Shinya Ohira
Visual Effects
Born: December 12, 1966 (59 years old)
Place of birth: Aichi, Japan
Biography
Shinya Ohira is one of the most talented and recognized animators in the world of anime. His animation style includes using exaggerating motion, manipulating gravity and balance with the use of different perspective shots, lots of rapid camera movement, and unconventional angles. With his boldly distorted and vigorous drawing style, his cuts are unique and instantly recognizable. He has worked as an animator for over thirty years. His early work in the 1980s mainly consisted of action and effects cuts. He bounced around several studios (including Sunrise, Madhouse, and Pierrot).
Filmography (59)
- Akira (1988, ★ 7.9)
- Spirited Away (2001, ★ 8.5)
- My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999, ★ 7)
- Mind Game (2004, ★ 7.5)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003, ★ 8)
- Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002, ★ 7)
- The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014, ★ 7.5)
- Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (2017, ★ 7.1)
- Porco Rosso (1992, ★ 7.8)
- Redline (2009, ★ 7.5)
- Giovanni's Island (2014, ★ 7.5)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988, ★ 7.2)
- The Wind Rises (2013, ★ 7.8)
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004, ★ 8.4)
- Ping Pong the Animation (2014, ★ 8.1)
- FLCL (2000, ★ 7.9)
- Lupin the 3rd (1971, ★ 8)
- One Piece (1999, ★ 8.7)
- PLUTO (2023, ★ 7.8)
- The Adventures of Peter Pan (1989, ★ 8.5)
- Dragon's Heaven (1988, ★ 6.8)
- The House of the Lost on the Cape (2021, ★ 6.6)
- Riding Bean (1989, ★ 6.5)
- Black Magic M-66 (1987, ★ 6.3)
- xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005, ★ 6.5)
- Junkers Come Here (1994, ★ 6.8)
- Only Yesterday (1991, ★ 7.4)
- Tsubasa Chronicle The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom (2005, ★ 6.4)
- Rainbow Fireflies (2012, ★ 7.1)
- Lu Over the Wall (2017, ★ 7)