| Native name 新房 昭之 Name Akiyuki Shinbo | Role Anime Director | |
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| Born September 27, 1961 (age 54) (1961-09-27) Fukushima, Japan Occupation Animator, director, producer Nominations Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year Movies Puella Magi Madoka, Madoka Magica Movie 1, Madoka Magica Movie 2, Twilight of the Dark Master, Debutante Detective Corps Similar People Nisio Isin, Aoi Yuki, Yuko Goto, Ayane Sakura, Jack Fletcher | ||
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Akiyuki Shinbo (Japanese: 新房 昭之, Hepburn: Shinbō Akiyuki, born September 27, 1961), is a Japanese animator, director, storyboard artist and producer. Shinbo started his career as an animator in 1981 at Studio One Pattern. He then made his directorial debut with Metal Fighter Miku in 1994. He is most notable for his involvement in a number of Shaft works since 2004.
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He has received the 11th Tokyo Anime Award as well as the 2011 Newtype Anime Award for Best director for his work on the widely acclaimed anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Akiyuki shinbo
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
During the production of Hidamari Sketch and Bakemonogatari, Shinbo expressed to Aniplex producer Atsuhiro Iwakami his desire to create a new magical girl series, thus spawning the development of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. During the early planning stage, Iwakami decided not to adapt an existing work in order to give Shinbo more freedom in his direction style. Another goal of the project was to develop an anime that could appeal to a wider audience than the usual demographic for media within the magical girl genre. Shinbo and Iwakami intended for their series to be accessible to "the general anime fan." Shinbo then contacted Gen Urobuchi to work on the project as a scriptwriter and Ume Aoki as a character designer.
Shinbo won the 11th Tokyo Anime Award, and the 2011 Newtype Anime Award for directing Madoka Magica. In 2017, Shinbo was chosen by Japanese critics as one of the greatest anime directors, for directing Madoka Magica.