Shinji Higuchi Trailers
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Shinji Higuchi is a movie director, storyboard artist and SFX specialist. He is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, often working in animation. Higuchi is one of the original founders of Gainax, along with Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Takami Akai. Higuchi gain recognition for his special effects work in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy and is a frequent collaborator with Hideaki Anno on both anime and tokusatsu projects.
Most Popular Shinji Higuchi Trailers
Total trailers found: 58
05 March 2005
A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan.
11 March 1995
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi.
29 July 2016
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens.
21 June 1991
The third and final specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation.
13 May 2022
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country.
01 August 2015
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans.
01 September 2015
Eren Yeager leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered.
21 June 1991
The second specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation.
06 March 1999
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken.
06 October 2001
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
10 July 2012
The short focuses on the God Warrior from Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (1984). Super-powered bio-weapons in ceramic armor begin attacking Tokyo, annihilating human civilization.
01 September 2007
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind.
07 March 1998
"Revival of Evangelion" combines the movies, "Evangelion: Death (True)²" (a re-edit of "Death" segment from "Death and Rebirth") and "The End of Evangelion," into one long production.
15 December 2001
Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.
10 May 2008
After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury.
21 June 1991
The first specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation.
23 February 2013
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup.
15 March 1997
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series.
24 February 2009
A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore.
19 July 1997
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project.
17 November 2012
Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged.
26 June 2009
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami.
25 October 2002
Vandread Turbulence is an OVA summary of Vandread the Second Stage with additional footage and animation.
29 August 1992
Based on the 'not quite Sci-Fi, not quite a Romance' manga by the Fujiko F. Fujio. Yuko dreams of being a best selling children's author, but as an adult she has made little progress.
27 October 2001
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
23 April 2025
When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.
02 April 2019
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945.
14 March 1987
On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their world’s first spaceflight program.
15 December 1984
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla.
19 July 2003
Ash, May, Brock, and Max come upon the festival of the Wishing Star of Seven Nights. During their enjoyment, the legendary Pokemon--Jirachi, descends from the heavens and befriends Max.
07 March 1998
A highly experimental film presenting a story out of chronological order taking place 15 years after a near-apocalyptic catastrophe, about four traumatized 14 year olds who are tasked with piloting massive humanoid decisive weapons called Evangelion, the psychologically maladjusted adults who handle and command them, and the events and forces that affect them or which they take part in as they engage massive hostile invaders known as "Angels.
08 April 2006
Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles.
21 March 1989
A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.
03 September 1985
The mythical eight-headed serpent Orochi was created by aliens, which invaded Earth in ancient times.
12 July 1996
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth.
21 December 2001
Vandread Integral is an OVA summary of Vandread the First Stage with additional footage and animation.
27 November 1998
Two shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a bumby
24 February 1995
The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress Ayako Fujitani.
26 July 2024
His story follows a schoolgirl named Akari Tokimiya and the fantastical adventure which occurs when she visits the memorial service of her grandfather Kenzo, a master special effects man.
23 August 1985
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985".
15 July 2006
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
21 December 1988
Dragon Quest Fantasia Video is a direct-to-video live action production of the Dragon Quest series that was released by Enix in 1988.
27 September 1991
A hilarious mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.
23 November 2013
The short features previously unseen Evangelion storyboard art. Evangelion director Hideaki Anno supervised the "petit film," and Mahiro Maeda directed and storyboarded it.
02 November 2012
In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle.
12 August 2011
The story follows a boy named Quon and others who suddenly wake up with supernatural powers.
01 October 2006
Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, who died when she was young after an attack by alien forces in deep space.
17 August 1996
In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space.
25 June 2010
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions.
13 October 2023
Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her.
14 April 1990
A series of serial murders occurred in a historic ruins where a TV crew is shooting a documentary.
31 July 2020
An actor who has lost his job due to the coronavirus buys capsule monsters online and begins to raise them.
20 February 1999
Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From concept to film, the documentary is a video diary of the film's production.
22 March 2021
EVANGELION is coming to an end. NHK spent 4 years with exclusive access to director Hideaki Anno, documenting the creative process behind the final EVANGELION: 3.
19 March 2003
Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the forest.
25 February 2022
The year is 2020, the middle of the corona crisis. Art student Itsuka has her graduation exhibition canceled and must take home the piece which she had been working on for a year.
10 July 1991
During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into Jinra-go, superhuman armored soldiers.
14 December 2002
The movie takes place entirely in and around the Mini Moni Cafè. The Mini Moni Cafè is run by the first generation members of Mini Moni, who are lead by Mari Yaguchi.
