Hisashi Kagawa

Hisashi Kagawa (Japanese: 香川 久, Hepburn: Kagawa Hisashi, born June 23, 1965) is a Japanese animator, character designer, and animation director that gained popularity for his episode animation director work for the 1990s Sailor Moon anime series. His other notable works as a character designer includes Phantom Thief Jeanne, Toriko and Fresh Pretty Cure!.

Hisashi Kagawa
香川 久
Born (1965-06-23) June 23, 1965
Ehime Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Animator, Character Designer, Animation Director
Years active1988–present
Notable work

Career

Hisashi Kagawa entered the anime industry in 1988, and provided various episode animation direction for the second season of Sally the Witch.

From 1992 to 1997, Kagawa then provided many key animations and episode animation direction for Sailor Moon series, and eventually provided character designs and animation direction for its two movies: Sailor Moon S: The Movie and Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie.

After Sailor Moon had ended, from 1997 to 2008, Kagawa provided various episode animation direction for Revolutionary Girl Utena, and character designs for St. Luminous Mission High School, Phantom Thief Jeanne, Bomberman Jetters, Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet, Tai Chi Chasers, Wangan Midnight and Glass Maiden.[1]

In 2009, Kagawa provided the character designs for one of the Pretty Cure series, titled Fresh Pretty Cure!.[2]

In 2011, Kagawa provided the character designs for Toriko series.[3] In 2015, Kagawa provided character design and animation director for Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure segment in Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!.[4] In 2016, Kagawa provided the character design for Tiger Mask W,[5] and that same year, Kagawa provided the animated attack sequence for Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS live-action sentai film.[6]

In 2020, Kagawa provided the character designs for Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga series.[7]

Works

TV Anime
YearTitleCreditNote
1989Sally the Witch! 2Animation Director (eps. 18, 23, 28, 34, 40, 44, 49, 56, 61, 67, 73, 79, 85)
1992-93Sailor MoonAnimation Director (eps. 14, 20, 25, 32, 38, 40), Key Animation (eps. 14, 25, 44)
1993-94Sailor Moon RAnimation Director (eps. 5, 24, 39), Key Animation (eps. 5, 13, 17, 24, 39)
1994-95Sailor Moon SAnimation Director (eps. 3)
1995-96Sailor Moon SuperSAnimation Director (eps. 3, 8, 14, 20)
Wedding PeachKey Animation (eps. 9, 29, 50)
1996-97Sailor Moon Sailor StarsKey Animation (OP; eps. 1, 34)[8]
1997Revolutionary Girl UtenaAnimation Director (eps. 10, 17, 30), Key Animation (eps. 10, 17, 30, 34, 39)
1999Magic User's ClubKey Animation (eps. 4, 13)
1999-2000Phantom Thief JeanneCharacter Design, Animation Director (eps. 27, 34), Key Animation (eps. 34)
2000Pocket MonstersAnimation Director (eps. 143)
2001Angelic LayerAnimation Director (eps. 4), Key Animation (4, 8)
2002-03Bomberman JettersCharacter Design, Animation Director (eps. 24, 29, 39, 52)
2002-05Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little PlanetCharacter Design, Animation Director (OP, ED; eps. 5), Key Animation (eps. 1, 13)[1]
2003-04Fullmetal AlchemistKey Animation (eps. 51)
2006Ray The AnimationCharactet Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (eps. 13)
2007-08Tai Chi ChasersCharacter Design
Wangan MidnightCharacter Design, Character Animation Supervisor (eps. 1–3, 6–7, 15)
2008Glass MaidenCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (eps. 1)
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2Assistant Animation Director (eps. 16)
2009-10Fresh Pretty Cure!Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 24, 36, 50), Key Animation (eps. 1–3, 8, 13, 18, 24, 26, 36–37, 50)[2]
2011-14TorikoCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director (eps. 2–3, 5–16, 26, 43, 46, 51, 59, 68, 71, 83), Animation Director (eps. 1, 24, 34), Key Animation (ED 3 & 4; eps. 34)[3]
2013Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!Character Design (Toriko), Chief Animation Director (Toriko), Key Animation
2014-15Mysterious JokerKey Animation (OP1-2)
Majin BoneAnimation Director (eps. 16, 23, 34, 45, 51), Key Animation (eps. 16, 23, 29, 34, 40, 45, 51)
2015Go! Princess PreCureKey Animation (eps. 11)
Dragon Ball SuperKey Animation (OP)
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chanAnimation Director (OP; eps. 10, 13), Key Animation (eps. 1, 10)
2016Tiger Mask WCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director (eps. 1–7, 12–13, 22, 28), Animation Director (eps. 18, 27, 32, 37)[5]
2019DororoKey Animation (OP2)
2020Oda Cinnamon NobunagaCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director[7]
2020-22Dragon Quest: The Adventure of DaiChief Animation Director (eps. 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 38, 41, 45, 49, 54, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 78, 84, 88, 92, 95, 98), Animation Director (eps. 100), Key Animation (eps. 73, 98)

Anime film
YearTitleCreditNote
1993Sailor Moon R: The MovieKey Animation
1994Sailor Moon S: The MovieCharacter Design, Animation Director
1995Sailor Moon SuperS: The MovieCharacter Design, Animation Director
1999Pikachu's Rescue AdventureKey AnimationShort feature released alongside Pocket Monsters the Movie: Revelation Lugia
Adolescence of UtenaKey Animation
2000Pocket Monsters the Movie: Emperor of the Crystal Tower-ENTEICharacter Design, Chief Animation Director
2005Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the MovieKey Animation
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden SkyKey Animation
2009Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends - the Collection of Miracles!Original Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!)
Fresh Pretty Cure! the Movie: The Toy Kingdom has Lots of Secrets!?Character Design
2010Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel!Original Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!), Key Animation
HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital…Really?!Assistant Animation Director
2011Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the WorldOriginal Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!), Key Animation
Buddha: The Great DepartureAnimation Director
Toriko 3D: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!!Character Design, Key Animation
2012Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the FutureOriginal Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!), Key Animation
2013Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the HeartOriginal Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!)
Toriko the Movie: Secret Recipe of the Gourmet God!Character Design
2014Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal FriendsOriginal Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!)
2015Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring CarnivalOriginal Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!)
Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!Character Design (Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure), Animation Director (Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure)[4]
2016Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone! Miraculous Magic!Original Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure), Key Animation
Pop in QKey Animation
2017Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode the Movie: Crisply! The Memory of Mille-feuille!Assistant Animation Director
2018Pretty Cure Super Stars!Character Design, Chief Animation Director[9]
Hug! Pretty Cure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars MemoriesOriginal Character Design (Fresh Pretty Cure!)
The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the SkyKey Animation
2021Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The MovieKey Animation (Part 1)2-Part film, Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal (Dead Moon arc)

OVA (Original Video Animation)
YearTitleCreditNote
1996-97Magic User's ClubKey Animation (eps. 4, 6)
2005Saikano: Another Love SongCharacter Design, Key Animation
2011Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's SakeKey Animation (OP)

Live-Action
YearTitleCreditNote
2016Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARSKey AnimationLive-action direct-to-video film
Animated attack sequence.[6]

References
  1. Loo, Egan (February 8, 2008). "Shion, Kitarō, Glass Maiden Pitched for Overseas Rights". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
  2. "フレッシュプリキュア! スタッフ&キャスト". toei-anim.co.jp/tv/fresh_precure (in Japanese). January 25, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  3. "トリコ スタッフ&キャスト". toei-anim.co.jp/tv/toriko (in Japanese). March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  4. "映画Go！プリンセスプリキュア Go! Go!! 豪華3本立て!!! スタッフ&キャスト". toei-anime.co.jp/movie/2015_princess_precure (in Japanese). September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  5. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 22, 2016). "Toei Reveals Tiger Mask W Anime's Promo Video, Staff, Fall Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  6. Ressler, Karen (April 8, 2015). "Precure Animators Make Ninninger Sentai Project's 1st Animated Sequence". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  7. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 20, 2019). "Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga Canine Samurai TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, January Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  8. 香川, 久 [@DanngoDaisuki] (January 25, 2016). "Kagawa confirms his key animation role in "Sailor Stars" OP" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 25, 2016 – via Twitter.
  9. ""映画プリキュアスーパースターズ！" Cast & Staff". Pretty Cure Super Stars (in Japanese). March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
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