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).
Known For
The Boy and the Heron
(2023)
Key Animation
Howl's Moving Castle
(2004)
Key Animation
Akira
(1988)
Key Animation
Spirited Away
(2001)
Key Animation
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2003)
Animation
The Last: Naruto the Movie
(2014)
Key Animation
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
(2017)
Key Animation
The Wind Rises
(2013)
Key Animation
Porco Rosso
(1992)
Key Animation
Only Yesterday
(1991)
Key Animation
Mary and The Witch's Flower
(2017)
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
(1988)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
(2004)
Key Animation
My Neighbors the Yamadas
(1999)
Key Animation
A Letter to Momo
(2012)
Key Animation
Batman Ninja
(2018)
Animation
Full Filmography
Visual Effects
Lensman
(1984)
Key Animation
Violence Jack: Harlem Bomber
(1986)
Animation
Megazone 23 II
(1986)
Animation
Love City
(1986)
Key Animation
Black Magic M-66
(1987)
Animation
Gall Force 2: Destruction
(1987)
Animation
Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon
(1987)
Key Animation
Akira
(1988)
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
(1988)
Key Animation
Dragon's Heaven
(1988)
Key Animation
Angel Cop
(1989)
Animation
Riding Bean
(1989)
Animation
All That Gundam
(1989)
Key Animation
MAROKO
(1990)
Key Animation
Violence Jack: Hell's Wind
(1990)
Key Animation
Only Yesterday
(1991)
Key Animation
Porco Rosso
(1992)
Key Animation
Junkers Come Here
(1994)
Key Animation
Slime Adventures - Yeah! The Sea!
(1999)
Key Animation
My Neighbors the Yamadas
(1999)
Key Animation
Junkers Come Here: Pilot Film
(2001)
Character Designer
Spirited Away
(2001)
Key Animation
Ghiblies: Episode 2
(2002)
Animation
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2003)
Animation
Howl's Moving Castle
(2004)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
(2004)
Key Animation
Mind Game
(2004)
Key Animation
xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream
(2005)
Key Animation
The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game
(2005)
Key Animation
Tsubasa Chronicle The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom
(2005)
Key Animation
Space Station No.9
(2005)
Key Animation
Tekkonkinkreet
(2006)
Key Animation
Genius Party Beyond
(2008)
Character Designer and Animation Director
"Wanwa" The Doggy
(2008)
Character Designer and Animation Director
Redline
(2010)
Key Animation
A Letter to Momo
(2012)
Key Animation
Rainbow Fireflies
(2012)
Key Animation
The Wind Rises
(2013)
Key Animation
The Last: Naruto the Movie
(2014)
Key Animation
Giovanni's Island
(2014)
Key Animation
Garo: Divine Flame
(2016)
Key Animation
Lu Over the Wall
(2017)
Key Animation
Mary and The Witch's Flower
(2017)
Key Animation
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
(2017)
Key Animation
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
(2017)
Key Animation
Batman Ninja
(2018)
Animation
One Arm
(2019)
Animation
The House of the Lost on the Cape
(2021)
Key Animation
The Boy and the Heron
(2023)
Key Animation
Directing
Baku Yumemakura's Twilight Theatre
(1991)
Director
Genius Party Beyond
(2008)
Director
"Wanwa" The Doggy
(2008)
Director
Art