Shinya Ohira

Shinya Ohira is one of the most talented and recognized animators in the world of anime. His animation style includes using exaggerating motion, manipulating gravity and balance with the use of different perspective shots, lots of rapid camera movement, and unconventional angles. With his boldly distorted and vigorous drawing style, his cuts are unique and instantly recognizable. He has worked as an animator for over thirty years. His early work in the 1980s mainly consisted of action and effects cuts. He bounced around several studios (including Sunrise, Madhouse, and Pierrot).

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, that goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuto Nakazawa  •  Koji Morimoto  •  Tatsuyuki Tanaka  •  Shinya Ohira  •  Masahiro Maeda
CAST:  Arata Furuta  •  Akiko Suzuki  •  Shoko Takada  •  Urara Takano

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, that goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuto Nakazawa  •  Koji Morimoto  •  Tatsuyuki Tanaka  •  Shinya Ohira  •  Masahiro Maeda
CAST:  Arata Furuta  •  Akiko Suzuki  •  Shoko Takada  •  Urara Takano

Baku Yumemakura's Twilight Theatre (1991)

Originally released as a feature part of Studio Pierrot's video magazine show Anime V Comic Rentaman along with Abashiri Ikka, Eguchi Hisashi no Kotobuki Gorou Show and Akai Hayate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ohira  •  Shinji Hashimoto
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Originally released as a feature part of Studio Pierrot's video magazine show Anime V Comic Rentaman along with Abashiri Ikka, Eguchi Hisashi no Kotobuki Gorou Show and Akai Hayate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ohira  •  Shinji Hashimoto
CAST: 

"Wanwa" The Doggy (2008)

A child dreams about his mother's pregnancy, creating a crayon-like world of fears, hopes, and joy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ohira
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A child dreams about his mother's pregnancy, creating a crayon-like world of fears, hopes, and joy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ohira
CAST: