Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Writer
Graduated from Yokohama High School in 1968. After a few years working
as animator at Mushi Production Animation, the company went bankrupt in
1972 and he joined Madhouse Studio. In the 70s he was promoted to
animation director and finally debuted as film director in 1984's "SF
New Century Lensman", jointly with the more experienced Kazuyuki
Hirokawa (Kawajiri also did the character design along with Kazuo
Tomizawa). His first film in solitaire (and doing also the animation
direction) was "Wicked City" (1987), which confirms his mastery in
filmmaking. That same year he began to work for the Original Video
Animation market debuting with "The Phoenix". From 1987 he also wrote
his own scripts.
