Kinji Yoshimoto

Template:Nihongo was a Japanese animator, producer, writer and director. Some of his major works include Megazone 23 and Plastic Little. He also directed several of the Queen's Blade anime series, as well as anime adaptations for I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job and Unbreakable Machine-Doll, and is known for his manga and anime productions with manga artist Satoshi Urushihara. The two along with Yoshihiro Kimura created their own production company called Earthwork. Yoshimoto died on 5 November 2021.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source^[2]
Template:Dts–1986	Megazone 23	Key animation	OVA series Part 1, 2
Template:Dts	Legend of Lemnear	Director	OVA
Template:Dts	Plastic Little	Key animation, Director, Screenplay		^[3]
Template:Dts	Genshiken Pt. 2	Director		^[4]
Template:Dts	Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin	Director, Screenplay, Series Composition
Template:Dts	Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye	Story concept, Director
Template:Dts–2011	Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors	Director	OVA	^[5]
Template:Dts	I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job	Director		^[6]
Template:Dts	Unbreakable Machine-Doll	Director		^[7]
Template:Dts–2014	Vanquished Queens	Director, Composer	OVA
Template:Dts	Queen's Blade Grimoire	Chief director	OVA
Template:Dts	Seven Mortal Sins	Director		^[8]
2018	Joshi Ochi! 2-kai kara Onnanoko ga... Futte Kita!?	Director, Series Composition	ONA	Template:Efn^[9]
Template:Dts	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest	Director, Series Composition		^[10]

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source
Template:Dts	Langrisser III	Opening Animation Staff (director)	Video game originally released for the Sega Saturn
Template:Dts	Langrisser V: The End of Legend	Opening Animation Staff (director, key frame artist), Development Staff (visual artist)	Video game originally released for the Sega Saturn
Template:Dts	Growlanser	Opening Animation Staff (director)	Video game originally released for the PlayStation
Template:Dts	The Shisho (Master Teacher)	Animation Director	Combination live-action and anime	^[11]