Template:Nihongo is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director. He is known for being one third of the creative team Super Peace Busters. He made his directorial debut for the second season of Honey and Clover. He worked on the anime series, Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. Nagai directed Toradora!, an adaptation of the light novel series of the same name. He has also directed all three seasons of the anime adaptation of the manga series A Certain Scientific Railgun.
Nagai received praise for his direction in the original anime series, Anohana (2011), his next directed original anime Waiting in the Summer was released the next year. In 2015, Nagai directed the feature film The Anthem of the Heart which received a nomination for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japanese Academy Awards. In that same year, he directed the mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, the series was the fourteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. He has since directed the feature films Her Blue Sky (2019) and Fureru (2024), both of which are produced by CloverWorks.
Career
After graduating from Niigata College of Art & Design, Nagai worked as a freelance storyboard artist and director in the anime industry in 2000. He made his directorial debut with the second season of Honey and Clover in 2006.[1][2] During this time he met screenwriter Mari Okada, and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, with whom he formed an artist collective called Super Peace Busters. The following year, he worked on the sci-fi anime series Idolmaster: Xenoglossia.
In 2008, Nagai worked as part of the Super Peace Busters and directed Toradora!, an anime adaptation of Yuyuko Takemiya's light novel series of the same name.[3] Following the success of Toradora, the team worked again in 2011 to create anime series, Anohana. The series received widespread acclaim from audiences and critics and has been considered one of the best anime of the 2010s.[4][5] Nagai then directed Waiting in the Summer, an original anime series in 2012.[6]
In 2015, Super Peace Busters reunited to work on the feature film The Anthem of the Heart (directed by Nagai).[7] It was critically acclaimed, receiving many awards and nominations including an award for Best Animated Feature at the 36th Anima Festival and a nomination for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize awards.[8][9] In that same year, they worked again on Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans with Nagai directing the series.[10]
His next directed feature film, Her Blue Sky, an original anime film was released on October 11, 2019.[11]
In 2023, Super Peace Busters worked on the original anime film, Fureru. It premiered on October 4, 2024.[12][13]
Filmography
Director
- 2006: Honey and Clover II
- 2007: Idolmaster: Xenoglossia
- 2008–2009: Toradora!
- 2009–2010: A Certain Scientific Railgun
- 2011: Anohana
- 2011: Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel
- 2012: Waiting in the Summer
- 2013: A Certain Scientific Railgun S
- 2015: The Anthem of the Heart
- 2015–2017: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- 2019: Her Blue Sky
- 2020: A Certain Scientific Railgun T
- 2024: Fureru
Other
- 1989 – Super Mario's Fire Brigade (unit director)
- 2002 – Cosplay Complex (unit director)
- 2002 – G-on Riders (storyboards and unit director)
- 2002 – Mahoromatic: Motto Utsukushii Mono (unit director)
- 2002 – Witch Hunter Robin (unit director)
- 2003 – L/R -Licensed by Royal- (unit director)
- 2003 – Jubei ninpucho: Ryuhogyoku-hen (unit director)
- 2003 – Ikki Tousen (Storyboards)
- 2003 – Maburaho (assistant director)
- 2004 – Mai-HiME (unit director and storyboards)
- 2005 – Mahoraba ~Heartful Days~ (storyboards)
- 2005 – Honey and Clover (unit director)
- 2005 – Mai-Otome (unit director and storyboards)
- 2005 – Mushishi (unit director and storyboards)
- 2006 – Yomigaeru Sora - Rescue Wings (storyboards)
- 2007 – Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (ED storyboards, episode direction)
- 2007 – Potemayo (episode direction)
- 2008 – KimiKiss: Pure Rouge (2nd OP storyboards, episode direction)
- 2008 – Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed (episode direction)
References
- "Idol Master Xenoglossia". (November 2006) Newtype USA. p. 13.
External links
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- Tatsuyuki Nagai anime at Media Arts Database Template:In lang
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