Hiroshi Hamasaki
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- December 30, 1959 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography
Hiroshi Hamasaki (浜崎 博嗣, Hiroshi Hamasaki, born December 30, 1959) is an animator, character designer, and anime director from Fukuoka, Japan. After finishing high school, he joined the training program of Tatsunoko Production, where he began his career as an animator. His early work included animation duties on Gatchaman II and several other series from the early 1980s. By the mid‑1980s he had moved into higher‑level roles such as animation director and character designer on titles like Alpen Rose and Outlanders. He later left Tatsunoko and worked mainly with Madhouse, contributing animation to many of the studio's productions. From the 1990s onward he expanded into storyboarding and direction. His directorial debut came in 2003 with Texhnolyze, followed by directing or supervising roles on Paranoia Agent, BECK, Shigurui, Steins;Gate, Terra Formars, Orange, and Blade of the Immortal. Throughout his career he has alternated between animation, storyboarding, and directing across TV, film, and OVA projects, establishing himself as a versatile figure in the anime industry.
Known For
Filmography
Orange
TV · Key Animation · 3 eps
March Comes In Like a Lion
TV · Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation · 21 eps
Space Dandy
TV · Key Animation · 1 ep
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Movie · Key Animation
Steins;Gate
TV · Key Animation · 1 ep
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Movie · Key Animation
Redline
Movie · Key Animation
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Movie · Key Animation
Paranoia Agent
TV · Key Animation · 2 eps
Program
Movie · Key Animation
Texhnolyze
TV · Key Animation · 1 ep
Patlabor WXIII the Movie
Movie · Key Animation
Metropolis
Movie · Key Animation
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Movie · Animation Director
Perfect Blue
Movie · Key Animation
Spriggan
Movie · Key Animation
Blue Submarine No. 6
TV · Key Animation · 1 ep
X
Movie · Key Animation
Birdy the Mighty
TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 4 eps
Bio Hunter
Movie · Animation Director, Character Designer
Darkside Blues
Movie · Animation, Character Designer, Animation Director
Bakuen Campus Guardress
TV · Key Animation · 3 eps
Ninja Scroll
Movie · Key Animation
Kawaguchi Kaiji's 9 Love Stories
Movie · Animation Director
Nineteen 19
Movie · Key Animation
Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out!
Movie · Animation
The Enemy's the Pirates!
TV · Animation Director · 6 eps
Cyber City Oedo 808
TV · Character Designer · 3 eps
Goku: Midnight Eye
Movie · Character Designer, Animation Director
Goku II: Midnight Eye
Movie · Character Designer, Animation Director
Yawara!
TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 1 ep
Bride of Deimos
Movie · Key Animation, Character Designer, Animation Director
Wicked City
Movie · Key Animation
Junk Boy
Movie · Character Designer
Junk Boy
TV · Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation · 1 ep
Outlanders
Movie · Animation Director, Character Designer
The Legend of Stars
TV · Opening/Ending Animation · 19 eps
Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Movie · Key Animation