<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> (1971 - 10 - 04) October 4, 1971 (age 46) Tokyo, Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> anime director, animator, character designer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1995--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Hiroyuki Imaishi (今 石 洋之, Imaishi Hiroyuki, born October 4, 1971) is a Japanese key animator and anime director and one of the co-founders of Studio Trigger . His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction . Prior to founding Trigger, he was an animator and director at Gainax . </P>

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