari Sketch x SP (2011)[31]
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)[32]
- Maria Holic Alive (2011, chief)[33]
- Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko (2011, chief)[30]
- Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb (2012, chief)[34]
- Sasami-san@Ganbaranai (2013)[35]
- Monogatari Series Second Season (2013–2014, chief, also co-writer)[36][37]
- Monogatari Series Final Season (2014–2017, chief, also co-writer)[38][39][40][41][42]
- Nisekoi (2014, chief, also co-writer)[43]
- Mekakucity Actors (2014, chief)[44]
- Nisekoi: (2015, chief, also co-writer)[45]
- Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015)[46]
- March Comes in like a Lion (2016–2018, chief, also co-writer)[47]
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018, chief)[48]
OVAs
- Devil Hunter Yohko (1990-1995, episode 6)[49]
- Tenamonya Voyagers (1994)[50]
- Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko I (1996)
- Hurricane Polymar: Holy Blood (1996–1997)[3]
- Galaxy Fräulein Yuna Returns (1996–1997)
- Detatoko Princess (1997)
- Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II (1997)
- Triangle Heart ~Sweet Songs Forever~ (2003)
- Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (2004)[51]
- Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba~ (2008–2009, chief)[52]
- Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2008–2009, also co-writer)[20]
- Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi (2009–2010, also co-writer)[53]
- Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~ (2009–2010, chief)
- Katte ni Kaizou (2011, chief)[54]
- Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko Special (2012, chief)
- Hidamari Sketch: Sae Hiro Sotsugyou-hen (2013, chief)
- Nisekoi (2014–2015, chief, also co-writer)
- Magical Pâtissier Kosaki-chan (2016, chief, also co-writer)[55]
- Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro to Zaregototsukai (2016–2017, chief)[56]
- Koyomimonogatari (2016, chief, part of Monogatari Series Third Season, also co-writer)[57]
Films
- Twilight of the Dark Master (1997)[58]
- Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Finale (2011, also co-writer)[59]
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Beginnings (2012, chief)[60]
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Eternal (2012, chief)[60]
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion (2012, chief)[61]
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie (2015, chief)[62]
- Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu-hen (2016, chief, also co-writer)[63]
- Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu-hen (2016, chief, also co-writer)[64]
- Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu-hen (2017, chief, also co-writer)[65]
- Fireworks (2017, chief)[66]
- Fate/Extra Last Encore - Illustrias Tendousetsu (2018, chief)
- Zoku Owarimonogatari (2018, also co-writer)[67]
Hentai
Hentai series directed by Shinbo under the pseudonym "Jyuhachi Minamizawa"
- Sibling Secret (2002)
- Blood Royale (2002)
- Nurse Me! (2002-2003)
- Swallowtail Inn (2003-2004)
- Temptation (2003)
Notes
References
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- ^ a b "Saturn - Metal Fighter Miku - Staff Credits" (in Japanese). Raido. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (August 12, 2012). "Discotek Adds Hurricane Polymar Original Video Anime". AnimeNewsNetwork. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ a b "Drama Data Entry - Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (1)" (in Japanese). Furusaki Yasunari. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c Creamer, Nick (January 18, 2017). "The Secret of Studio SHAFT". AnimeNewsNetwork. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ Jones, Evan (November 8, 2016). "Interview: Studio SHAFT president Mitsutoshi Kubota". AnimeNewsNetwork. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ a b 新房昭之×虚淵玄×蒼樹うめ×シャフト 1大プロジェクト始動 [Akiyuki Shinbo × Gen Urobuchi × Ume Aoki × Shaft: The Start of One Large Project]. Megami Magazine (in Japanese) (127). Gakken: 115. October 25, 2010.
- ^ Manry, Gia (September 7, 2011). "Interview: Atushio Iwakami". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Bakemonogatari's Shinbo, Phantom's Urobuchi Launch New Anime". Anime News Network. October 21, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Poppy Hill, Madoka Magica, Tiger & Bunny Win Tokyo Anime Fair's Awards". Anime News Network. February 16, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Madoka Magica Wins 12 of 21 Newtype Anime Awards". Anime News Network. October 9, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
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Further reading
- "Negima!?" (November 2006). Newtype USA. p. 10.
External links
- Akiyuki Shinbo at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Akiyuki Shinbo at IMDb
- Akiyuki Shinbo anime works in Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- https://www.anime-planet.com/people/akiyuki-shinbou