Akiyuki Shinbo
Akiyuki Shinbo (新房 昭之) is a japanese animation director employed at SHAFT. He made his directional debut with Metal Fighter Miku in 1994, His most important work was probably Soul Taker where he started to develop his later famous unique style with bizarre camera angles, light angels and general storytelling. 2004 he directed Le Portrait de Petit Cossette by studio Daume, a bizarre love story of a man falling in love with a painting, while being a simple story, director Shinbo used surreal imaginery, very weird camera angles (through wine glass, or through a driving mirror) to make the series a disturbing experience which is arguably the defining work of his style.
2004 was then hired by Seven Arcs to work on Triangle Heart and its popular spin-off Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha by the same studio. Shinbo was later hired by new SHAFT chief director Kubota Mitsutoshi together with Oonuma Shin and Oishi Tatsuya as 'supervisor', director and 'educator' at SHAFT. He participated in every SHAFT production since then (except for He Is My master) and produced the following series:
- 2004 - Tsukuyomi: Moon Phrase
- 2005 - Pani Poni Dash!
- 2006 - REC
- 2006 - Negima!?
- 2007 - Hidamari Sketch
- 2007 - Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
- 2007 - Ef - a tale of memories
- 2008 - Hidamari Sketch x 365
- 2008 - Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
- 2008 - Ef - a tale of melodies
- 2009 - Maria+Holic
- 2009 - Natsu no Arashi!
- 2009 - Bakemonogatari
- 2009 - Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
- 2009 - Natsu no Arashi! Aki nai chu
- 2010 - Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆
- 2010 - Dance in the Vampire Bund
- 2010 - Arakawa Under the Bridge
- 2010 - Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge
- 2010 - Soredemo Machi wa mawatteiru
During the production of Bakemonogatari and Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ Shinbo expressed his desire to producer Iwakami Atsuhiro for an original Magical Girl show. Iwakami hired Aoki Ume for original character designs and Urobuchi Gen as scriptwriter to work on their new project Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica