Koichi Chigira (b. 1959)

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Alias:
Kouichi Chigira
εƒζ˜Ž 孝一

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.

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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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