Shinji ARAMAKI

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1960, Shinji ARAMAKI started out in the animation sector as a mecha designer. In the 1980s he was given the chance to direct single episodes of anime series he was working on as a designer. His first feature film was the CGI­anime APPLESEED (2004) that was followed up in 2007 by the sequel APPLESEED EX MACHINA (NC '08), produced by John WOO. Together with Katsuhiro OTOMO and Mamoru ISHII, he is considered to be one of the leading Anime directors.