Nishigori, Atsushi
Nishigori Atsushi was born September 14, 1978 in Tottori, Japan. He is an animator and character designer. Nishigori graduated from Tottori Yonago East High and went through Toei's Animation Laboratory before joining Gainax. He wanted to create animation such as FLCL, which prompted him to do that. He made his debut as key animator on Mahoromatic and debuted as storyboarder and animation director in Puchi Puri Yuushii at the age of 24. His work on the Top wo Nerae! 2 OVA lead him to become the character designer of Gainax next big project, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Nishigori received the Best Character Design award for his work on the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tv series at the 7th Tokyo Animation Fair in 2008. Twitter: @GoLi_PPP
Staff Credits
- The iDOLM@STER
- Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Animation Director, Character Design, Series Composition, Assistant Animation Director, Layout, Key Animation
- Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster
- Episode Director, Animation Director, Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Kirameki★Yoko Box - Pieces of Sweet Stars
- Director, Planning, Character Design
- Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri
- Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation, Animation Director