Yasuhiro Irie
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is a Japanese animator
, character designer and anime director.
, he has worked as an animation director
and animator on several productions, and made his debut as a director with volumes 2 to 4 of Alien 9 and the 2004 television series Kurau Phantom Memory
. He also directed the new Fullmetal Alchemist
television series.
He is a member of Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA).
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Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
, character designer and anime director.
Biography
Beginning his career at SunriseSunrise (company)
is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...
, he has worked as an animation 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...
and animator on several productions, and made his debut as a director with volumes 2 to 4 of Alien 9 and the 2004 television series Kurau Phantom Memory
KURAU Phantom Memory
is a 2004 science fiction anime series, produced by Bones and Media Factory, which was broadcast in Japan by the anime television networks Animax and TV Asahi. Set primarily in the year 2110, it explores themes such as inter-familial relationships and ethics in science. The series was licensed by...
. He also directed the new Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist
, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
television series.
He is a member of Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA).
TV anime
- Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei (1992; key animation)
- Genki Bakuhatsu GanbarugerGenki Bakuhatsu Ganbarugeris a 47 episode animated shōnen mecha television series, and the second series produced for the Eldran franchise funded by Takara Tomy and produced by Sunrise...
(1992; key animation) - Nekketsu Saikyō Go-SaurerNekketsu Saikyo Go-Saurer, is a 51 episode animated television series, and third series in the Eldran franchise funded by Takara Tomy and produced by Sunrise. It aired in Japan from March 3, 1993 to February 23, 1994...
(1993; key animation) - Vision of Escaflowne (1994–1996; animation director, animation assistance, key animation)
- Mobile Fighter G GundamMobile Fighter G GundamMobile Fighter G Gundam, known in Japan as , is a Japanese animated television series directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa . Created to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the franchise in 1994, it is the first of the Gundam series to be set in an alternate continuity from the original "Universal Century"...
(1994; key animation) - Revolutionary Girl UtenaRevolutionary Girl Utenais a manga by Chiho Saito and anime directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The manga serial began in the June 1996 issue of Ciao and the anime was first broadcast in 1997. The anime and manga were created simultaneously, but, despite some similarities, they progressed in different directions. A movie, was...
(1997; key animation) - Cowboy BebopCowboy Bebopis a critically acclaimed and award-winning 1998 Japanese anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, written by Keiko Nobumoto, and produced by Sunrise. Its 26 episodes comprise a complete storyline: set in 2071, the series follows the adventures, misadventures and tragedies of five bounty...
(1998; key animation) - Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! MAX (1998; key animation)
- Uchū Kaizoku Mito no Daibōken (1999; key animation)
- Sorcerous Stabber OrphenSorcerous Stabber Orphenis a series of Japanese fantasy adventure novels and manga, two anime television series , and a video game.-Synopsis:...
(1998–1999; key animation) - RahXephonRahXephonis a Japanese anime series about 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a godlike mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world...
(2002; episode director, animation director, key animation) - Fullmetal AlchemistFullmetal Alchemist, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
(2003–2004; OP animation director) - Gunparade March: Gunparade Marchis a Japanese video game that was later turned into a 3 volume manga and a 12 episode anime.The video game, , was released on 28 September 2000, for the PlayStation. It was developed by Alfa System and published by Sony Computer Entertainment...
(2003; character design, character animation director, storyboards, episode direction, key animation) - Kurau Phantom MemoryKURAU Phantom Memoryis a 2004 science fiction anime series, produced by Bones and Media Factory, which was broadcast in Japan by the anime television networks Animax and TV Asahi. Set primarily in the year 2110, it explores themes such as inter-familial relationships and ethics in science. The series was licensed by...
(2004; director, screenplay, storyboards, episode direction) - Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-MaryuGaikingwas a Japanese Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation.It ran from April 1976 through January 1977 and consisted of 44 26-minute episodes. Gaiking was notable for being one of the few super robot series to take place in real places outside of Japan, and for being the first Super...
(2005–2006; key animation) - Soul Eater (2008–2009; OP storyboards, episode direction, key animation)
- Nogizaka Haruka no HimitsuNogizaka Haruka no Himitsuis a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in volume thirty of MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on June 18, 2004. One more chapter was published until the first bound novel of the series was...
(2008; storyboards, episode direction, animation director, key animation) - Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodFullmetal Alchemist, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
(2009–10; director)
Animated films
- SprigganSpriggan (manga)is a manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa during the early 1990s. It was initially released as Striker in the North American English translation, as it is the English translation of the word Spriggan from Celtic.Spriggan takes places in the last years of the...
(1998; key animation) - EscaflowneEscaflowne (film)is an anime film produced by Sunrise and animated by Studio BONES. Directed by Kazuki Akane, the film is a re-telling of the twenty-six episode anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne...
(2000; original picture animation director) - Digimon Adventure: Bokura no War Game!Digimon Adventureis a Japanese animated television series created in 1999 by Toei Animation based on the Digimon virtual pet made by Bandai. It is the first series of the Digimon anime "metaseries"...
(2000; key animation) - Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001; storyboard assistance)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005; key animation)
- Tekkon KinkreetTekkon Kinkreetis a three-volume seinen manga series by Taiyō Matsumoto, which was originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits and first published in English as Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White. It was adapted into a 2006 feature-length Japanese anime film of the same name, directed by...
(2006; key animation)
OVA
- MoldiverMoldiveris a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series. It is a parody of magical girl and superhero anime series.-Plot:The plot focuses on a young girl by the name of Mirai Ozora, living in Tokyo in the year 2045...
(1993; key animation) - Giant Robo: The Animation Chikyū ga Seishi Suru hi (1992–1998; key animation)
- Yōsei Kisuikoden (1993; key animation)
- Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (1996; key animation)
- JoJo's Bizarre Bizarre AdventureJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)are two OVA series, that were adapted from Part 3: Stardust Crusaders of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, by Studio APPP in Japan....
s third chapter: "D'Arby The Gambler" (1994; key animation) - Macross PlusMacross Plusis a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original Macross television series that took place in the official timeline...
episode 3 (1995; key animation) - Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS TeamMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Teamis an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 11-episode series details the adventures of an Earth Federation Space Force ground unit during the One Year War - specifically before the original 1979 Gundam series and into...
(1996–1999; key animation) - Alien 9 (2001–2002; character design, animation director, director, Vol. 2- Vol. 4)
Games
- Exodus Guilty (1998; key animation)
- NOeL 3 (1998; animation director)
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External links
- IRICOMIX — official website.