Hiroshi Hamasaki
Born: 1959-12-30 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Known For: Visual Effects
Biography
Hiroshi Hamasaki (浜崎 博嗣, Hiroshi Hamasaki, born December 30, 1959) is an animator, character designer, and anime director from Fukuoka, Japan. After finishing high school, he joined the training program of Tatsunoko Production, where he began his career as an animator. His early work included animation duties on Gatchaman II and several other series from the early 1980s. By the mid‑1980s he had moved into higher‑level roles such as animation director and character designer on titles like Alpen Rose and Outlanders. He later left Tatsunoko and worked mainly with Madhouse, contributing animation to many of the studio's productions. From the 1990s onward he expanded into storyboarding and direction. His directorial debut came in 2003 with Texhnolyze, followed by directing or supervising roles on Paranoia Agent, BECK, Shigurui, Steins;Gate, Terra Formars, Orange, and Blade of the Immortal. Throughout his career he has alternated between animation, storyboarding, and directing across TV, film, and OVA projects, establishing himself as a versatile figure in the anime industry.
Filmography
2023
- Hell's Paradise ... (Storyboard Artist)
2019
- Blade of the Immortal ... (Director)
2016
- March Comes In Like a Lion ... (Storyboard Artist)
- Orange ... (Series Director)
- Orange: Future ... (Director)
2015
2014
- Space Dandy ... (Storyboard Artist)
- Terra Formars ... (Director)
- Blade and Soul ... (Director)
- Terra Formars: Bugs-2 ... (Series Director)
2013
- Attack on Titan ... (Storyboard Artist)
- Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu ... (Key Animation)
- Robotech: Love Live Alive ... (Director)
- Iron Man: Rise of Technovore ... (Director)
2011
- Steins;Gate ... (Director)
2010
- The Tatami Galaxy ... (Storyboard Artist)
- Trigun: Badlands Rumble ... (Key Animation)
2009
- Redline ... (Key Animation)
2007
- Claymore ... (Storyboard Artist)
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy ... (Series Director)
- Highlander: The Search for Vengeance ... (Key Animation)
- East Meets West: Filmmakers Crossing Borders as Self
2004
- Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad ... (Director)
- Paranoia Agent ... (Storyboard Artist)
2003
- Texhnolyze ... (Director)
- Program ... (Key Animation)
2002
- Patlabor WXIII the Movie ... (Key Animation)
2001
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust ... (Animation Director)
- Metropolis ... (Key Animation)
1998
- Perfect Blue ... (Key Animation)
- Blue Submarine No. 6 ... (Key Animation)
- Spriggan ... (Key Animation)
1996
- X: The Movie ... (Key Animation)
- Birdy the Mighty ... (Key Animation)
1995
- Bio Hunter ... (Animation Director)
1994
- Bakuen Campus Guardress ... (Key Animation)
- Darkside Blues ... (Animation)
1993
- Ninja Scroll ... (Key Animation)
- Kawaguchi Kaiji's 9 Love Stories ... (Director)
1990
- Cyber City Oedo 808 ... (Character Designer)
- Nineteen 19 ... (Key Animation)
- The Enemy's the Pirates! ... (Animation Director)
- Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out! ... (Director)
1989
- Yawara! ... (Key Animation)
1988
- Bride of Deimos ... (Key Animation)
1987
- Wicked City ... (Key Animation)
- Junk Boy ... (Character Designer)
- Junk Boy ... (Character Designer)
1986
- The Legend of Stars ... (Opening/Ending Animation)
- Outlanders ... (Animation Director)
1984
- Macross: Do You Remember Love? ... (Key Animation)