Shinichiro Kimura


Shinichiro Kimura is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director from Hiroshima Prefecture. His nickname is Kimushin, a shortened version of his name. Kimura graduated from Osaka University of Arts with a major in oil painting. He enrolled in a fine arts college to get a teaching certificate in art. While in school, he was a member of CAS, an animation research society, and was classmates with animation director Takao Kado. After graduating, he worked at Studio World. Formerly an animator, he first worked as a director on an adult work, and has been working as a director ever since.
He began his career as a storyboard artist and director, and made his first directorial debut in 1998 with Burn-Up Excess. Some of his best-known works as a director include Hand Maid May and A Little Snow Fairy Sugar. Among them, Sugar was the series that brought Kimura fame.

Style

As a director, Kimura does not try to twist the projects he works on to show his own colors, and he often makes good use of the subject matter he is given. He is a big fan of girls wearing glasses, and this preference has led him to direct an anime called G-On Riders, which features only girls with glasses. He aspires to make a comedy reminiscent of Tom and Jerry.

Filmography

As Director