Kinji Yoshimoto
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Born27 February 1966
Hiroshima Prefecture,[1] Japan
Died5 November 2021 (aged 55)
Occupations
- Animator
- film director
- television director
- screenwriter
- producer
- manga artist
Yearsactive1985–2021
Kinji Yoshimoto | |
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| Born | 27 February 1966 Hiroshima Prefecture,[1] Japan |
| Died | 5 November 2021 (aged 55) |
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| Years active | 1985–2021 |
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Kinji Yoshimoto (よしもときんじ, Yoshimoto Kinji, 吉本 欣司) 27 February 1966 – 5 November 2021 was a Japanese animator, producer, writer and director. Some of his major works include Megazone 23 and Plastic Little. He also directed several of the Queen's Blade anime series, as well as anime adaptations for I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job and Unbreakable Machine-Doll, and is known for his manga and anime productions with manga artist Satoshi Urushihara. The two along with Yoshihiro Kimura created their own production company called Earthwork. Yoshimoto died on 5 November 2021.[2]
Anime
| Year | Title | Crew role | Notes | Source[3] |
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| 1985–1986 | Megazone 23 | Key animation | OVA series Part 1, 2 | |
| 1989 | Legend of Lemnear | Director | OVA | |
| 1994 | Plastic Little | Key animation, Director, Screenplay | [4] | |
| 2007 | Genshiken Pt. 2 | Director | [5] | |
| 2009 | Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin | Director, Screenplay, Series Composition | ||
| 2009 | Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye | Story concept, Director | ||
| 2010–2011 | Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors | Director | OVA | [6] |
| 2013 | I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job | Director | [7] | |
| 2013 | Unbreakable Machine-Doll | Director | [8] | |
| 2013–2014 | Vanquished Queens | Director, Composer | OVA | |
| 2016 | Queen's Blade Grimoire | Chief director | OVA | |
| 2017 | Seven Mortal Sins | Director | [9] | |
| 2018 | Joshi Ochi! 2-kai kara Onnanoko ga... Futte Kita!? | Director, Series Composition | ONA | [a][10] |
| 2019 | Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest | Director, Series Composition | [11] | |
Other projects
| Year | Title | Crew role | Notes | Source |
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| 1996 | Langrisser III | Opening Animation Staff (director) | Video game originally released for the Sega Saturn | |
| 1998 | Langrisser V: The End of Legend | Opening Animation Staff (director, key frame artist), Development Staff (visual artist) | Video game originally released for the Sega Saturn | |
| 1999 | Growlanser | Opening Animation Staff (director) | Video game originally released for the PlayStation | |
| 2015 | The Shisho (Master Teacher) | Animation Director | Combination live-action and anime | [12] |
