Hiroyuki Imaishi

Hiroyuki Imaishi 今石 洋之 born October 4 1971 is a Japanese key animator and animeanime influenced animation director and one of the cofounders of Trigger His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction Prior to founding Trigger he was an animator and director at Gainax His series director debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 2007 The anime received an Excellence Prize at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival and Imaishi himself received an individual award at the twelfth Animation Kobe Festival In 2008 the anime received both best television production and best character design from the Tokyo International Anime Fair Later he went on to work as director in the 2010 anime series Panty Stocking with Garterbelt His main influence of being an animator and director are Yoshinori Kanada and his works in which all his anime titles such as Dead Leaves Gurren Lagann and Panty Stocking with Garterbelt pay special tributes to him and his art In 2011 Imaishi branched off Gainax to form a new studio Trigger alongside Masahiko Ohtsuka and others His first directorial work at the studio is Kill la Kill Source Wikipedia