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Biography
Koichi Chigira (千明 孝一, Chigira Kōichi, born 1959) is a Japanese animator and director who has directed several anime series, usually working with Gonzo and formerly worked at Madhouse. Chigira is best known for directing Full Metal Panic! and Last Exile.
Career
Chigira joined Tatsunoko Production in 1979, working at the effects department. His first major work was as technical director on Venus Wars in 1989. Chigira later moved to the production department where he worked as a storyboard artist on Miracle Giants Dome-kun. Chigira moved to join Madhouse where he made his directorial debut in the OVA, Nineteen19 as well as Tokyo Babylon.
In the mid 1990s, he worked for many studios including Sunrise where he participated in several installments of the Gundam saga. In 1999, he joined Gonzo and worked on the Blue Submarine No. 6 OVA. He later directed Gate Keepers in 2000 and Full Metal Panic! in 2002. Becoming a prominent member of the studio, he directed the acclaimed Last Exile and the film Brave Story.
Movies & TV shows
2020.
1 TV show
TV
Cagaster of an Insect Cage
2020
Thirty years after the emergence of the disease that turned the infections into insects, a young exterminator and a teenage girl are searching for their mother.
2018.
2 Movies
Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into The Blue
2018
Shikidouji, the illustrator of Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! light novel series, revealed that production has been green-lit on a "director's cut" version of the first Full Metal Panic!! television ...
Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand
2018
Shikidouji, the illustrator of Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! light novel series, revealed that production has been green-lit on a "director's cut" version of the first Full Metal Panic!! television ...
2017.
1 Movie · 1 TV show
TV
18if
2017
Haruto Tsukishiro wakes up in a dream world dominated by strange and powerful entities called Witches. To survive, he gets the assistance of research professor Katsumi Kanzaki and a mysterious white-h...
Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl
2017
Shikidouji, the illustrator of Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! light novel series, revealed that production has been green-lit on a "director's cut" version of the first Full Metal Panic!! television ...
2016.
1 TV show
TV
Luck & Logic
4
2016
L.C took place in the year. People were faced with a sudden crisis. The land of legend had come to a close after a hundred years of war. The gods who lost the war found a new place to live in Septpia,...
2013.
2 Movies
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
2013
On the day Tōma Kamijō and Index see Academy City's space elevator, Endymion in the distance, they meet a Level 0 girl with an amazing singing voice, Arisa Meigo. As the three enjoy their time togethe...
Ryo
2013
The son of a samurai who lost his parents during the attack of English ships on a Japanese town is given the name Ryo and becomes the bodyguard of Ryoma Sakamoto, a man who has his own plan to fight f...
2006.
1 Movie
Brave Story
2006
Jr. is a person. Wataru and his friends enjoy playing in abandoned buildings and looking for ghosts. However, it seems he is not the only one. When tragedy strikes Wataru's family, he decides to open ...
2003.
1 TV show
TV
Last Exile
6.5
2003
A world where retro-futuristic vehicles can be seen in the skies is a richly romantic action-adventure fantasy. The lives of young and heroic van ship sky porters - Claus and Lavie - who are forced to...
2002.
1 TV show
TV
Full Metal Panic!
2002
Kaname Chidori is one of the most popular girls at her high school, but she should be worried about her growing popularity outside of school. Unbeknownst to Kaname, terrorists are scheming her abducti...
2000.
1 TV show
TV
Gate Keepers
2000
Tokyo, 1969. Earth is under attack from the "Invaders." The public is unaware of this but to the secret organization, A.E.G.I.S., the threat is known, and it is up them and their special powered "Gate...
1994.
1 Movie · 1 TV show
Natsuki Crisis
1994
Kisumi Natsuki is a member of the karate club at Goujyu High School. Strong and very skilled, only the captain of the group, Masaoki Yanagisawa, is a match for her. Her life starts to get really compl...
TV
Phantom Quest Corp.
1994
Phantom Quest Corp. is a comedy/horror anime produced by Madhouse. It was originally released as a four-episode original video animation in Japan between August 25, 1994 and February 25, 1995. An Engl...
1992.
1 TV show
TV
Tokyo Babylon
1992
Subaru Sumeragi, a young Onmyouji sorcerer, investigates a series of unusual murders with the aid of his twin sister and fellow Onmyouji Seishirô.
1990.
1 Movie
Nineteen 19
1990
While in junior high, Kubota, had a major crush on Masana but she was dating Kazuya. Now in his senior year of high school, Kubota, still has a crush on Masana even though he hasn't seen her in years....
1985.
1 TV show
TV
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
1985
The One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon has ended. The Earth Federation has created an elite task force, known as the Titans, who are responsible for hunting the rem...
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