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Shinji Higuchi has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Shin Godzilla.
Seoul Station
2016
Animation · Horror
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 foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
Dir. Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno · With Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
Dir. Shinji Higuchi · With Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima
When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.
Dir. Shinji Higuchi · With Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Machiko Ono, Jun Kaname
Eren Yeager leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking. Eren is now injured and tries to protect Armin, but is swallowed by a titan. A Titan with black hair appears and begins to expel the other titans.
Dir. Shinji Higuchi · With Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongo
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.
Dir. Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Ken Ando, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishido, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Shoichi Masuo, Seiji Mizushima, Tensai Okamura, Akira Takamura, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ohara, Masahiko Otsuka, Keiichi Sugiyama · With Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.
Dir. Shinji Higuchi · With Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongo
A highly experimental film presenting a story out of chronological order taking place 15 years after a near-apocalyptic catastrophe, about four traumatized 14 year olds who are tasked with piloting massive humanoid decisive weapons called Evangelion, the psychologically maladjusted adults who handle and command them, and the events and forces that affect them or which they take part in as they engage massive hostile invaders known as "Angels."
Dir. Masayuki, Hideaki Anno, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Shoichi Masuo, Ken Ando, Seiji Mizushima, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishido, Tensai Okamura, Akira Takamura, Minoru Ohara, Masahiko Otsuka, Tetsuya Watanabe, Keiichi Sugiyama · With Megumi Ogata, Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Hayashibara
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