Noriyuki Abe
Noriyuki Abe | |
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| Born | Kyoto, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Storyboard artist, sound director, director |
is a distinguished Japanese professional known for his work as an anime storyboard artist, sound director, and overall director. He has contributed significantly to Studio Pierrot productions, including notable titles such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Ninku, Flame of Recca, Great Teacher Onizuka, Bleach, and Boruto. His excellence was recognized with the Animage Anime Grand Prix awards in consecutive years, 1993 and 1994.
Works
- Norakuro (1987 TV series) – Directed individual episodes
- Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990 TV series) – Provided storyboards and directed episodes
- Ore wa Chokkaku (1991 TV series) – Episode direction
- Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992 TV series) – Served as director
- Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie (1993 film) – Directed the film
- Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report (1994 film) – Responsible for storyboarding and supervision
- Ninku (1995 TV series) – Directed the series
- Ninku: The Movie (1995 film) – Directed the movie
- Midori no Makibaō (1996 TV series) – Series director role
- Flame of Recca (1997 TV series) – Directed the show
- Trigun (1998 TV series) – Storyboard artist for episode 15
- Saber Marionette J to X (1998 TV series) – Created storyboard for episode 16
- Hunter × Hunter (1998 film) – Film director
- Chiisana Kyojin Microman (1999 TV series) – Overall series director
- Great Teacher Onizuka (1999 TV series) – Directed the anime
- Banner of the Stars (2000 TV series) – Storyboard artist for episode 7
- Ghost Stories (2000 TV series) – Directed the series
- Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001 TV series) – Storyboard work on episodes 5 and 8
- Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 TV series) – Directed the production
- Detective School Q (2003 TV series) – Director of the series
- Bleach (2004 TV series) – Served as director
- Bleach specials including: Memories in the Rain (2004), The Sealed Sword Frenzy (2005), all directed by him
- Films such as Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006), Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007), Bleach: Fade to Black (2008), and Bleach: Hell Verse (2010), all under his direction
- Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (2013 TV series) – Storyboard contributor for episode 19
- Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014 TV series) – Directed the anime
- Directed the OVA Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014)
- Directed the film Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015 TV series) – Director role
- Continued as director for The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance in 2016
- Divine Gate (2016 TV series) – Directed the show
- Boruto (2017 TV series) – Chief director for episodes 1 through 104; animation supervisor from episodes 105 to 281 and 287 to 293
- The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky (2018 film) – Held chief director position
- Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga (2019 TV series) – Director
- Arad Senki: The Wheel of Reversal (2020 TV series) – Series director
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh (2022 TV series) – Chief director role
- Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023 ONA series) – Directed the project
- My New Boss Is Goofy (2023 TV series) – Director
- TsumaSho (2024 TV series) – Director