Yuichi Abe is a Japanese director. His pen name is Abe Yuichi .
Biography
Abe used to make amateur films while attending the Film Studies Department of Sakata Higashi High School in Yamagata Prefecture. After that, he graduated from the first directing department of the Japan Animation Academy in 1989.
In 1993, he participated in Moving as an assistant director. And since 1997, he has participated in the special effects work of Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow as a VFX coordinator, and since then until 2016, he has been participating in the production of the Ultraman series.[1]
Works
- Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow (1997) - VFX coordinator
- Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light (1998) - VFX coordinator
- Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, & Ultraman Gaia: The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace (1999) - VFX coordinator
- Ultraman Nexus (2004-2005) - Director, 7 episodes[2][3]
- Episode 9 "Warning"
- Episode 10 "Rush - Strike Formation -"
- Episode 19 "Critical Attack - Cross Phase Trap -"
- Episode 20 "Pursuit - Chrome Chester δ -"
- Episode 35 "Revolt"
- Episode 36 "Decisive Battle - Farewell -"
- Episode 37 "Bond - Nexus -"
- Ultraman Mebius (2006-2007) - Director and special effects director, 6 episodes
- Episode 23 "Ocean Waves of Time" (director and special effects director)
- Episode 24 "The Resurrection of Yapool" (director and special effects director)
- Episode 37 "Father's Return" (director and special effects director)
- Episode 38 "Isana of the Ocean" (director and special effects director)
- Episode 47 "Mefilas's Game"
- Episode 48 "Advent of the Emperor -Final Trilogy I-"
- Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey (2008) - Director, 3 episodes
- Episode 3 "Reionic Burst"
- Episode 4 "Disturbing Reunion"
- Episode 5 "At the End of the Runway"
- Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010) - Director and writer[4]
- Ultraman Zero Side Story: Killer the Beatstar (2011) - Director
- Ultra Zero Fight (2012) - Director, 1 part
- Part 2 "Shining Zero"
- Ultraman Ginga (2013) - Director, 4 episodes
- Episode 1 "Town of Falling Stars"
- Episode 2 "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Episode 10 "Darkness and Light"
- Episode 11 "Your Future"
- Ultraman X (2015) - Director, 4 episodes
- Episode 8 "X in Peril"
- Episode 9 "We Are Nebula!"
- Episode 19 "Living Together"
- Episode 20 "Bond -Unite-"
- Ultraman Orb (2016) - Director, 5 episodes
- Episode 4 "Beware of Fire in the Midsummer Sky"
- Episode 5 "A Heart That Won't Flee"
- Episode 6 "The Forbidden Forest"
- Episode 14 "Justice Out of Control"
- Episode 15 "Never Say Never"
- SSSS.DYNAZENON (2021) - Storyboard
- Episode 8 "What Is This Wavering Emotion?"
- Gridknight Fight (2021) - Director[5][6]
Other Works
- Gunhed (1989)
- Kappa (1994)
- SD Gundam Force (2004)
- The Prince of Tennis (2006)
- Okusama wa 18-sai (2011)
- Devil Kings (2012)
- Dimension High School (2018) - Director/Script
- Tokyo Revengers (2021) - Storyboard
References
- ↑ https://www.creators-station.jp/interview/seehim/40453
- ↑ https://www.creators-station.jp/interview/seehim/40453
- ↑ https://ayamekareihikagami.hateblo.jp/entry/2016/09/28/200020
- ↑ https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20200825-1246696/
- ↑ https://www.ultra-expo.com/summer/2021/gridman/
- ↑ https://anime.eiga.com/news/113677/