Atsushi Nishigori

Atsushi Nishigori
Birth Name	錦織 敦史
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	September 14, 1978
Place of Birth	Tottori, Japan
Occupation(s)	Animator Character designer
Years Active	2000-present
Role(s)	Key animation supervision (2 episodes) Storyboard artist (4 episodes) Plot writer (3 episodes)

Atsushi Nishigori (錦織 敦史, Nishigori Atsushi; born September 14, 1978) is a Japanese animator, character designer, director, and illustrator.

Biography

Atsushi graduated from Tottori Yonago East High and the Toei Animation Institute before joining Gainax and working as an animator for FLCL. Atsushi later went on to become the character designer for Gainax's hit 2007 anime, Gurren Lagann, which he won an award for in the 2008 Tokyo Anime Awards. Soon after, he left Gainax to work on the anime, The Idolmaster, which marked his directorial debut. He also later joined Studio Trigger and directed DARLING in the FRANXX in 2018.

Credits

• "Excretion Without Honor and Humanity" - key animation supervision
• "The Turmoil of the Beehive" - storyboard
• "Catfight Club" - plot
• "Les Diaboliques" - key animation supervision
• "If the Angels Wore Swimsuits" - plot, storyboard
• "Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City" - plot
• "HELP! We are Angels" - storyboard, episode direction
• "Panty + Brief" - storyboard

Trivia

• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt marks the first series that Atsushi was credited as a writer for.
• Atsushi's favorite episode of the series is "HELP! We are Angels", which was revealed in Datencity Paparazzi.