Shinji Kimura

Career Overview

Shinji Kimura has 22 screen credits in a career dating back to 1983. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Studio Ghibli Films with 1 titles. Signature works include Kaiju No. 8, My Neighbor Totoro, Dorohedoro. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Art

Gender

male

Known Credits

22

Known For

• 

  Kaiju No. 8
• 

  My Neighbor Totoro
• 

  Dorohedoro
• 

  MFKZ
• 

  Angel's Egg
• 

  Tekkonkinkreet

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Studio Ghibli Films (1 titles)
• Genius Party Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Shigeru Chiba (2 collaborations)
• Toru Nara (2 collaborations)
• Masaya Fukunishi (1 collaborations)
• Asami Seto (1 collaborations)
• Wataru Katoh (1 collaborations)
• Fairouz Ai (1 collaborations)
• Kengo Kawanishi (1 collaborations)
• Noriko Hidaka (1 collaborations)
• Chika Sakamoto (1 collaborations)
• Hitoshi Takagi (1 collaborations)

Credits

• visual effects (1 credits)

  • Future Kid Takara

    character designer

    visual effects
    2025

• art (18 credits)

  • Future Kid Takara

    art designer

    art
    2025
  • Kaiju No. 8

    art direction

    art

    - Second Wave (2025) ... art direction art

    - Cataclysms (2025) ... art direction art

    - Omen (2025) ... art direction art

    - Destiny (2025) ... art direction art

    - Wall (2025) ... art direction art
    2024
  • PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower

    art direction

    art
    2023
  • Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

    art direction

    art
    2021
  • Dorohedoro

    art direction

    art

    - Episode 12 (2020) ... art direction art

    - Episode 11 (2020) ... art direction art

    - Episode 10 (2020) ... art direction art

    - Episode 9 (2020) ... art direction art

    - Episode 8 (2020) ... art direction art
    2020
  • Children of the Sea

    art direction

    art
    2019
  • MFKZ

    art direction

    art
    2018
  • Blood Blockade Battlefront

    - Hello, World! (2015) ... art direction art

    - Paint it Black (2015) ... art direction art

    - Run! Lunch!! Run!!! / to the end. (2015) ... art direction art

    - Z's Longest Day (Part 2) (2015) ... art direction art

    - Z's Longest Day (Part 1) (2015) ... art direction art
    2015
  • The Portrait Studio

    art direction

    art
    2013
  • Blue Exorcist: The Movie

    art direction

    art
    2012
  • Tekkonkinkreet

    art direction

    art
    2006
  • Steamboy

    art direction

    art
    2004
  • Catnapped!

    background designer

    art
    1998
  • Kenji's Trunk

    art direction

    art
    1996
  • Moonlight Pierce

    art direction

    art
    1991
  • My Neighbor Totoro

    background designer

    art
    1988
  • Angel's Egg

    background designer

    art
    1985
  • A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose

    background designer

    art
    1983

• directing (2 credits)

  • Ani*Kuri15

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Genius Party

    director

    directing
    2007

• actors (1 credits)

  • Ryokunohara Labyrinth - Sparkling Phantom

    actor

    actors
    1990