Age: 63
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Mahiro Maeda (前田 真宏 Maeda Mahiro) born March 14, 1963 is one of the most prominent Japanese anime creators working today, having worked as director, character designer, and animator for many of Japan's top series. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies called him "one of the most imaginative visualists in anime". He also worked on Concept Art and Design for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which won six Academy Awards. He has been one of the top contributors at the anime studio GONZO for many years, having directed Blue Submarine No. 6, Final Fantasy: Unlimited and Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. His design work ranges from 2 of the "Angels" in Neon Genesis Evangelion to production and mechanical design for such series as Magic User's Club (魔法使いTai! Mahō Tsukai Tai!), The Vision of Escaflowne and Last Exile. He was also the designer of the invaders in Gatekeepers 21. His earlier years were spent mostly at the famed Studio Ghibli, where he helped animate classics such as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and Porco Rosso. Maeda is also one of the select Japanese directors to actively collaborate with the international film media on various projects. He provided key animation for the animation sequence in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1. His directorial work has also been featured in such exclusive package films as The Animatrix (segment: "The Second Renaissance Parts I and II"), Genius Party Beyond (segment: "Gala"), and Ani*Kuri15 (segment: "Princess Onmitsu"). He has also visited the American Anime Expo convention in 2000 and 2003.
Mahiro Maeda
Creature Designer
for Creature Designer in Brilliant Crisis Primitiva
Suggested by GodzillaLover04
In the beginning of the year 2100, five years after the events of World War IV, a crew of scientists are recruited by U.S. Navy SEALS to investigate a series of missing submarines and Navy Ships across the Arctic. By January, they discover the wrecks of the subs and ships across the coast of Greenland, however, they found something else... Going deep into Greenland's crust, they find a race of strange, Bioluminescent and hostile creatures of seemingly alien origin. A majority of the crew was killed, but a select few that have survived don't know what will come next. Upon returning to the United States, the creatures, with various sizes and powers, begin to manifest across the world, and begin attacking mankind. One scientist's efforts to stop the creatures leads him and his colleagues to the mysterious paramilitary organization HERZ, which had been founded 20 years prior, as they we're aware of the the existence of the creatures, which are called the "Primitivans." HERZ must both research and combat the threat of the Primitivans while dealing with tensions between their own members and the United Nations. They soon will discover that the Primitivans' goal for humanity is more justified than they think, and are more godlike than they seem.
