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Seiji Mizushima

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Seiji Mizushima
水島 精二
Born (1966-01-28) January 28, 1966 (age 58)
Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan
Alma materTokyo Designer Gakuin College
OccupationAnime director
Notable work
AwardsIndividual Award (20th Animation Kobe)
Websitehifumi-inc.co.jp/mizushima-seiji/

Seiji Mizushima (水島 精二, Mizushima Seiji, born on January 28, 1966) is a Japanese anime director who is known for such series as Shaman King, Fullmetal Alchemist, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Un-Go, Concrete Revolutio, and Beatless. His first directorial film project, Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, won the 60th Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film. In 2015, he won the Individual Award at the 20th Animation Kobe Awards.[1]

His name is occasionally rendered in full katakana when he is in charge of episode directing or storyboarding. He is not related to Tsutomu Mizushima, who is also an anime director and shares his surname, but they often jokingly call each other "brother" on Twitter.

Career and style

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After graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (now Tokyo Net Wave), Mizushima joined Tokyo Animation Film. While being involved in the photography of Doraemon and Obocchama-kun, he studied under director of photography Masahiro Kumagai, and then went to work for Sunrise as a production assistant, aiming to become a full-fledged director. After leaving the company, he worked on video game cutscenes, and then moved on to animation.

For most of his directorial projects, Masafumi Mima serves as the sound director. In addition to Katsuyuki Konishi, who appears in most of his productions, he also actively uses voice actors he first used for his earlier projects in later works. A fan of Puffy AmiYumi, when he asked them to sing a theme song for an anime, they gladly agreed to it, which led them to sing the theme song of Oh! Edo Rocket. In addition, the August 2007 issue of Newtype featured a photo of Mizushima with a big smile on his face surrounded by Puffy.

Mizushima often mentions Hideaki Anno as an anime director that he respects, and when he was asked to direct Hanamaru Kindergarten by Gainax, a company that has a close relationship with him, he revealed that he accepted the job because it was a different direction for him and because it was meaningful to him to work with the staff. In addition, he highly praised Ayahi Takagaki, who appeared in the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series, and praised "Kigurumi Planet", which was used as the ending theme for Hanamaru Kindergarten, as a song made possible only by her.[2][3][4][5]

In 2011, he participated as a member of the selection and evaluation committee for the "Young Animator Training Project 2011" organized by the Japanese Animation Creators Association.[6]

Mizushima has a hobby of egosurfing and has often admitted that he searches for opinions of his work on 2chan, Twitter, blogs, etc.[7]

Works

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Anime television series

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Original video animation (OVA)

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Anime films

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References

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  2. ^ @oichanmusi (18 December 2011). "高垣彩陽のコンサート、圧巻でした！なんか上手く感想書けない（笑）だがこれだけは言える。彼女の歌のポテンシャルはすげー！またキグルミみたいなその力を十二分に発揮したアニソン作りたい＼(^o^)／" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ @oichanmusi (28 December 2011). "グランキューブへ向かうだす！" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ @oichanmusi (28 December 2011). "キグルミ惑星良かった！泪出た！" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @oichanmusi (18 May 2013). "高垣彩陽コンサート良かった＼(^o^)／夢のとなり名曲やー。つかどの曲も生で聞くとめちゃ心に響くよ。素晴らしい＼(^o^)／" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "2011年5月7日 日本アニメーター・演出協会プレスリリース「平成23年度 若手アニメーター育成プロジェクト作品制作団体選定結果のお知らせ」" (PDF). 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  7. ^ "Personnalité de la semaine : Seiji Mizushima". AnimeLand (in French). 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
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  13. ^ "Oh!–Edo Rocket". Newtype USA. Vol. 6, no. 1. Houston: A.D. Vision. January 2007. p. 11. ISSN 1541-4817.
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  15. ^ "Kaitō Reinya Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit for January". Anime News Network. November 11, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  16. ^ Rice, Brad (December 22, 2009). "Japanator's Winter '10 preview, part 2". Japanator. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  17. ^ Sevakis, Justin (September 20, 2011). "Anime Spotlight: UN-GO". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  18. ^ Beveridge, Chris (March 12, 2012). "'Natsuiro Kiseki' Anime Gets New TV Ad". Fandom Post. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  19. ^ Sevakis, Justin (October 3, 2012). "Anime Spotlight: Aikatsu!". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  20. ^ Loo, Egan (May 19, 2013). "BlazBlue Alter Memory Anime's Story, Cast, Staff Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  21. ^ "Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life Anime Season 3's Cast, Staff, Title, Date Unveiled". Anime News Network. March 3, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  22. ^ "Fullmetal Alchemist Staff Makes Superhero Anime Concrete Revolutio". Anime News Network. July 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  23. ^ "Beatless Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, Cast, Visual". Anime News Network. November 26, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  24. ^ "Seiji Mizushima Directs Bushiroad's D4DJ Anime at Sanzigen". Anime News Network. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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  33. ^ "Seiji Mizushima, BONES' Un-Go TV Ad Streamed". Anime News Network. September 9, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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  35. ^ "Expelled From Paradise Art Posted by Toei, Nitro+, Urobuchi, FMA's Mizushima". Anime News Network. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  36. ^ "Aniplex Reveals Hula Fulla Dance Original Anime for Summer 2021". Anime News Network. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  37. ^ "A-1 Pictures Produces Eisen Flügel Anime Film With Director Seiji Mizushima". Anime News Network. September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
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