Junji Nishimura
Japanese anime director · Japan · On the map · Directors · Born 1955 · age 70
Junji Nishimura is a Japanese anime director and producer currently residing in Karatsu, Saga. After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University in 1980, Nishimura entered into the anime studio Nishiko Production.
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Peleliu: Guernica of ParadiseFilm, Writer2023
The Fire HunterSeries, Director2016
The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of TakeoshiFilm, Director
The Pot of Promise - First Love in AritaFilm, 2016Director2014
GlasslipSeries, Writer2013
Koitabi: True Tours NantoSeries, Director, Writer2012
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko MineSeries, Writer2011
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for TomorrowSeries, Director, Writer2004
Kyo Kara Maoh!Series, Director1999
逮捕しちゃうぞ SpecialSeries, Director
You're Under Arrest: The Motion PictureFilm, 1999Director1997
Kishin Douji Zenki Gaiden: Anki KitanFilm, Director1994
Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary PhoenixFilm, Director1992
Super ZuganSeries, Director1991
Dr. TyphoonFilm, Director1989
Shuten Doji - The Star Hand KidSeries, Director1987
Pro Golfer Saru: Kouga Hikyou! Kage no Ninpou Golfer Sanjou!Film, Director1986
Barefoot Gen 2Film, Doctor (voice)
Pro Golfer Saru: Super Golf World e no Chousen!!Film, 1986Director1983
Barefoot GenFilm, Boku Pak (voice)1981
GoShogunSeries, Director1955Born23 December 1955People around Junji
Close ties
- Keiji Nakazawa Wrote Barefoot Gen and Barefoot Gen 2
Takeshi Aono Also in Barefoot Gen and Barefoot Gen 2
Hiroshi Ōtake Also in Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
Issei Miyazaki Also in Barefoot Gen and Barefoot Gen 2- Kōichi Kitamura Also in Barefoot Gen and Barefoot Gen 2
Seiko Nakano Also in Barefoot Gen and Barefoot Gen 2
Yoshie Shimamura Also in Barefoot Gen and Barefoot Gen 2
Known for
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Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix 1994
Barefoot Gen 1983
Barefoot Gen 2 1986
Filmography 11
77 credits on file
Television 15
About this person
Nishimura had his first job as a producer for Baldios in 1980, and went on to be in charge of production in other series such as Six God Combination Godmars, and Magical Princess Minky Momo in 1982. An episode of Urusei Yatsura he directed in 1982, "After You've Gone", was voted the favorite episode of the TV series by Japanese fans. In 1984, Nishimura resigned from Nishiko and in 1985 had his director debut with Pro Golfer Saru. Since then, he has worked as the director on many anime produced by Studio Deen, notably Ranma ½ and Kyo Kara Maoh!. In 2019, he was named as director of a new anime series, Vladlove, about a girl vampire that was written by Mamoru Oshii and financed by Ichigo Inc.
In the same film or series as Junji
Chisa YokoyamaAlso in Kishin Douji Zenki Gaiden: Anki Kitan (1997)
Atsushi AbeAlso in The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi (2016)
Rieko TakahashiAlso in The Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita (2016)
Rihito ItagakiAlso in Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise (2025)
Reiko SuzukiAlso in Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
Saeko ShimazuAlso in Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix (1994)