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Koichi Chigira

Career

Active from 1971 to 2022, with a break from 1972 to 1989, busiest in 1994 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Koichi Chigira Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.3, average 3.3
  • Showbiz
    0.2, average 1.2
  • Biographical
    0.1, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Supernatural Powers 2
  • Epic Orchestral Score 2
  • Dark Fantasy 2
  • Mecha Action 2
  • Female Protagonist 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
"Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question.
"Please Describe Yourself in One Word": I'm Bad at the Question. (2022)

Director

2010s

6 titles · average score 67
Full Metal Panic! 3rd Section: Into the Blue
Full Metal Panic! 3rd Section: Into the Blue (2018)

Screenplay, Sound

Full Metal Panic! 2nd Section: One Night Stand
Full Metal Panic! 2nd Section: One Night Stand (2018)

Director, Screenplay

Full Metal Panic! 1st Section: Boy Meets Girl
Full Metal Panic! 1st Section: Boy Meets Girl (2017)

Director, Sound

Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes (2016)

Original Story, Screenplay

Ryo
Ryo (2013)

Screenplay, Sound Director

A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion (2013)
GoodWatch score 67

Storyboard Artist

2000s

3 titles · average score 65
Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure
Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure (2008)

Director

Brave Story
Brave Story (2006)
GoodWatch score 65

Storyboard Artist, Director

Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic! (2002)

Director

1990s

13 titles · average score 67
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

Key Animation

Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
GoodWatch score 72

Key Animation

X
X (1996)
GoodWatch score 52

Key Animation

Anne Frank's Diary
Anne Frank's Diary (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

Key Animation

Tokyo Babylon 2
Tokyo Babylon 2 (1994)

Director

Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo (1994)

Storyboard Artist

Ninja Scroll
Ninja Scroll (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

Key Animation

Sleepless Oedo
Sleepless Oedo (1993)

Director

Tokyo Babylon 1
Tokyo Babylon 1 (1992)

Director

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

Key Animation

Nineteen 19
Nineteen 19 (1990)

Director

A Wind Named Amnesia
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)
GoodWatch score 61

Key Animation

1980s

4 titles · average score 64
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
GoodWatch score 61

Key Animation

Arion
Arion (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

Key Animation

Dirty Pair: Project Eden
Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1986)
GoodWatch score 71

Key Animation

Love City
Love City (1986)
GoodWatch score 57

Key Animation