Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Born November 18, 1950· Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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Born and raised in Yokohama, Kawajiri entered the animation field straight after high school, first working at Mushi Production before co-founding Madhouse, where he rose to animation director in the 1970s. His directorial debut arrived with the 1984 Lensman project, and he soon gravitated toward darker themes, creating the short that became the feature-length Wicked City, a critical and commercia…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources