Mahiro Maeda (å‰ç”° çœŸå® Maeda Mahiro) born March 14, 1963 is one of the most prominent Japanese anime creators working today, having worked as director, character designer, and animator for many of Japan’s top series. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies called him “one of the most imaginative visualists in anime”. He also worked on Concept Art and Design for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which won six Academy Awards.
He has been one of the top contributors at the anime studio GONZO for many years, having directed Blue Submarine No. 6, Final Fantasy: Unlimited and Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo.
His design work ranges from 2 of the “Angels” in Neon Genesis Evangelion to production and mechanical design for such series as Magic User’s Club (é”法使ã„Tai! MahÅ Tsukai Tai!), The Vision of Escaflowne and Last Exile. He was also the designer of the invaders in Gatekeepers 21.
His earlier years were spent mostly at the famed Studio Ghibli, where he helped animate classics such as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and Porco Rosso.
Maeda is also one of the select Japanese directors to actively collaborate with the international film media on various projects. He provided key animation for the animation sequence in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1. His directorial work has also been featured in such exclusive package films as The Animatrix (segment: “The Second Renaissance Parts I and II”), Genius Party Beyond (segment: “Gala”), and Ani*Kuri15 (segment: “Princess Onmitsu”).
He has also visited the American Anime Expo convention in 2000 and 2003.
Mahiro Maeda Biography / Wiki
| Name | Mahiro Maeda |
| Also Know | å‰ç”°çœŸå® |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan |
| Date of Birth | 1963-03-14 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 59 |
| Deathday |
Mahiro Maeda Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Anno-san and Our Reckless Challenge: Japan Animator Expo | 2015-11-08 | A documentary about Hideaki Anno’s project, Japan Animator Expo…. | |
| Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime | Self | 2003-06-03 | A short documentary on Japanese animation featured on the DVD for The Animatrix (2003)…. |
Mahiro Maeda Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Second Renaissance Part II | Director | 2003-05-06 | The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies…. |
| The Second Renaissance Part I | Director | 2003-02-04 | Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2…. |
| The Animatrix | Director | 2003-05-09 | Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world’s leading anime directors fuse… |
| Ani*Kuri15 | Director | 2008-06-07 | 15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan’s animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words… |
| 20min Walk from Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed | Director | 2014-12-12 | The strange adventure of a woman that shrinks to the size of a cockroach…. |
| Route 20: Galactic Airport | Director | 1991-08-28 | A pilot film for an unmade Gainax anime that was planned to follow their first movie, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise. However, Wings of Honnea… |
| Hammerhead | Director | 2015-07-25 | A bad man becomes a superhero and goes on a rampage…. |
| Kanón | Director | 2015-03-13 | Based on the novel “Adam StvoÅ™itel†by Karel ÄŒapek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except himself. God, as p… |
| Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film | Director | 2013-11-23 | The short features previously unseen Evangelion storyboard art. Evangelion director Hideaki Anno supervised the “petit film,” and Mahiro Maeda directe… |
| Princess Onmitsu | Director | 2007-12-10 | A magical girl and her doll must defeat an invading horde of air pirates…. |
| Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | Co-Director | 2012-11-17 | Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn’t aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been… |
| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | Co-Director | 2021-03-08 | In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity t… |
| Director | Twins Ai and Yu Hayakawa decide to set forth in search of their parents and the mysterious dimension they studied…. | ||
| Director | In an elegant future Paris, a Count returns to wreak havoc on those that betrayed him…. | ||
| Series Director | The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans… | ||
| Director | Ani-Kuri 15 is a series of fifteen 1-minute shorts that aired on the Japanese TV station, NHK between May 2007 and 2008. Intended as companion pieces … | ||
| Director | The short film series “Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition” presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Mu… | ||
| Director | The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans… | ||
| Director | In mankind’s grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inve… | ||
Mahiro Maeda Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Executive Producer | In an elegant future Paris, a Count returns to wreak havoc on those that betrayed him…. | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Shin Godzilla | Storyboard | 2016-07-29 | When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of vol… |
| Storyboard | The short film series “Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition” presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Mu… | ||
| Writer | The short film series “Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition” presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Mu… | ||
| Storyboard | In mankind’s grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inve… | ||
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Shin Godzilla | Art Direction | 2016-07-29 | When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of vol… |
| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | Art Designer | 2021-03-08 | In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity t… |
| Shin Godzilla | Conceptual Design | 2016-07-29 | When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of vol… |
| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | Concept Artist | 2021-03-08 | In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity t… |
| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | Storyboard Artist | 2021-03-08 | In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity t… |
| Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | Storyboard Artist | 2012-11-17 | Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn’t aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been… |
| Brave Story | Storyboard Artist | 2006-05-22 | Jr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. A… |
| Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation | Concept Artist | 2022-03-15 | Anime, live action and music by cutting-edge artist Eve — all weave together into this dreamlike sonic experience inspired by the story of Adam and … |
| Kanón | Storyboard Artist | 2015-03-13 | Based on the novel “Adam StvoÅ™itel†by Karel ÄŒapek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except himself. God, as p… |
| Shin Kamen Rider | Conceptual Design | 2023-03-31 | Shin Kamen Rider is an upcoming Japanese tokusatsu superhero film written and directed by Hideaki Anno, produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of … |
| Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo | Special Effects | 2012-07-10 | A giant monster descends from the sky and wreaks havoc upon Tokyo…. |
| Robot Carnival | Animation | 1987-07-21 | An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them…. |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Animation | 2003-10-10 | An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance…. |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Animation | 2015-05-13 | An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed figh… |
| Kanón | Key Animation | 2015-03-13 | Based on the novel “Adam StvoÅ™itel†by Karel ÄŒapek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except himself. God, as p… |
| Kanón | Character Designer | 2015-03-13 | Based on the novel “Adam StvoÅ™itel†by Karel ÄŒapek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except himself. God, as p… |
| Battle Royale High School | Key Animation | 1987-12-10 | When the school Karate club’s star fighter quits and decides to go pro, he unwittingly fulfills an ancient interdimensional prophecy and becomes demon… |
| Gunsmith Cats | Animation | 1995-11-01 | Rally Vincent and Minnie May Hopkins are just a pair of gun shop owners who do a bit of bounty hunting to make ends meet when a Bureau of Alcohol, Tob… |
| Genius Party Beyond | Character Designer | 2008-10-11 | Five stories, five maestros, five styles and one common denominator: maximum creativity. Studio 4°C, the coolest label on the planet, invites us for … |
| Genius Party Beyond | Animation Director | 2008-10-11 | Five stories, five maestros, five styles and one common denominator: maximum creativity. Studio 4°C, the coolest label on the planet, invites us for … |
| DAICON III Opening Animation | Key Animation | 1981-08-22 | A short anime film that was produced for the 1981 Daicon III Nihon SF Taikai convention…. |
| DAICON IV Opening Animation | Key Animation | 1983-08-20 | A girl is visited by two men from a space ship. They give her water she needs for her daicon (radish). On her journey to deliver the water, she crosse… |
| Castle in the Sky | Key Animation | 1986-08-02 | A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle…. |
| Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise Pilot | Key Animation | 1985-01-01 | Short pilot film from year 1985 for the Royal Space Force movie that came out two years later…. |
| Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | Key Animation | 2012-11-17 | Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn’t aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been… |
| Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | Key Animation | 2009-06-26 | Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to… |
| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | Key Animation | 2021-03-08 | In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity t… |
| Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation | Key Animation | 2022-03-15 | Anime, live action and music by cutting-edge artist Eve — all weave together into this dreamlike sonic experience inspired by the story of Adam and … |
| Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris | Creature Design | 1999-03-06 | With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera’s ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphane… |
| Gamera 2: Attack of Legion | Creature Design | 1996-07-12 | A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like “Legion” creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to cont… |
| Storyboard Designer | In an elegant future Paris, a Count returns to wreak havoc on those that betrayed him…. | ||
| Production Design | A richly romantic action-adventure fantasy, set in a world where retro-futuristic vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the … | ||
| Key Animation | Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special†training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically… | ||
| Mechanical Designer | A richly romantic action-adventure fantasy, set in a world where retro-futuristic vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the … | ||
| Character Designer | The short film series “Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition” presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Mu… | ||
| Animation Director | The short film series “Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition” presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Mu… | ||
| Creature Design | Yuta Hibiki can’t remember who he is, and now he’s seeing and hearing things that others don’t! A voice from an old computer tells him to rememb… | ||
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