Noriyuki Abe (阿部 記之 (formerly 阿部 紀之), Abe Noriyuki, Born July 19, 1961 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Half Filipino-Japanese anime director, storyboard artist, and sound director. He is best known for working with Studio Pierrot on major hits such as Ninku, Flame of Recca, Bleach, and Yu Yu Hakusho. The latter won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994.
Norakuro-kun (1987 TV series), Episode director
Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990 TV series), Storyboard, Episode director
Ore wa Chokkaku (1991 TV series), Episode director
Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie (1993 film), Director
Yu Yu Hakusho The Movie: Poltergeist Report (1994 film), Supervision
Ninku (1995 TV series), Director, Storyboard
Ninku the Movie (1996 film), Director, Storyboard
Midori no Makibaō (1996 TV series), Director, Episode director
Flame of Recca (1997 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director
Saber Marionette J to X (1998 TV series), Storyboard (ep 16)
Chiisana Kyojin Microman (1999 TV series), Series director
Great Teacher Onizuka (1999 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Recording Director
Banner of the Stars (2000 TV series), Storyboard
Ghost Stories (2000 TV series), Director, Sound director
Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001 TV series), Storyboard (eps 5, 8)
Banner of the Stars II (2001 TV series), Storyboard
Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 TV series), Director, Recording Director
Detective School Q (2003 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director
Bleach (2004 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director, Technical director
Bleach: Memories in the Rain (2004 OVA), Director
Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (2005 OVA), Director
Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006 film), Director, Storyboard
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007 film), Director, Storyboard, Unit director
Bleach: Fade to Black (2008 film), Director
Bleach: Hell Verse (2010 film), Director
Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014 TV series), Director
Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014 OVA), Director
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015 TV series), Director
Divine Gate (2016 TV series), Director
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (2016 TV series), Director
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017 film), Director
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017 TV series), Director
