Choi Eun-young

Directing

Choi Eun-young

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Choi Eun-young (Hangul: 최은영, Hanja: 崔恩映) is an artist, animator, director and producer. She co-founded Science SARU with Masaaki Yuasa and has worked as a producer on their works Lu Over the Wall and Ride Your Wave. Not to be confused with the South Korean animator who has worked for DR Movie, MK SEOUL and other animation studios.

Known for

Ride Your Wave poster
7.6

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

Ride Your Wave

2019

Inu-Oh poster
7.4

A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.

Inu-Oh

2022

Lu Over the Wall poster
7.0

In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

Lu Over the Wall

2017

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter poster
7.5

High schoolers Momo and Okarun, who debate about ghosts and aliens, investigate paranormal sites, encountering supernatural forces while awaking hidden powers to face the unknown. Theatrical event featuring the first three episodes of DAN DA DAN, and an exclusive interview with Yukinobu Tatsu and Shihei Lin, the author and editor of the original manga, Fuga Yamashiro (Director), and Shion Wakayama (voice of Momo) and Natsuki Hanae (voice of Okarun).

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

2024

The Tatami Time Machine Blues poster
8.5

It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the remote before it breaks. However, his prankster friend Ozu cannot resist playing with past events, even if it means bringing the universe to the brink of destruction. Now "I" finds himself racing through time to avoid disaster.

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

2022

Noximilien the Clockmaker poster
5.5

Noximilien is just a failed inventor in need of recognition, nevertheless a simple but happy clockmaker with a wife and three children. He is a good father and lucky enough to be loved by his wife Galanthe, who covers him with her affection. But one fine day, everything changes when he discovers a magic cube, the Eliacube, at the bottom of a cave. Intrigued by the artefact, Noximilien decides to study it, rushes into a downward spiral and becomes addicted to its power.

Noximilien the Clockmaker

2010

Behind the camera

Ride Your Wave poster
7.6

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

Ride Your Wave

2019

Inu-Oh poster
7.4

A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.

Inu-Oh

2022

Lu Over the Wall poster
7.0

In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

Lu Over the Wall

2017

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter poster
7.5

High schoolers Momo and Okarun, who debate about ghosts and aliens, investigate paranormal sites, encountering supernatural forces while awaking hidden powers to face the unknown. Theatrical event featuring the first three episodes of DAN DA DAN, and an exclusive interview with Yukinobu Tatsu and Shihei Lin, the author and editor of the original manga, Fuga Yamashiro (Director), and Shion Wakayama (voice of Momo) and Natsuki Hanae (voice of Okarun).

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

2024

The Tatami Time Machine Blues poster
8.5

It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the remote before it breaks. However, his prankster friend Ozu cannot resist playing with past events, even if it means bringing the universe to the brink of destruction. Now "I" finds himself racing through time to avoid disaster.

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

2022

Noximilien the Clockmaker poster
5.5

Noximilien is just a failed inventor in need of recognition, nevertheless a simple but happy clockmaker with a wife and three children. He is a good father and lucky enough to be loved by his wife Galanthe, who covers him with her affection. But one fine day, everything changes when he discovers a magic cube, the Eliacube, at the bottom of a cave. Intrigued by the artefact, Noximilien decides to study it, rushes into a downward spiral and becomes addicted to its power.

Noximilien the Clockmaker

2010

The Making of Kick-Heart poster
7.0

A short documentary film about the making of Masaaki Yuasa's "Kick-Heart."

The Making of Kick-Heart

2014

No artwork available
NR

A trapped bird, a mountaintop sunset, a painting in a museum—a picture-perfect poem without words, part of the ORIGINAL SHORT ANIME DAISAKUSEN! series of micro-shorts, a collaboration between Mainichi Broadcasting Service and celebrated anime studio Science SARU (INU-OH, STAR WARS: VISIONS, SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF), this one co-directed by studio’s president and co-founder, Choi Eunyoung.

Pantheon Bird

2024