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Hiroshi Hamasaki
Visual Effects · Born 1959-12-30 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography
Hiroshi Hamasaki (浜崎 博嗣, Hiroshi Hamasaki, born December 30, 1959) is an animator, character designer, and anime director from Fukuoka, Japan. After finishing high school, he joined the training program of Tatsunoko Production, where he began his career as an animator. His early work included animation duties on Gatchaman II and several other series from the early 1980s. By the mid‑1980s he had moved into higher‑level roles such as animation director and character designer on titles like Alpen Rose and Outlanders. He later left Tatsunoko and worked mainly with Madhouse, contributing animation to many of the studio's productions. From the 1990s onward he expanded into storyboarding and direction. His directorial debut came in 2003 with Texhnolyze, followed by directing or supervising roles on Paranoia Agent, BECK, Shigurui, Steins;Gate, Terra Formars, Orange, and Blade of the Immortal. Throughout his career he has alternated between animation, storyboarding, and directing across TV, film, and OVA projects, establishing himself as a versatile figure in the anime industry.
Known for

March Comes In Like a Lion
Storyboard Artist

Hell's Paradise
Storyboard Artist

Attack on Titan
Storyboard Artist

Orange
Series Director

Yawara!
Key Animation

Steins;Gate
Director

Perfect Blue
Key Animation

Claymore
Storyboard Artist

Blade of the Immortal
Director

Space Dandy
Storyboard Artist
Filmography
- 2023Hell's ParadiseStoryboard Artist
- 2019Blade of the ImmortalDirector
- 2016Orange: FutureDirector
- 2016March Comes In Like a LionStoryboard Artist
- 2016OrangeSeries Director
- 2015Upon the Interface of the Missing Link -Open the Missing Link-Director
- 2014Terra FormarsDirector
- 2014Terra Formars: Bugs-2Series Director
- 2014Blade and SoulDirector
- 2014Space DandyStoryboard Artist
- 2013Robotech: Love Live AliveDirector
- 2013Iron Man: Rise of TechnovoreDirector
- 2013Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà VuKey Animation
- 2013Attack on TitanStoryboard Artist
- 2011Steins;GateDirector
- 2010Trigun: Badlands RumbleKey Animation
- 2010The Tatami GalaxyStoryboard Artist
- 2009RedlineKey Animation
- 2007Shigurui: Death FrenzySeries Director
- 2007Highlander: The Search for VengeanceKey Animation
- 2007East Meets West: Filmmakers Crossing BordersSelf
- 2007ClaymoreStoryboard Artist
- 2004Beck: Mongolian Chop SquadDirector
- 2004Paranoia AgentStoryboard Artist
- 2003ProgramKey Animation
- 2003TexhnolyzeDirector
- 2002Patlabor WXIII the MovieKey Animation
- 2001MetropolisKey Animation
- 2001Vampire Hunter D: BloodlustAnimation Director
- 1998Blue Submarine No. 6Key Animation
- 1998SprigganKey Animation
- 1998Perfect BlueKey Animation
- 1996XKey Animation
- 1996Birdy the MightyKey Animation
- 1995Bio HunterAnimation Director
- 1994Darkside BluesAnimation
- 1994Bakuen Campus GuardressKey Animation
- 1993Ninja ScrollKey Animation
- 1993Kawaguchi Kaiji's 9 Love StoriesDirector
- 1990Nineteen 19Key Animation
- 1990Cyber City Oedo 808Character Designer
- 1990Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out!Director
- 1990The Enemy's the Pirates!Animation Director
- 1989Yawara!Key Animation
- 1988Bride of DeimosKey Animation
- 1987Junk BoyCharacter Designer
- 1987Junk BoyCharacter Designer
- 1987Wicked CityKey Animation
- 1986OutlandersAnimation Director
- 1986The Legend of StarsOpening/Ending Animation
- 1984Macross: Do You Remember Love?Key Animation
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