A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Kouichi Chigira
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Birthplace:
Kanagawa, Japan
Born:
May 4, 1959
Koichi Chigira is an anime director who has directed several series, usually working with Studio GONZO and has begun his career at Madhouse. Chigira is known for directing Full Metal Panic and Last Exile.
Director:
1990 Nineteen 19
1993 Sleepless Oedo
1998 Welcome to Lodoss Island!
2006 Brave Story
2008 Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2013 Ryo
2016 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2017 Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2022 "Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Key Animation:
1986 Arion
1986 Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1990 A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 Nineteen 19
1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1993 Ninja Scroll
1993 Sleepless Oedo
1995 The Diary Of Anne Frank
1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 Welcome to Lodoss Island!
1999 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
2006 Brave Story
2008 Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2013 Ryo
2016 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2017 Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2022 "Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Original Story:
1986 Arion
1986 Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1990 A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 Nineteen 19
1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1993 Ninja Scroll
1993 Sleepless Oedo
1995 The Diary Of Anne Frank
1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 Welcome to Lodoss Island!
1999 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
2006 Brave Story
2008 Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2013 Ryo
2016 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2017 Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2022 "Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Screenplay:
1986 Arion
1986 Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1990 A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 Nineteen 19
1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1993 Ninja Scroll
1993 Sleepless Oedo
1995 The Diary Of Anne Frank
1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 Welcome to Lodoss Island!
1999 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
2006 Brave Story
2008 Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2013 Ryo
2016 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2017 Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2022 "Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Sound:
1986 Arion
1986 Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1990 A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 Nineteen 19
1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1993 Ninja Scroll
1993 Sleepless Oedo
1995 The Diary Of Anne Frank
1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 Welcome to Lodoss Island!
1999 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
2006 Brave Story
2008 Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2013 Ryo
2016 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2017 Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2022 "Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Sound Director:
1986 Arion
1986 Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1990 A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 Nineteen 19
1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1993 Ninja Scroll
1993 Sleepless Oedo
1995 The Diary Of Anne Frank
1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 Welcome to Lodoss Island!
1999 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
2006 Brave Story
2008 Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2013 Ryo
2016 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2017 Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2022 "Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Storyboard Artist:
1986 Arion
1986 Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1990 A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 Nineteen 19
1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1993 Ninja Scroll
1993 Sleepless Oedo
1994 Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
1995 The Diary Of Anne Frank
1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 Welcome to Lodoss Island!
1999 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
2006 Brave Story
2008 Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
2013 A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
2013 Ryo
2016 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
2017 Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018 Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2022 "Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
Director:
1971 Lupin the Third
1991 Doomed Megalopolis
1992 Tokyo Babylon
1994 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 Natsuki Crisis
1994 Phantom Quest Corp.
1996 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Hyper Police
1998 Blue Submarine No. 6
2000 Gate Keepers
2008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2016 Luck & Logic
2017 18if
2022 Urusei Yatsura
Key Animation:
1971 Lupin the Third
1986 The Legend of Lyon: Flare
1987 Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
1991 Doomed Megalopolis
1992 Tokyo Babylon
1994 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 Natsuki Crisis
1994 Phantom Quest Corp.
1996 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Hyper Police
1998 Blue Submarine No. 6
2000 Gate Keepers
2003 Last Exile
2008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2009 Shangri-La
2016 Luck & Logic
2017 18if
2022 Urusei Yatsura
Series Composition:
1971 Lupin the Third
1986 The Legend of Lyon: Flare
1987 Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
1991 Doomed Megalopolis
1992 Tokyo Babylon
1994 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 Natsuki Crisis
1994 Phantom Quest Corp.
1996 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Hyper Police
1998 Blue Submarine No. 6
2000 Gate Keepers
2002 Full Metal Panic!
2003 Last Exile
2008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2009 Shangri-La
2016 Luck & Logic
2017 18if
2022 Urusei Yatsura
Series Director:
1971 Lupin the Third
1986 The Legend of Lyon: Flare
1987 Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
1991 Doomed Megalopolis
1992 Tokyo Babylon
1994 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 Natsuki Crisis
1994 Phantom Quest Corp.
1996 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Hyper Police
1998 Blue Submarine No. 6
2000 Gate Keepers
2002 Full Metal Panic!
2003 Last Exile
2008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2009 Shangri-La
2016 Luck & Logic
2017 18if
2020 Cagaster of an Insect Cage
2022 Urusei Yatsura
Sound Director:
1971 Lupin the Third
1986 The Legend of Lyon: Flare
1987 Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
1991 Doomed Megalopolis
1992 Tokyo Babylon
1994 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 Natsuki Crisis
1994 Phantom Quest Corp.
1996 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Hyper Police
1998 Blue Submarine No. 6
2000 Gate Keepers
2002 Full Metal Panic!
2003 Last Exile
2008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2009 Shangri-La
2016 Luck & Logic
2017 18if
2020 Cagaster of an Insect Cage
2022 Urusei Yatsura
Storyboard Artist:
1971 Lupin the Third
1986 The Legend of Lyon: Flare
1987 Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
1991 Doomed Megalopolis
1992 Tokyo Babylon
1994 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 Natsuki Crisis
1994 Phantom Quest Corp.
1996 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Hyper Police
1998 Blue Submarine No. 6
1998 Popolocrois Monogatari
2000 Gate Keepers
2002 Full Metal Panic!
2002 Witch Hunter Robin
2003 Last Exile
2008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2009 Shangri-La
2011 Chihayafuru
2014 Blade and Soul
2016 Luck & Logic
2017 18if
2020 Cagaster of an Insect Cage
2022 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
2022 Spriggan
2022 Urusei Yatsura
Writer:
1971 Lupin the Third
1986 The Legend of Lyon: Flare
1987 Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period
1991 Doomed Megalopolis
1992 Tokyo Babylon
1994 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994 Natsuki Crisis
1994 Phantom Quest Corp.
1996 Rurouni Kenshin
1997 Hyper Police
1998 Blue Submarine No. 6
1998 Popolocrois Monogatari
2000 Gate Keepers
2002 Full Metal Panic!
2002 Witch Hunter Robin
2003 Last Exile
2008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
2009 Shangri-La
2011 Chihayafuru
2014 Blade and Soul
2016 Luck & Logic
2017 18if
2020 Cagaster of an Insect Cage
2022 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
2022 Spriggan
2022 Urusei Yatsura
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