
Artist
Atsushi Nishigori
錦織敦史
- Director
- Animator
- Designer
Official links & profiles
At a glance
Kaidomi catalogues Atsushi Nishigori as Director, Animator and Designer. The catalogue records 12 title-backed credits. Documented work includes Your Name., The Promised Neverland and SPY x FAMILY. This artist hub connects works, roles and official profiles.
Source biography
Nishigori graduated from the Toei Animation Institute and joined Gainax as an in-betweener but he rapidly distinguished himself as a key animator. He was inspired to enter the field because he liked Hidenori Matsubara and Takeshi Honda's drawings.
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His first major role was serving as character animation director for Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster, with the task of adapting Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's character designs for animation. This experience led him to become one of the main character designers at the studio, designing the iconic characters for Gurren Lagann.
He left Gainax to have his debut as director on The Idolm@ster, a personal passion project since he's a great fan of the series. Several Gainax staff followed Nishigori to A-1 Pictures and worked on the series, alongside staff from newly formed Trigger.
In 2018 he directed his original project Darling in the Franxx, once again reuniting with his Gainax friends spread among CloverWorks, Trigger and Studio Khara.
More recently he worked as character designer and chief animation director for Hideaki Anno's final Evangelion installment, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time.
Known for
12 title-backed credits in the catalogue
Works made
Your Name.Key Animation (OP)Anime · 2016
The Promised NeverlandEpisode Director (OP)Anime · 2019
The Promised NeverlandKey Animation (OP)Anime · 2019
The Promised NeverlandStoryboard (OP)Anime · 2019
SPY x FAMILYEpisode Director (ED)Anime · 2022
SPY x FAMILYKey Animation (ED)Anime · 2022
SPY x FAMILYStoryboard (ED)Anime · 2022
Toradora!Key Animation (OP1, OP2, ep 24)Anime · 2008