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Junji NISHIMURA

西村 純二

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Family name (in kanji): 西村 
Given name (in kanji): 純二 
Date of birth: 1955-12-23 
Non-anime staff credits:
Overseas Director for "Defenders of Dynatron City" 
News: Show:
Junji Nishimura, Mamoru Oshii's Hikari no Ō Fantasy TV Anime Unveils More Staff, January Debut (Sep 21, 2022)
Extreme Hearts Anime Casts Aiko Ninomiya, Sayaka Senbongi (Aug 13, 2022)
Nanoha Creator Masaki Tsuzuki's Extreme Hearts Anime Unveils Story, Cast, Staff, Summer Debut (Feb 10, 2022)
Ranma ½'s Junji Nishimura Directs Hikari no Ō Fantasy TV Anime Scripted by Mamoru Oshii (Jan 30, 2022)
Mamoru Oshii's VladLove Vampire Comedy Anime Streams 2nd Half on March 14 (Mar 3, 2021)
Mamoru Oshii Unveils Vladlove Vampire 'Girls-Meets-Girl' Comedy Anime Show (Jun 26, 2019)
Live-Action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Released Monday (Aug 25, 2018)
Bushiroad Makes Original Mermaid TV Anime Colorful Pastrale ~from Bermuda Triangle~ (Aug 18, 2018)
Bakuon!! TV Anime's 2nd Trailer Previews High School Characters (Mar 25, 2016)
Bakuon!! TV Anime Reveals April 4 Premiere, New Visual (Mar 9, 2016)
Crunchyroll to Stream 3rd Dog Days Season in Asia (Jan 9, 2015)
3rd Dog Days Season's Pre-Broadcast Video Previews Nana Mizuki's Song (Dec 27, 2014)
3rd Dog Days Season's 4th Character TV Ad Features Sharu (Dec 19, 2014)
Director: Dog Days" Takes Place 3 Months After 2nd Season (Aug 29, 2014)
Koitabi ~True Tours Nanto~ Short's First Promo Streamed (Mar 25, 2013)
True Tears' P.A. Works Makes True Tours Nanto Anime Short (Feb 28, 2013)
Kyo Kara Maoh's 3rd Season to Premiere in April 2008 (Nov 20, 2007)
Anime Boston confirms first Japanese guests (Mar 18, 2007)
Windy Tales Correction (Mar 9, 2004)
Los Angeles Anime Festival (Apr 16, 2003)
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The Best and Worst Anime of Winter 2023 (Mar 27, 2023)
Anime Spotlight Winter 2015 - The List (Jan 31, 2015)
Anime Spotlight - GLASSLIP (Jul 23, 2014)
Anime Spotlight Summer 2012 - The List (Jul 5, 2012)
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Staff in:
AKB0048 (TV) : Storyboard (ep 8) 
(The) Animal Conference on the Environment (TV) : Director 
Assassins Pride (TV) : Storyboard (ep 6) 
AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave (TV) : Storyboard (OP) 
Baku Tech! Bakugan Gachi (TV) : Director 
Bakumatsu Crisis (TV) : Storyboard (eps 7, 11-12) 
Bakuon!! (OAV) : Director , Script (ep 2) 
Bakuon!! (TV) : Director , Scenario (eps 4-5, 8, 11) , Storyboard (ep 1) 
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls (TV) : Director , Script (eps 9, 17) , Storyboard (12 episodes
eps 1-6, 8, 15-16, 21, 23-24
)  (ED) , Episode Director (ep 1) 
Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale (TV) : Director , Script (eps 6, 10) , Storyboard (eps 1, 6, 12) , Episode Director (eps 1, 12) 
Beyblade (TV) : Episode Director (4 episodes
eps 9, 14, 21, 26
) 
Billy Inu nan de mo Shōkai (TV) : Director , Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 14, 22
) 
Biriken (TV) : Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 17-18, 27
) 
Bonobono (TV 2016) : Storyboard (16 episodes
eps 61, 63, 74, 76, 85, 88, 103-104, 134, 136, 178, 180, 189-190, 215, 217
) , Episode Director (12 episodes
eps 61, 63, 74, 76, 85, 88, 134, 136, 178, 180, 189-190
) 
CANAAN (TV) : Storyboard (eps 9-10) 
Chained Soldier (TV) : Chief Director 
Chiisana Kyojin Microman (TV) : Storyboard (eps 6, 8, 12) 
CODE-E (TV) : Screenplay 
D-1 Devastator (OAV) : Director 
Diamond Daydreams (TV) : Storyboard (eps 2, 5) 
Dirty Pair Flash 1 (OAV) : Storyboard (eps 3, 5) 
Dog Days′ (TV) : Director , Storyboard (ED; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11
) , Unit Director (ED) 
Dog Days″ (TV) : Director , Storyboard (ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8-9, 12
) , Unit Director (ED) 
Dog Days″: Limone Resort Tenbou Onsen! (special) : Storyboard 
Dr. Typhoon (OAV) : Director , Storyboard 
Eat-Man '98 (TV) : Storyboard (ep 6) 
Emily of New Moon (TV) : Storyboard (eps 8, 13, 19) 
Extreme Hearts (TV) : Director , Storyboard (ep 1)  (eps 2-3, 11-12) , Live Part Storyboard (ep 10) 
Fairy Princess Minky Momo (TV) : Storyboard (eps 3, 8, 15) , Episode Director (eps 3, 8) 
(The) Fire Hunter (TV) : Director , Storyboard (eps 1-10) , Episode Director (ep 1) 
(The) Fire Hunter (TV 2) : Director , Storyboard (eps 1-3, 5-10) 
Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001) : Storyboard (ep 10) 
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (TV) : Storyboard (ep 3) 
Gekijōban Rokumon Tengai Mon Colle Knight: Densetsu no Fire Dragon (movie) : Storyboard 
Gekito! Crush Gear Turbo (TV) : Storyboard , Animation Director (ep 17) 
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) : Storyboard (eps 29, 33) 
Ginga Hyōryū Vifam (TV) : Storyboard (eps 5, 13) , Episode Director (ep 5) 
GLASSLIP (TV) : Director , Series Composition , Script (7 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 10-13
) , Storyboard (eps 1, 12-13) 
God Mars (TV) : Episode Director (14 episodes
eps 9, 13, 18, 22, 28, 33, 36, 38, 42, 47, 51, 56, 59, 62
) 
God Mars: Untold Legend (OAV) : Storyboard 
GoShogun (movie) : Unit Director , Continuity 
GoShogun (TV) : Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 17, 23
) , Episode Director (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23
) 
Gravitation (TV) : Storyboard (eps 3, 9) 
Green Green (TV) : Storyboard (eps 4, 12) 
Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow (TV) : Script (4 episodes
eps 10, 16-17, 23
) , Storyboard (eps 17, 23) , Episode Director (ep 20) 
Happy Lesson Advanced (TV) : Storyboard (eps 5-6) 
Hozuki's Coolheadedness (TV 2) : Storyboard (ep 2) 
Iron Leaguer (TV) : Storyboard (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 21, 25, 29, 52
) 
Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack (TV) : Storyboard  (ep 26) 
Kishin Dōji Zenki Gaiden: Anki Kitan (OAV) : Director , Storyboard 
Koitabi ~True Tours Nanto (special) : Director , Script 
Kuma no Pūtarō (TV) : Storyboard 
Kyo kara Maoh! (TV) : Director , Storyboard (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 26, 40, 45, 56, 59, 63, 71, 77-78
) , Episode Director (eps 1, 78) 
Kyo kara Maoh! 3rd Series (TV) : Director , Script (ep 5) 
Kyo kara Maoh! R (OAV) : Director , Screenplay (eps 3-4) , Storyboard (eps 1-3, 5) 
Lime-iro Senkitan (TV) : Storyboard (eps 5, 7-8, 12) 
Looking for the Full Moon (TV) : Storyboard 
Lord of Lords Ryu Knight (TV) : Storyboard  (eps 21, 25) 
A Lull in the Sea (TV) : Script (ep 18) 
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (TV) : Script (ep 8) 
Magical Meow Meow Taruto (TV) : Storyboard (eps 2, 5, 8-9) 
Mahō no Angel Sweet Mint (TV) : Storyboard (ep 2) 
Mars (OAV) : Director , Storyboard 
Mermaid Forest (TV) : Storyboard (eps 2-3, 10) 
Minami no Shima no Chiisana Hikouki Birdy (TV) : Series Composition 
Miracle Girls (TV) : Storyboard (ep 19) 
Mirage of Blaze (TV) : Storyboard (eps 6-7) 
Mission-E (TV) : Director , Script (eps 3, 7, 10) 
Momoiro Sisters (TV) : Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 10, 15-16, 19-20
) 
Mon Colle Knights (TV) : Storyboard (12 episodes
eps 14, 19, 22, 27, 32, 34, 36, 39, 43, 45, 48, 51
) 
Mushibugyō (TV) : Storyboard (eps 6, 17) 
Muv-Luv Alternative (TV) : Storyboard (ep 8) 
Neo Yokio (U.S. TV) : Director 
Nihon-ichi no Otoko no Tamashii (TV) : Storyboard (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 20
) 
Ninja Hattori-kun (TV) : Director 
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (TV) : Director , Script  (recaps 1-2; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 14, 21
) , Storyboard (ED; eps 1, 4)  (OP2, ED1-2; recaps 1-2; eps 17, 24) , Episode Director (ED)  (ep 24) , Unit Director (ED1-2) 
Nurarihyon no Mago: Gekitō Dai Futsal Taikai! Nuragumi W Cup!! (OAV) : Director 
OL Kaizō Kōza (OAV) : Storyboard 
Oshiete Mahō no Pendulum: Rilu Rilu Fairilu (TV) : Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 10, 13, 16, 20, 24
) 
Otaku no Seiza (OAV) : Storyboard 
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise (movie) : Screenplay 
Pro Golfer Saru (TV) : Director , Storyboard (21 episodes
eps 80, 83, 86, 89, 95, 98, 102-103, 105, 107, 110, 113, 115, 118, 121, 124, 127, 130, 133, 139, 142
)  (27 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 9, 12, 14-16, 18, 21-22, 26, 30-31, 33, 39, 44, 46, 49, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 73, 76
) , Episode Director (32 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 9, 12, 14-16, 18, 21-22, 26, 30-31, 33, 39, 44, 46, 49, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 73, 76, 80, 83, 86, 89, 98
) 
Pro Golfer Saru: Kōga Hikyō! Kage no Ninpō Golfer Sanjō! (movie) : Director 
Pro Golfer Saru: Super Golf World e no Chōsen!! (movie) : Director 
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (movie) : Storyboard 
Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter (TV) : Storyboard (eps 5, 7) 
Ranma ½ OAV : Director , Storyboard (eps 6-8, 10-11) 
Ranma ½ (TV 1/1989) : Director 
Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~Yōsei no Door~ (TV) : Storyboard (eps 3, 8, 13) 
Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Mahō no Kagami (TV) : Storyboard (eps 7, 14) 
Rurouni Kenshin (TV 1996) : Storyboard  (5 episodes
eps 67, 71, 90, 92, 94
) 
Sadamitsu the Destroyer (TV) : Storyboard (eps 2, 5-6, 9) 
Saga-ken o Meguru Animation (movie series) : Director (Arita-hen & Takeo-hen) 
Saint Beast (TV) : Storyboard (ep 2 & 4) 
Samurai Deeper Kyo (TV) : Series Director , Storyboard (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 11, 14
) 
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love (TV 2) : Storyboard (eps 3, 6, 8-9) 
Shinshū Sudamahen (OAV) : Storyboard (eps 3-4) 
Shuten Doji (OAV) : Director (eps 1-2) 
Simoun (TV) : Director , Script (9 episodes
eps 3, 9-10, 14, 16-17, 19, 22, 25
) , Storyboard (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24-25
) 
Soul Hunter (TV) : Director , Series Composition , Storyboard (11 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 11-12, 15-16, 18-19, 22, 24
) 
Space Warrior Baldios (TV) : Episode Director  (5 episodes
eps 20, 23, 28, 32, 39
) 
Star Ocean EX (TV) : Storyboard (8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 9, 14, 19, 21, 24-25
) 
Super Zugan (TV) : Director 
Team Ranma vs. The Legendary Phoenix (movie) : Director 
Tetsujin 28-go FX (TV) : Storyboard (eps 14, 17) 
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (TV) : Storyboard (ep 9) 
True Tears (TV) : Director , Script (eps 2, 5)  (eps 2, 5, 9, 11) , Storyboard (eps 1-3, 5)  (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 9, 11-13
) , Episode Director (ep 1) 
Urusei Yatsura (TV 1981) : Episode Director (22 episodes
eps 44, 51, 55, 57, 59, 65-75 odd, 78, 80, 104, 108, 111, 113, 118, 123, 128, 135, 138
)  (3 episodes
eps 141, 145, 148
) , Assistant Director 
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (movie 2) : Associate Director 
Violinist of Hamelin (TV) : Series Director , Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 25
) 
ViVid Strike! (OAV) : Director (ep 13) 
ViVid Strike! (TV) : Director , Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 10-11
) 
Vladlove (TV) : Director , Storyboard (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12
) , Episode Director (ep 8) 
Windy Tales (TV) : Director , Script (eps 7, 13) , Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 13
) , Episode Director (eps 1-2) 
Yamibo - Darkness, the Hat, and the Travelers of the Books (TV) : Storyboard (eps 1-2) 
Yattodetaman (TV) : Episode Director (ep 22) 
You're Under Arrest (TV) : Storyboard (eps 38, 51)  (7 episodes
eps 34-35, 38, 41, 43, 45, 48
) , Supervising Director 
You're Under Arrest Specials : Director , Script (3 episodes
eps 1.1, 1.4, 5.1
) 
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture : Director 
Zenki (TV) : Director , Storyboard (6 episodes
eps 1, 19, 27, 39, 50-51
) 
Zone of the Enders (TV) : Storyboard  (9 episodes
eps 5, 11-12, 15-16, 19-20, 24, 26
) 

Cast in:
Barefoot Gen (movie) as Mr. Pak 
Barefoot Gen 2 (movie) as Doctor 
Inuyasha (TV) as Mimisenri  (eps 127-128) 
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