Shingo Araki

Born28 November 1938

Aichi, Japan

Died1 December 2011 (aged 72)

Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

OccupationsAnimation Director, Character Designer

Shingo Araki
荒木伸吾

Born	(1938-11-28)28 November 1938 Aichi, Japan
Died	1 December 2011(2011-12-01) (aged 72) Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Animation Director, Character Designer

Shingo Araki (荒木伸吾, Araki Shingo; November 28, 1938 – December 1, 2011)^[1]^[2] was a Japanese animation artist and character designer.^[3]^[4]

He developed an interest for drawing at age five.^[1] He graduated in Aichi Prefecture. In 1955, at age sixteen, he debuted as a cartoonist in the "Machi" magazine. He then joined Mushi Production as animator in 1965 and later founded Studio Jaguar in 1966. In 1970, he debuted as animation director in the Mushi TV Series "Joe of Tomorrow", and later worked on the anime adaptations of several of Go Nagai's manga, including Devilman (1972), Cutie Honey (1973), and UFO Robo Grendizer (1975), serving as a character designer on the latter two. With his work on Cutie Honey as well as Mahō no Mako-chan, Mahou Tsukai Chappy, Majokko Megu-chan, and Hana no Ko Lunlun, Araki was an important figure in Toei Animation's early magical girl anime series of the 1970s.

He usually collaborated with animation director Michi Himeno, whom he met in 1973. They formed Araki Production in 1975. He worked as animation director in 1978's "Arrivederci Yamato". He, with Himeno, have been celebrated for their success. The Araki-Himeno duo collaborated on TV series and animated films such Saint Seiya and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Some of his successes are Majokko Megu-chan (1974), Lupin III (1977), Mugen Kido SSX (Captain Harlock, 1978), Versailles no Bara (Lady Oscar, 1979), Hana no Ko Lunlun (Angel, 1979, which featured character designs by Michi Himeno and animation by Araki), and Fūma no Kojirō (1991). International accreditation came with Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac, 1986), for his dynamic drawing style along with the elegant drawings styles of Michi. This Dynamic Duel, as they are known, have been instrumental in the success of the series.

Working for Toei Animation and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Araki was also an animator on several American and French productions which outsourced animation work to Japan, including Ulysses 31 (1981), Inspector Gadget (Season 1, 1983–84, animation), Mighty Orbots (1984, key animation), The Adventures of the American Rabbit (1986) and G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987).

Works

‡ denotes the works in which Shingo Araki shares the role of character designer with Michi Himeno.

Anime television series

Year(s)	Title	Character designer	Animation director	Other
1965–1966	Kimba the White Lion	No	No	Key animation
1966–1967	Leo the Lion	No	Yes^{[n 1]}
1967–1968	Perman	No	No	Storyboards (27 episodes)
1968–1971	Star of the Giants	Yes	No	Key animation
1969	The Ideal Boys' Gang Leader [ja]	No	No	Key animation
1969–1971	Attack No. 1	No	No	Key Animation
1970–1971	Tomorrow's Joe	No	Yes^{[n 2]}
1970–1971	Maco the Mermaid	No	Yes^{[n 3]}
1970–1971	The Demon of Kickboxing	No	No	Key animation
1971–1972	Apache Baseball Team [ja]	No	Yes^{[n 4]}
1971–1972	Ryu the Cave Boy [ja]	No	Yes^{[n 5]}
1972	Moonlight Mask	No	No	Key animation
1972	Chappy the Witch	No	Yes^{[n 6]}
1972–1973	Akadō Suzunosuke	No	Yes^{[n 7]}
1972–1973	Devilman	No	Yes^{[n 8]}
1973	Babel II	Yes	Yes^{[n 9]}	Key animation
1973–1974	Isamu the Wilderness Boy	No	Yes^{[n 10]}	Key animation
1973–1974	Cutie Honey	Yes	Yes^{[n 11]}
1974	Ode to Judo [ja]	No	Yes^{[n 12]}
1974–1975	Megu the Little Witch	Yes	Yes^{[n 13]}
1975	Young Boy Tokugawa Ieyasu [ja]	Yes	No
1975–1977	UFO Robot Grendizer	Yes	Yes^{[n 14]}	Key animation
1975–1982	Ikkyū-san	No	Yes^{[n 15]}
1977–1978	New Star of the Giants	Yes	Yes^{[n 16]}
1977–1978	Planetary Robot Danguard Ace	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 17]}
1978–1981	Galaxy Express 999	Yes	No
1979	New Star of the Giants II	Yes	Yes^{[n 18]}
1979–1980	Heart of the Red Bird [ja]	No	Yes^{[n 19]}	Storyboards (episodes 2, 5, 13, 18 and 24)
1979–1980	Lulu the Flower Angel	No	No	Key animation
1979–1980	The Rose of Versailles	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 20]}
1980–1981	Lalabel the Magical Girl	Yes	No
1981–1982	Ulysses 31	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 21]}
1982–1983	Galactic Gale Baxingar	No	No	Animation sequence (Opening)
1982–1983	Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX	No	Yes^{[n 22]}	Key animation
1983–1984	Love Me, My Knight	No	Yes^{[n 23]}
1984	Glass Mask	No	No	Animation sequence (Opening)
1984	Mighty Orbots	No	No	Key animation
1984–1985	Lupin III Part III	No	Yes^{[n 24]}
1984–1985	Little Memole	No	No	Key animation
1984–1985	Sherlock Hound	No	No	Storyboards (episode 6)
1986–1987	Maple Town	No	Yes^{[n 25]}
1986–1989	Saint Seiya	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 26]}	Animation sequence (Openings/Endings)
1991–1992	Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Sangokushi	Yes ‡	No
1993–1994	Blue Legend – Shoot!	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 27]}
1996–1998	GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th series)	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 28]}
1997–2000	The File of Young Kindaichi	Yes ‡	No
1998	Yu-Gi-Oh!	Yes ‡	No
2000–2004	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters	Yes ‡	No
2004–2011	Ring ni Kakero 1	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 29]}

Feature films

Year	Title	Character designer	Animation director	Key animator
1975	Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid	No	No	Yes
1976	Puss 'n Boots Travels Around the World	No	No	Yes
1977	The Wild Swans	No	No	Yes
1978	Arrivederci Yamato	No	Yes	No
1979	Taro the Dragon Boy	No	No	Yes
1980	Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie	No	Yes	No
1982	Space Adventure Cobra	No	No	Yes
1984	Kenyan Boy [ja]	No	No	Yes
1986	The Adventures of the American Rabbit	No	No	Yes
1986	Amon Saga	Yes ‡	No	Yes
1988	Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth	Yes ‡	Yes	No
1996	The File of Young Kindaichi: Operazakan	Yes ‡	Yes	No
1999	The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murder in the Deep Blue	Yes ‡	Yes	No
2001	Siam Neko: The First Mission [ja]	Yes ‡	No	No
2004	Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter – Overture	Yes ‡	Yes	No

Short films

Panda! Go, Panda! (1972): Key animation
Ikkyū-san and the Mischievous Princess (1978): Animation director
Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987): Character designer, Aimation director
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988): Character designer, Animation director
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989): Character designer, Animation director
Blue Legend – Shoot! (1990): Character designer, Animation director
GeGeGe no Kitarō: Daikaijū (1996): Character designer, Animation director
Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999): Character designer, Animation director

OVAs

* indicates single-episode OVA.

Year(s)	Title	Character designer	Animation director	Key animator
1986	Cowardly Venus [ja] *	No	No	Yes
1986–1999	Shōnan Bakusōzoku	No	No	Yes
1989–1990	Fūma no Kojirō	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 30]}	No
1991	Dragon Fist *	Yes ‡	No	No
1991–1992	Condition Green [ja]	Yes ‡	No	No
1992	Babel II	Yes ‡	No	No
1992	Fūma Hanran *	Yes ‡	No	No
1995–2004	The Human Revolution	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 31]}	No
2002–2008	Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter	Yes ‡	Yes^{[n 32]}	No

Authority control databases
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National	United States France BnF data Japan Spain
Other	SNAC

Works

Anime television series

Feature films

Short films

OVAs

Video games

Notes

References

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