Koichi Chigira

Director, Writer, Producer

4 May 1959 (67 years)
Koichi Chigira is an anime director who has directed several series, usually working with Studio GONZO and has begun his career at Madhouse. Chigira is known for directing Full Metal Panic and Last Exile.

Known For

  • Last Exile
    Last Exile2 seasons
  • Full Metal Panic!
    Full Metal Panic!4 seasons
  • Samurai X
    Samurai X3 seasons
  • Brave Story
    Brave Story2006
  • Cagaster of an Insect Cage
    Cagaster of an Insect Cage12 episodes
  • Blue Submarine No. 6
    Blue Submarine No. 64 episodes
  • Magic Knight Rayearth
    Magic Knight Rayearth2 seasons
  • Tokyo Babylon
    Tokyo Babylon2 episodes
  • The Tower of DRUAGA: The Aegis of URUK
    The Tower of DRUAGA: The Aegis of URUK2 seasons
  • LAST EXILE - Fam, the Silver Wing
    LAST EXILE - Fam, the Silver Wing1 season
  • Doomed Megalopolis
    Doomed Megalopolis4 episodes
  • Gate Keepers
    Gate Keepers1 season
  • Luck & Logic
    Luck & Logic1 season
  • Lupin the Third Part I
    Lupin the Third Part I6 seasons
  • Earth Girl Arjuna
    Earth Girl Arjuna14 episodes
  • Phantom Quest Corp.
    Phantom Quest Corp.1 season
  • Phantom Quest Corp.
    Phantom Quest Corp.1994
  • Ryo
    Ryo2013

Filmography

2020
Cagaster of an Insect Cage · as Series Director
2020
2018
2018
2017
2017
18if · as Sound Director
2016
2013
Ryo · as Sound Director
2011
LAST EXILE - Fam, the Silver Wing · as Creator: Original Story
2009
Shangri-La · as Key Animation
2008
The Tower of Druaga · as Script
2004
Monkey Turn · as Teleplay
2003
Last Exile · as Series Director
2003
Last Exile · as Sound Director
2003
Last Exile · as Key Animation
2002
Full Metal Panic! · as Series Director
2002
Full Metal Panic! · as Series Composition
2001
Pecola · as Storyboard
1999
1998
Blue Submarine No. 6 · as Key Animation
1998
1996
X: The Movie · as Key Animation
1995
The Diary of Anne Frank · as Key Animation
1994
Magic Knight Rayearth · as Key Animation
1993
Ninja Scroll · as Key Animation
1991
1990
A Wind Named Amnesia · as Key Animation
1989
The Enemy's the Pirates! · as Animation Director
1989
1988
1987
Dirty Pair: Project Eden · as Key Animation
1986
Ai City · as Key Animation
1986
Arion · as Key Animation
1985
Kimagure Orange Road · as Animation Director