Hajime Ootani

Hajime Ootani (Japanese: 大谷 肇, Hepburn: Ōtani Hajime) is a Japanese animator, director, and storyboard artist. He made his directorial debut in 2007, but did not direct a full series until 2020.

Hajime Ootani
大谷 肇
OccupationAnimator, director, storyboard artist
Years active2005–present
EmployerImagin (2005–2011)
Shaft (2012–)[lower-alpha 1]

Career

Ootani joined studio Imagin as an in-between animator in 2005. He mostly worked as a sub-contracting animator, and eventual episode director, for Madhouse and Imagin. He made his directorial debut with an OVA adaptation of Ayano Yamane's manga A Foreign Love Affair.[1] Ootani's final projects with Imagin were Needless (2009) and Wolverine (2011), which the studio assisted under Madhouse for, where he was promoted to assistant director.[2][3]

After the dissolution of Imagin, former studio producer Yasuhiro Okada joined studio Shaft with Ootani, where the latter mainly did episodic direction and storyboard art. In 2020, he made his series directorial debut as the chief episode director on Assault Lily Bouquet with Shouji Saeki,[4] and the following year debuted as director of Pretty Boy Detective Club under Akiyuki Shinbo.[5] After Pretty Boy Detective Club, he expanded to other studios, such as becoming the ballet scene director for Dance Dance Danseur at MAPPA.[6]

Style

In an interview between him and Shaft colleague Kenjirou Okada, the two were asked to describe each other's styles and processes as directors. Okada stated that Ootani didn't hesitate to put appealing art and animations first and foremost, and that he admired that about Ootani.[7] Akiyuki Shinbo also commented in a separate interview that he felt Ootani shared a very similar sense of visual direction as him.[8]

Works

Television series
Year Title Co-director(s)[lower-alpha 2] Studio Eps. Storyboard art. Episode dir.[lower-alpha 3] Ref(s)
2020 Assault Lily Bouquet[lower-alpha 4] Shouji Saeki Shaft 12 (#2, 4, 6, 11) (#2, 6, 11) [4][9][10][11]
[12]
2021 Pretty Boy Detective Club Akiyuki Shinbo[lower-alpha 5] Shaft 12 (#1–3) (ED 1; #12) [5][13][14][15]

OVAs
Year Title Co-director(s)[lower-alpha 2] Studio Eps. Storyboard art. Episode dir.[lower-alpha 3] Ref(s)
2006–2007 A Foreign Love Affair N/A Prime Time 2 Yes Yes [1]
2015? Magical Suite Prism Nana N/A Shaft 1 (#3) No No [16]

Video games
Year Title Co-director(s)[lower-alpha 2] Studio Notes Ref(s)
2017–present Magia Record Yukihiro Miyamoto
Kenjirou Okada		 Shaft Cutscene director and storyboard artist [17]

Television series
Year Title Director(s)[lower-alpha 2] Studio Role(s) Ref(s)
2005 Strawberry 100% Osamu Sekita Madhouse In-between animator (#4) [18]
Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei Jun Shishido Madhouse In-between animator (#1, 8)
Key animator (#5, 11)		 [19][20]
Eyeshield 21 Masayoshi Nishida Gallop Episode director (#35) [21]
My-Otome Masakazu Obara Sunrise Assistant episode director (#8) [22]
2006 Strawberry Panic! Masayuki Sakoi Madhouse Key animator (#1)
Episode director (#9)		 [23][24]
Yume Tsukai Kazuo Yamazaki Madhouse Episode director (#4) [25]
2006–2007 The Story of Saiunkoku Jun Shishido Madhouse Episode director (#2, 5, 8, 14, 20, 23, 29, 36) [26]
2007–2008 Saiunkoku Monogatari Second Series Jun Shishido Madhouse Episode director (#3, 7, 12, 19, 22, 31, 33, 37) [27]
2008 Kamen no Maid Guy Masayuki Sakoi Madhouse Episode director (#1, 7) [28]
Chaos;Head Takaaki Ishiyama Madhouse Episode director (#1) [29]
2009 Needless Masayuki Sakoi Madhouse Assistant director
Episode director (#1, 5, 14, 23)
Storyboard artist (#2)
Unit director & storyboard artist (OP 2)		 [3][30][31][32]
2011 Wolverine Hiroshi Aoyama Madhouse Assistant director
Episode director (#1, 12)
Storyboard artist (#10)		 [2][33][34]
2012 Nisemonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura (series)		 Shaft Storyboard artist (#9) [35]
2015 Gourmet Girl Graffiti Akiyuki Shinbo (chief)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa		 Shaft Episode director (#4, 11) [36][37]
Nisekoi: Akiyuki Shinbo (chief)
Yukihiro Miyamoto (chief)		 Shaft Storyboard artist (#11)
Episode director (#12)		 [38][39]
Owarimonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo (chief)
Tomoyuki Itamura		 Shaft Episode director (#6) [40]
2016–2017 March Comes In like a Lion Akiyuki Shinbo
Kenjirou Okada (series)		 Shaft Episode director (#19)
Storyboard artist (#19)
Unit director & storyboard artist (OP 2)		 [41][42]
2017–2018 March Comes In like a Lion 2nd Season Akiyuki Shinbo
Kenjirou Okada (series)		 Shaft Storyboard artist (#1, 12, 22)
Episode director (#1, 12, 18, 22)
Assistant episode director (#8)		 [43][44][45]
2018 Zoku Owarimonogatari' Akiyuki Shinbo Shaft Episode director (#6)
Storyboard artist (#6)		 [46]
2020 Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Doroinu (chief)[lower-alpha 6]
Various[lower-alpha 7]		 Shaft Episode director (#2)
Storyboard artist (#2)		 [47]
2022 Dance Dance Danseur Munehisa Sakai MAPPA Ballet director
Storyboard artist (#2, 5)
Episode director (#5)		 [6][48]

OVAs
Year Title Director(s)[lower-alpha 2] Studio Role(s) Ref(s)
2005–2006 Saint Beast: Ikusen no Hiru to Yoru-hen Masayuki Sakoi Wonderfarm In-between animator [49]
2009 Maiden Rose Hidefumi Takagi Prime Time Storyboard artist (#1) [50]
2011 Katteni Kaizō Akiyuki Shinbo (chief)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa		 Shaft Storyboard artist (#4)
Episode director (#4–5)		 [51][52]
2016–2017 The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer Akiyuki Shinbo (chief)
Yuki Yase		 Shaft Episode director (#3)
Storyboard artist (#3, 5–6)		 [53][54]

Notes
  1. Ootani is not employed by Shaft, but a majority of his output aduring this time period has been with Shaft.
  2. Directors credited for all works as Director (監督, Kantoku) unless noted otherwise.
  3. The terms "unit director" and "episode director" are synonymous.
  4. Credited as Chief Director (チーフ演出, Chīfu Enshutsu).
  5. Credited as Chief Director (総監督, Sō Kantoku).
  6. Doroinu credited as "Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu)"
  7. See main page.

References
  1. A Foreign Love Affair (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits. 監督 / 絵コンテ / 演出 - 大谷肇 [Director / Storyboard artist / Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  2. Wolverine (in Japanese). Event occurs at opening credits. 助監督 - 大谷肇 [Assistant director - Hajime Ootani]
  3. Needless (in Japanese). Event occurs at opening credits. 助監督 - 大谷肇 [Assistant director - Hajime Ootani]
  4. "CAST/ STAFF". Assault Lily Bouquet (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. アニメ「美少年探偵団」に村瀬歩・坂泰斗・増田俊樹・矢野奨吾・佐藤元、PVも公開 [The anime "Bishonen Tanteidan" features Ayumu Murase, Ban Taito, Toshiki Masuda, Shogo Yano, and Gen Sato, and the PV has been released!]. Natalie (in Japanese). January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. "Dance Dance Danseur Ballet Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, More Staff". Anime News Network. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  7. Kenjirou Okada and Hajime Ootani (January 24, 2018). March Comes In like a Lion Blu-Ray Volume 5 (Interview) (in Japanese).
  8. Akiyuki Shinbo (November 24, 2021). Pretty Boy Detective Club Blu-Ray Volume 5 (Interview) (in Japanese).
  9. #2 スズラン [#2 Suzuran]. Assault Lily Bouquet (in Japanese). Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  10. #4 キンモクセイ [#4 Kinmokusei]. Assault Lily Bouquet (in Japanese). Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  11. #6 スミレ [#6 Sumire]. Assault Lily Bouquet (in Japanese). Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  12. #11 ユリ [Yuri]. Assault Lily Bouquet (in Japanese). Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  13. Pretty Boy Detective Club (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1–2. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  14. Pretty Boy Detective Club (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits. エンディングアニメーション演出 - 大谷肇 [Ending animation unit director - Hajime Ootani]
  15. Pretty Boy Detective Club (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 12. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Ootani Hajime]
  16. "PRISM NANA PROJECT". Prism Nana (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  17. Magia Record (video game) (in Japanese). ゲーム内アニメーション 絵コンテ･演出 - 大谷肇 / 岡田堅二朗 / 宮本幸裕 [In-game animation storyboard artist and director - Hajime Ootani / Kenjirou Okada / Yukihiro Miyamoto]
  18. Strawberry 100% (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 4. 動画 - 大谷肇 (IMAGIN) [In-between animator - Hajime Ootani (IMGAIN)]
  19. Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1, 8. 動画 - 大谷肇 [In-between animator - Hajime Ootani]
  20. Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 5, 11. 原画 - 大谷肇 [Key animator - Hajime Ootani]
  21. Strawberry 100% (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 35. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  22. My-Otome (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 8. 演出助手 - 大谷肇 [Assistant episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  23. Strawberry Panic! (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 1. 原画 - 大谷肇 [Key animator - Hajime Ootani]
  24. Strawberry Panic! (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 9. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  25. Yume Tsukai (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 4. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  26. The Story of Saiunkoku (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 2, 5, 8, 14, 20, 23, 29, 36. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  27. Saiunkoku Monogatari Second Series (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 3, 7, 12, 19, 22, 31, 33, 37. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  28. Kamen no Maid Guy (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1, 7. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  29. Chaos;Head (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 1. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  30. Needless (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1, 5, 14, 23. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  31. Needless (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 2. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  32. Needless (in Japanese). Event occurs at opening credits 2. OP 演出/絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [OP Episode director/Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  33. Wolverine (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1, 12. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  34. Wolverine (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 10. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  35. Nisemonogatari (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 9. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  36. "STORY". TBS (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  37. "STORY". TBS (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  38. 第11話 ヤセタイ／オハヨウ [Episode 11 "I Want to Lose Weight / Good Morning"]. Nisekoi (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  39. 第12話 ソウサク／オタメシ [Episode 12 "The Search / Just Testing"]. Nisekoi (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  40. Owarimonogatari (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 6. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  41. March Comes In like a Lion (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 19. 演出 / 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Episode director / Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  42. March Comes In like a Lion (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits 2. OP演出/絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [OP Episode director/Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  43. March Comes In like a Lion 2nd Season (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1, 12, 22. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  44. March Comes In like a Lion 2nd Season (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1, 12, 18, 22. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  45. March Comes In like a Lion 2nd Season (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 8. 演出協力 - 大谷肇 [Assistant episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  46. こよみリバース 其ノ陸 [Koyomi Reverse, Part 6]. Zoku Owarimonogatari (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  47. 『それが絶交証明書』 ["It's Proof of the End of a Friendship"]. Magia Record (in Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  48. "Sutōrī | Terebi Anime Dansu Dansu Dansūru Kōshiki Saito" STORY | TVアニメ ダンス・ダンス・ダンスール公式サイト [Story | TV Anime Dance Dance Danseur Official Website]. danseur-anime.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  49. Saint Beast: Ikusen no Hiru to Yoru-hen (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 1–2. 動画 - 大谷肇 [In-between animator - Hajime Ootani]
  50. Maiden Rose (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 1. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  51. Katteni Kaizō (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 4–5. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  52. Katteni Kaizō (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 4. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Storyboard artist - Hajime Ootani]
  53. The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 3. 演出 - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
  54. The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episodes 3, 5–6. 絵コンテ - 大谷肇 [Episode director - Hajime Ootani]
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