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Mahiro Maeda

Mahiro Maeda

Vibrant Maeda (前田 真宏 Maeda Vibrant) born March 14, 1963 is one of the most prominent Japanese anime creators working today, having worked as director, character designer, and animator for many of japan's top series. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies called him "one of the most imaginative visualists in anime". He also worked on Concept Art and Design for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which won six Academy Awards.

He has been one of the top contributors at the anime studio GONZO for many years, having direct-Blue Submarine No. 6, Final Fantasy: Unlimited and Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo.

His design work ranges from 2 of the "Angels" in Neon Genesis Evangelion to production and mechanical design for such series as Magic user's Club (魔法使いTai! Mahō Tsu Zi Tai!), The Vision of Escaflowne and Last Exile. He was also the designer of the invaders in Gatekeepers 21.

His earl garden years were spent mostly at the famed Studio Ghibli, where he helped animate classics such as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and por banco Rosso.

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Movies Made By Mahiro Maeda (47)

Special Broadcast Movie "Shin Kamen Rider" Premise/Act 1: Kumo-Aug (2023)

A TV special which contained the first 23 minutes of "Shin Kamen Rider" footage and was broadcasted on MBS in order to promote the movie. ...

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Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What's justice? What's evil? Will ...

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EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.) (2023)

120 minutes before "EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO. ...

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SSSS.GRIDMAN Grand Episode (2023)

Yuuta Hibiki wakes up in the room of Rikka Takarada and notices two things: he has no memories, and he can hear a mysterious voice calling his name from a nearby room. On further inspection, he finds a robot—which introduces itself as Hyper Agent Gridman ...

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Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation (2022)

Anime, live action and music by cutting-edge artist Eve — all woven together into this dreamlike sonic experience inspired by the story of Adam and Eve. ...

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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)

In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Ev ...

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A Good Child's History Anime: The Giant Turnip (Inc.) (2016)

Short animation made to celebrate Studio Khara's 10th anniversary. ...

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Shin Godzilla (2016)

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a fore ...

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Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes (2016)

The Sky Pirate Fam and Millia (the princess who Fam rescued as her Turan Kingdom faced devastation) wage a battle against the Ades Federation that reduced Turan to ashes, and aim to establish a revived Turan Kingdom. ...

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Hammerhead (2015)

A bad man becomes a superhero and goes on a rampage. ...

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Rapid Rouge (2015)

Revolutionaries from the Yatsushima nation try to rescue their surrendered master. ...

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to ...

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Kanón (2015)

Based on the novel "Adam Stvořitel" by Karel Čapek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except himself. God, as punishment, lets Adam rebuild the world to his whim and will. ...

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Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)

2199 AD. Yamato tried to leave behind the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, after receiving a "Cosmo Reverse System" at its destination, Iscandar. However, suddenly, it encounters a mysterious group at the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The crew finds ou ...

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Peaceful Times (F02) Petit Film (2013)

The short features previously unseen Evangelion storyboard art. Evangelion director Hideaki Anno supervised the "petit film," and Mahiro Maeda directed and storyboarded it. Shiro Sagisu provided the music, and voice actress Megumi Hayashibara narrates the ...

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Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic Kaworu Na ...

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Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012)

The short focuses on the God Warrior from Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (1984). Super-powered bio-weapons in ceramic armor begin attacking Tokyo, annihilating human civilization. ...

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Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Sh ...

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Genius Party Beyond (2008)

Five stories, five maestros, five styles and one common denominator: maximum creativity. Studio 4°C, the coolest label on the planet, invites us for the second time to an exclusive reunion of a talents with a group film, full of freedom and ingenuity, tha ...

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Ani*Kuri15 (2008)

15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators". ...

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Gala (2008)

Depicted in a mostly playful manner, a gagaku-fantasy as never ever seen before! ...

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Princess Onmitsu (2007)

A magical girl and her doll must defeat an invading horde of air pirates. ...

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Brave Story (2006)

Jr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a magical door to another world where one can ...

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Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)

It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a ...

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance. ...

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The Animatrix (2003)

Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict b ...

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The Second Renaissance Part II (2003)

The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies. ...

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The Second Renaissance Part I (2003)

Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2. ...

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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she ...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity. ...

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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may ...

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Gunsmith Cats (1995)

Rally Vincent and Minnie May Hopkins are just a pair of gun shop owners who do a bit of bounty hunting to make ends meet when a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms agent comes to them. Using the threat of arresting them for their lack of a retail license ...

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Porco Rosso (1992)

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig du ...

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Moonlight Pierce (1991)

Because of a mysterious earring, Yumemi, a young japanese student, becomes involved in a mysterious story. She must go to Germany, where she learns that the spirit of an evil prince is haunting her earring... ...

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Route 20: Galactic Airport (1991)

A pilot film for an unmade Gainax anime that was planned to follow their first movie, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise. However, Wings of Honneamise failed at the box office and with the recent collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble, no company ...

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Only Yesterday (1991)

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self. ...

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Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III (1991)

The third and final specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean's narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers on a series of critical battles by the indestructible submarine, Nautilus and the conflict between C ...

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The Tale of Genji (1987)

Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an unobtainable object of desire: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obses ...

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Battle Royale High School (1987)

When the school Karate club's star fighter quits and decides to go pro, he unwittingly fulfills an ancient interdimensional prophecy and becomes demon king of his dimension. Soon his high school becomes a battleground for demon slaying samurai, interplanet ...

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Robot Carnival (1987)

An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them. ...

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Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)

On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their world's first spaceflight program. For astro ...

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Castle in the Sky (1986)

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. ...

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Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise Pilot (1985)

Short pilot film from year 1985 for the Royal Space Force movie that came out two years later. ...

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Birth (1984)

Aqualoid was a prosperous planet, but an attack from a mysterious life force, the Inorganics, transforms it into a post-apocalyptic shell of its former self. When Nam finds a mysterious sword, he is suddenly the object of a planet-wide chase. With the Inor ...

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DAICON IV Opening Animation (1983)

Set to "Twilight" by Electric Light Orchestra, the girl from DAICON III has become a bunny suit-clad fighter, getting around on a mysterious flying sword, taking on the villains of sci-fi and popular fiction. What will become of the world after this? ...

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DAICON III Opening Animation (1981)

A girl is visited by two men from a space ship. They give her water she needs for her daicon (radish). On her journey to deliver the water, she crosses paths with iconic characters from comic books, live-action films, literature and animation. ...

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Movies Starring Mahiro Maeda (3)

Documentary "Shin Kamen Rider" ~Behind the Scenes of the Hero Action Challenge~ (2023)

"Shin Kamen Rider" is the first live-action film directed by Hideaki Anno since "Shin Godzilla" seven years ago. In the 52-year history of the "Masked Rider" series, this is the first time that cameras have been on the production site for an extended perio ...

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Anno-san and Our Reckless Challenge: Japan Animator Expo (2015)

A documentary about Hideaki Anno's project, Japan Animator Expo. ...

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Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime (2003)

A short documentary on Japanese animation featured on the DVD for The Animatrix (2003). ...

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