Shingo Adachi
Japanese animator
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Shingo Adachi (Japanese: 足立 慎吾, Hepburn: Adachi Shingo) is a Japanese animator, character designer, and director. He is best known for his work on Sword Art Online, the anime series based on the light novel of the same name.[1]
- Animator
- character designer
- director
Shingo Adachi | |
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| 足立 慎吾 | |
| Born | Osaka, Japan |
| Alma mater | Osaka University of Arts |
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| Notable work | |
| Spouse | Haruko Iizuka |
Biography
Shingo Adachi was born in Osaka, Japan.[2] He is an alumnus of Department of Visual Concept Planning, Osaka University of Arts. At first, he wanted to become a professional manga artist and joined a manga/anime research circle called 'CAS' while he was still in college. He then decided to start his career in the animation industry as in-house animator at Xebec after Mitsuru Ishihara who was his senior in college invited him to join the company.[3][4] He is currently working as a freelancer animator. On December 31, 2021, it was announced that Adachi is making his directorial debut with the 2022 original television anime Lycoris Recoil at A-1 Pictures.[5]
Works
TV Series
- Rockman.EXE Beast+ (2006) – Character Design[6]
- Mega Man Star Force (2006) – Character Design[7]
- Mega Man Star Force Tribe (2007-2008) – Character Design[8]
- Working!! (2010) – Character Design[9]
- Working'!! (2011) – Character Design[10]
- Sword Art Online (2012) – Character Design[11]
- Galilei Donna (2013) – Character Design[12]
- Sword Art Online II (2014) – Character Design[13]
- Working!!! (2015) – Character Design[14]
- Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018-2020) – Character Design[15]
- Lycoris Recoil (2022) – Director[5]
Films
- Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) – Character Design[16]
- Pompo: The Cinéphile (2021) – Character Design[17]
ONA
- Minarai Diva (2014) – Character Design[18]
Video games
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017) - Character Design[19][unreliable source]
- Loop8: Summer of Gods (2023) – Character Design[20]