Hiroyuki Yamaga
Encyclopedia
is a founding member of the Japanese animation studio
Gainax
, and a anime
director
. He wrote the screenplay for Gundam 0080 (1989). He is best known for directing the film "Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
" (1987) at age 24, directing Mahoromatic
(2001) & Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002), and an episode of Gurren Lagann (2007).
Animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced...
Gainax
Gainax
is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with...
, and a anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
. He wrote the screenplay for Gundam 0080 (1989). He is best known for directing the film "Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
is a 1987 Japanese animated science fiction film and the first film produced by Gainax and Bandai Visual. It was directed and written by Hiroyuki Yamaga with assistant director Takami Akai. The film would eventually be a critically acclaimed Gainax classic, but it was poorly received and sold only...
" (1987) at age 24, directing Mahoromatic
Mahoromatic
is a sci-fi romantic comedy manga and animeseries which contains elements of the literary genre of tragic dramas. It is about a female android former soldier, Mahoro...
(2001) & Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002), and an episode of Gurren Lagann (2007).
External links
- Yamaga panel at Fanime -(with pictures)
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070807030003/www.fansview.com/2000a/022600e.htm