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Toshiki Hirano

Toshiki Hirano (平野 俊貴, Hirano Toshiki, born Toshihiro Hirano (平野 俊弘, Hirano Toshihiro), born October 3, 1956, in Tokyo) is a Japanese anime director, animator, and character designer.[1][2] His wife is a fellow animator and manga artist Narumi Kakinouchi.[3][4][5] Some of his works have appeared in the adult manga magazine Lemon People.[6] He is representative of Toshiki Hirano Office Ltd.

Career

While still a student at Tokyo Designer Gakuin College, Hirano began drawing in-betweens for Toei Doga. After working at Studio No.1, Bebo led by Tomonori Kogawa, Studio. Led by himself, Artland led by Noboru Ishiguro, and AIC led by Tōru Miura, he is now the representative of Toshiki Hirano Office Ltd.

In 1982, while working at Artland, Hirano worked as a character animation director on the TV animation series Super Dimension Fortress Macross, which was well received for the female characters' charm and attracted attention from anime fans. Following the theatrical animation Macross: Do You Remember Love? released in 1984, he was selected as a character designer for the OVA Megazone 23 produced by Artland in 1985. In the same year, he also took charge of character design for the TV animation Ninja Senshi Tobikage, and quickly became one of the most popular animators.

His directorial debut OVA Fight! Iczer One was a project that he and his friend Aran Rei brought to Kubo Shoten, and it became a hit that turned into a series. In the latter half of the 1980s, he directed OVAs for enthusiasts such as Dangaioh, Hades Project Zeorymer, and Daimajū Gekitō: Hagane no Oni, and gained a strong fan base.

Since the 1990s, he has been active as an animation director based at Tokyo Movie, where his Devil Lady, which combines elements of tokusatsu, splatter, horror, and action like Iczer One, was well received. He is also one of the original collaborators of his wife Narumi Kakinouchi's representative works, Vampire Princess Miyu series and Fūun San Shimai LIN series.

Works

Sources:[1][2][7][8][9]

Character designer

Director

Other

Manga

References

  1. ^ a b 平野俊貴スペシャルインタビュー (in Japanese). Animaxis.com. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  2. ^ a b Toshiki Hirano at IMDb
  3. ^ "Narumi Kakinouchi". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (22 July 2020). "Vampire Miyu: Saku Manga Ends in 7th Volume". Anime News Network. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ Clements, Jonathan; Helen McCarthy (2015). "Hirano, Toshihiro". The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation (3rd ed.). Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 365–366. ISBN 9781611720181. OCLC 1011914056.
  6. ^ レモンピープル1988年8月号 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  7. ^ 平野俊弘 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  8. ^ "Toshiki Hirano". Books by ISBN. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  9. ^ 平野俊貴/吸血姫美夕・ダンガイオー (in Japanese). 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  10. ^ "Baki Hanma vs. Kengan Ashura Crossover Anime's Trailer Reveals Staff, Theme Songs, Crossover Fights". Anime News Network. 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-05-06.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirano_Toshiki