Yoshiaki Kawajiri

川尻善昭

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/yoshi_kawajiri) | [Wiki (jp)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E5%B0%BB%E5%96%84%E6%98%AD) | [Wiki (en)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Kawajiri) Yoshiaki Kawajiri is an esteemed director and general anime creator. After he graduated from high school in 1968, he worked as an animator at [Mushi Production](https://anilist.co/studio/68/) until it closed. He then founded [Madhouse](https://anilist.co/studio/11/) together with fellow former Mushi Pro employees, [Masao Maruyama](https://anilist.co/staff/103170/), [Osamu Dezaki](https://anilist.co/staff/100393/) and [Rintarou](https://anilist.co/staff/102305/). At Madhouse, he debuted as a director on 1984's [Lensman](https://anilist.co/anime/2770/), albeit still jointly with the more experienced [Kazunori Hirokawa](https://anilist.co/staff/170070/). Kawajiri made his full-fledged directorial debuts in 1987, with [Wicked City](https://anilist.co/anime/1107/) and Running Man, the latter being a short film a part of an anthology collection, [Neo Tokyo](https://anilist.co/anime/1951/). Wicked City was originally meant to be a short film as well, but the producers were impressed enough in Kawaji

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