Template:Short description Template:NihongoTemplate:Efn was a Japanese anime director who directed the Fate/stay night TV series and the Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works film.
Career
Yamaguchi directed several anime series, including Angel Links (1999), I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001), Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (2003), AM Driver (2004–2005), and Tōka Gettan (2007).[1] He was the director of the 2006 anime adaptation of the Fate/stay night visual novel,[2] and he subsequently directed the 2010 theatrical installment Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works.[1] He later directed The Severing Crime Edge (2013), and Z/X Ignition (2014).[1] He directed episodes of Divergence Eve, GeGeGe no Kitarō, Hajime no Ippo, Outlaw Star, Suite and Smile PreCure!, and The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, and its sequel Final.[1][3]
Yamaguchi died of undisclosed causes sometime before 9 January 2020, when his death was announced by a subsequently-removed tweet by Fate/stay night company Studio Deen.[1][3] Animators Tomomi Mochizuki and Asako Nishida, who both worked with Yamaguchi, expressed their condolences following Yamaguchi's death.[1]
Works
Director
- Angel Links (1999)[1]
- I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001)[1]
- Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (2003)[1]
- AM Driver (2004–2005)[1]
- Fate/stay night (2006)[1]
- Tōka Gettan (2007)[1]
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010)
- The Severing Crime Edge (2013)[1]
- Z/X Ignition (2014)[1]