Shinji Aramaki

Directing

Shinji Aramaki

Born 1960-10-02 · Fukuoka, Japan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shinji Aramaki (born October 2, 1960) is a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer, born in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was a member of Artmic. He is noted for work on powered exoskeletons and his mecha and CG design on several anime series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shinji Aramaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Space Pirate Captain Harlock poster
6.6

Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

2013

Starship Troopers: Invasion poster
5.9

The troopers of two starships have joined forces to terminate a massive bug attack at a Federation outpost. Before the mission can be completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and goes inexplicably dark. The remaining battle-hardened troopers race to the rescue only to discover that the threat from the bugs is about to hit home.

Starship Troopers: Invasion

2012

Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars poster
5.9

Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.

Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars

2017

Appleseed poster
6.7

In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

Appleseed

2004

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War poster
6.8

In the year 2045, after an economic disaster known as the Synchronized Global Default, rapid developments in AI propelled the world to enter a state of "Sustainable War". However, the public is not aware of the threat that AI has towards the human race. A compilation film with newly added footage.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War

2021

Halo Legends poster
7.3

The universe of the Halo video game series is expanded in seven short animated films from Japan's greatest anime directors and studios.

Halo Legends

2010

Appleseed: Ex Machina poster
6.5

As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats that Deunan must contend with as she fights to save Olympus!

Appleseed: Ex Machina

2007

Genocyber poster
5.6

As the nations of the world begin to merge, world peace is threatened by the private armies of individual corporations. The Kuryu Group has just discovered a weapon that will tip world power in their favor. The Genocyber: a nightmarish combination of cybernetics and psychic potential. Many desire to control this monstrosity, but can its hatred be contained... Battle erupts, and the cyberpunk world of the future is about to explode with violence.

Genocyber

1994

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 poster
6.1

Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn't take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn't quite know how to operate. Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he's late for his date, it's over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term "over-dressed." And to top it all off, Kilgore wants to make him late- as in "the late Kouji!"

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01

1987

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 poster
6.1

Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn't take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn't quite know how to operate. Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he's late for his date, it's over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term "over-dressed." And to top it all off, Kilgore wants to make him late- as in "the late Kouji!"

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01

1987

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 poster
6.1

Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn't take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn't quite know how to operate. Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he's late for his date, it's over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term "over-dressed." And to top it all off, Kilgore wants to make him late- as in "the late Kouji!"

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01

1987

Appleseed Alpha poster
6.8

The Third World War (2099–2126) devastated part of the Earth. Former nations are reforming while new powers emerge, and groups of humans struggle to survive in ruined cities. The story follows Deunan Knute and her partner Briareos as they search for the legendary city of Olympus.

Appleseed Alpha

2014

Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve poster
6.3

Years after the events of Megazone 23 II, the only city on Earth is the supposedly idyllic Eden. There lives Eiji Takanaka, a B Level hacker who has just been accepted into EX, the organization that controls Eden. However, before his first day on the job, he becomes embroiled in a network war, a legendary figure named EVE, and a plot to re-inhabit the Earth.

Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve

1989

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Saigo no Ningen poster
6.7

In 2045, amidst an economic disaster and the rapid evolution of AI in a world where sustainable warfare is on the rise, Public Security Section 9, led by Motoko Kusanagi, arrives in Tokyo to confront the "post-human" Takashi Shimamura and prevent the looming threat of nuclear war. A compilation film with newly added footage.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Saigo no Ningen

2023

Megazone 23 III - Part 2 - Day of Liberation poster
5.5

"Megazone 23 III" The Day of Liberation, a 1989 anime OVA, focuses on Eiji and Eve as they confront Bishop Won Dai and his "Project Heaven," a plan to reinhabit Earth. Eiji, a B-Level hacker, and Eve, a legendary figure, become entangled in a network war and the plot to re-inhabit Earth. The story centers on their efforts to stop Bishop Won Dai and Project Heaven.

Megazone 23 III - Part 2 - Day of Liberation

1989

Genesis Surviver Gaiarth poster
5.9

Gaiarth - a world devastated by a cataclysmic war, where pockets of humanity struggle to survive amidst the wreckage of technologies made magical by ignorance. Gaiarth - a world where artificially intelligent machines doggedly pursue their programmed imperatives: to protect, or destroy, humanity. Gaiarth - a world in which an old and terrible evil has reawakened, threatening to once again bring forth Armageddon!

Genesis Surviver Gaiarth

1992

Genesis Surviver Gaiarth poster
5.9

Gaiarth - a world devastated by a cataclysmic war, where pockets of humanity struggle to survive amidst the wreckage of technologies made magical by ignorance. Gaiarth - a world where artificially intelligent machines doggedly pursue their programmed imperatives: to protect, or destroy, humanity. Gaiarth - a world in which an old and terrible evil has reawakened, threatening to once again bring forth Armageddon!

Genesis Surviver Gaiarth

1992

Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential) poster
6.6

Another time, another place. An activation test of a decisive weapon was underway. With its development and operational trials shrouded in complete secrecy, the Another Number - Unit Null, suddenly breaks free of human control and goes berserk. For what purpose was Another Number - Unit Null created? The story of an Evangelion's activation, rampage and howling in another world.

Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)

2015

Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential) poster
6.6

Another time, another place. An activation test of a decisive weapon was underway. With its development and operational trials shrouded in complete secrecy, the Another Number - Unit Null, suddenly breaks free of human control and goes berserk. For what purpose was Another Number - Unit Null created? The story of an Evangelion's activation, rampage and howling in another world.

Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)

2015

Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki poster
NR

Short focusing on the collaboration between John Woo and Shinji Aramaki in Appleseed Ex Machina.

Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

2008