Hiroyuki Yamaga

Hiroyuki Yamaga (山賀 博之, Yamaga Hiroyuki) is a Japanese anime director and producer, and a founding member of the animation studio Gainax. He is best known for directing the film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) at age 24, directing Mahoromatic (2001), Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002), and an episode of Gurren Lagann (2007). Yamaga also wrote the screenplay for Gundam 0080 (1989). He is portrayed by actor Tsuyoshi Muro in the 2014 TV Drama Aoi Honō based on the autobiographical manga by his fellow Osaka University of Arts alumnus Kazuhiko Shimamoto. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiroyuki Yamaga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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 astronaut ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Yamaga
CAST:  Masahiro Anzai  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Bin Shimada  •  Aya Murata

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 astronaut ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Yamaga
CAST:  Masahiro Anzai  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Bin Shimada  •  Aya Murata

DAICON IV Opening Animation (1983)

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.  (more)

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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.  (more)

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DAICON III Opening Animation (1981)

A short anime film that was produced for the 1981 Daicon III Nihon SF Taikai convention.  (more)

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A short anime film that was produced for the 1981 Daicon III Nihon SF Taikai convention.  (more)

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Orochi Strikes Again (1985)

The mythical eight-headed serpent Orochi was created by aliens, which invaded Earth in ancient times. 2000 years later, they dispatch the Orochi again to destroy Japan and the rest of the world. Only a team of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and a scientist can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takami Akai
CAST:  Kagumi Takahashi  •  Tatsuto Nagayama  •  Kenichiro Mera  •  Yasuhiro Takeda

The mythical eight-headed serpent Orochi was created by aliens, which invaded Earth in ancient times. 2000 years later, they dispatch the Orochi again to destroy Japan and the rest of the world. Only a team of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and a scientist can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takami Akai
CAST:  Kagumi Takahashi  •  Tatsuto Nagayama  •  Kenichiro Mera  •  Yasuhiro Takeda

Uru in Blue

The new generation of the Royal Space Force and their endeavors to make it to space.  (more)

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The new generation of the Royal Space Force and their endeavors to make it to space.  (more)

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The Zero Century: Emeraldas

The story of Pirate Queen Emeraldas.  (more)

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The story of Pirate Queen Emeraldas.  (more)

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The Zero Century: Maetel

The story of Princess Maetel and how she came to start her timeless train trip on the Galaxy Express 999.  (more)

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The story of Princess Maetel and how she came to start her timeless train trip on the Galaxy Express 999.  (more)

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Suna no Akari (2017)

The short's story centers on a boy who finds something shining in a gloomy desert. It gives him a power of light. Guided by the light, the boy is drawn into the connection between the girl he meets and a new world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Yamaga
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The short's story centers on a boy who finds something shining in a gloomy desert. It gives him a power of light. Guided by the light, the boy is drawn into the connection between the girl he meets and a new world.  (more)

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