Kenji Kamiyama

Kenji Kamiyama (神山健治, Kamiyama Kenji, born on March 20, 1966) is a Japanese anime director.

Kenji Kamiyama
神山健治
Born	Kenji Kamiyama March 20, 1966 Saitama Prefecture, Japan[1]
Occupation	Anime television and film director, artist and screenwriter
Website	www.ph9.jp

Career

Kamiyama has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise Production I.G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime television series, which was followed on into a second season, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG and a TV movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society.

After working as a background artist for productions such as Akira and Kiki's Delivery Service, Kamiyama joined Team Oshii at Production I.G, contributing the screenplay of Blood: The Last Vampire and working as animation director for Jin-Roh. In 2002, Kamiyama made his directorial debut with MiniPato, followed by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. In 2007, after almost six years of work on the Stand Alone Complex world, he directed the TV series Guardian of the Sacred Spirit and Eden of the East.

On November 29, 2018, it was announced that Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki will direct the initial season of Blade Runner: Black Lotus, an anime for Adult Swim and Crunchyroll.[2][3][4]

Filmography

• DuckTales (1987), backgrounds[5]
• Patlabor (1988–1989), backgrounds[5]
• Burn Up! (1991), art director
• Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (1990–1991, 1993–1995), art director
• Roujin Z (1991), assistant art director
• Genocyber (1994), art director
• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998), unit director
• Wild Arms: Twilight Venom (1999–2000), scripts for episodes 3, 10 and 21
• Medabots (1999–2000), storyboards for episodes 19, 34, 41, 48 and episode director for 34, 41, 48
• Popolocrois Story II (2000), storyboards
• Blood: The Last Vampire (2000), screenplay, planning assistance
• Mini Pato (2002), director
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2003), director,[5] series composition, script, storyboard, chief writer
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004–2005), director,[5] series composition, script, storyboard, chief writer
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006), director,[5] script, storyboard
• Eat and Run: 6 Beautiful Grifters (2007), segment director[5]
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007),[5] director, script
• Eden of the East (2009), director, series composition, script, storyboard, chief writer
• Eden of the East: Air Communication (2009), director, screenplay
• Eden of the East: The King of Eden (2009), director, screenplay
• Eden of the East: Paradise Lost (2010), director, screenplay
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D (2011), director, script, storyboard
• 009 Re:Cyborg (2012), director, script
• Cyborg 009 Call of Justice (2016), chief director
• Napping Princess (2017), director, screenplay
• Ultraman (2019–present), co-director with Shinji Aramaki
• Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020), co-director with Shinji Aramaki[6]
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021), co-director with Shinji Aramaki

References

1. "神山監督、2020年の日本を予測する!!". Retrieved 2017-07-21.
2. Otterson, Joe (November 29, 2018). "Blade Runner Anime Series". Variety. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
3. Gurwin, Gabe (November 29, 2018). "BLADE RUNNER ANIME SERIES COMING TO CARTOON NETWORK, CRUNCHYROLL". IGN. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
4. Yoo, Noah (November 29, 2018). "Adult Swim Announces New "Blade Runner" Anime Series". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
5. Wong, Amos (January 2008). "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex". Newtype USA. 7 (1). pp. 58–61. ISSN 1541-4817.
6. "New Ghost in the Shell Anime Will Have 2 Seasons". Anime News Network. August 2, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.

External links

• Interview with Kenji Kamiyama
• Kenji Kamiyama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kenji Kamiyama at IMDb