Hiroshi Nagahama

Birth : 1970-03-15, Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

History

Hiroshi Nagahama (born March 15, 1970) is a Japanese animation animator and director. He is best known for directing Mushishi, Flowers of Evil, and Uzumaki. Back in 2001, he worked on the storyboard artwork for the anime Fruits Basket. In 2017, he worked with legendary comic writer, Stan Lee. They worked together on the title “The Reflection.” He was honored to have an opportunity to work with Mr Lee on such project..

Movies

Mushi-Shi: The Next Chapter - Drops of Bells
Director
On a warm summer day, a boy heard the sound of bells ringing, as if in celebration, in the mountain near his home. Several years later in that same mountain, the mushishi Ginko stumbles upon a young girl in a mountain with branches and leaves growing out of her body. He later realises that she is the lord of that mountain but finds it strange that a human like her was chosen as the lord. He meets her older brother who has continued to search for her ever since she disappeared while accompanying him on a stormy day. The story is about Ginko’s peculiar journey amidst the occult to unravel the mystery behind the enigmatic girl called Kaya and the mountain that has become her home.
Mushi-Shi: Path of Thorns
Director
A young Ginko sees the light illuminating the natural order and his own place in the world. He is forced to move due to his condition of attracting mushi.
Mushi-Shi: The Shadow That Devours the Sun
Director
A strange shadow forms blocking the sun from a village following a solar eclipse. Ginko enlists the help of the villagers to solve the mystery of the shadow before it destroys their crops.
Detroit Metal City: Birth of the Metal Devil
Director
This is a special introductory episode of Detroit Metal City.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena
Storyboard Artist
In a loose retelling of the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, Utena Tenjou arrives at Ohtori Academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her classmate Anthy Himemiya and the power she supposedly holds. At the same time, Utena reunites with Touga Kiryuu, a friend from her childhood who seems to know the secrets behind the duels. Utena must discover those secrets for herself, before the power that rules Ohtori claims her and her friends, new and old.
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Animation
Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.