Keita Amemiya

Keita Amemiya (雨宮慶太) is a Japanese film director, illustrator and character designer and also the creator of the Garo franchise. Amemiya is also a member of team GAJARI, a production group that was formed in 2015 and produced the music unit, Makai Kagekidan.

Biography
Keita Amemiya was born in Urayasu, Chiba. From childhood, he liked tokusatsu and his most favorite was . After graduating from the College of Art and Design, he joined the company, Den Film Effects. In 1982, he established his own company with famous people such as Osamu Abe. He was the character designer for . He later, in 1988, created .

At the same year, he directed the film, . In 1991, he was the main director for . He later directed the 1995 movie, Mechanical Violator Hakaider. After directing the movie, he didn't work with for 13 years until he designed  in . Amemiya has also created his own series such as ' in 2000, Garo in 2005 and ' in 2013. He has also created anime series such as  and G-9 (OVA).

Film

 *  (1989) - Effects animation
 *  (1991) - Writer and director
 *  (1993) - Director and character designer
 *  (1994) - Director and character designer
 *  (1994) - Creator, writer and director
 * Mechanical Violator Hakaider - Director and character designer
 * Moon Over Tao: Makaranga (1997) - Director, writer and character designer
 *  (2004) - Director
 *  (2006) - Character designer
 *  (2006) - Draft, director and writer
 *  (2009) - designer
 * Garo: Red Requiem (2010) - Draft, director and writer
 * Garo: Soukoku no Maryu (2013) - Creator, writer and director
 * Garo Gaiden: Tougen no Fue (2013) - Writer
 * Garo: Gold Storm Sho (2015) - Creator and director
 * Biku (2015) - Creator

TV series

 *  (1986-1987) - Character designer
 *  (1987-1988) - Character designer
 *  (1987-1988) - Character designer
 *  (1988-1989) - Character designer
 *  (1989-1990) - Character designer and SFX Advisor
 *  (1990-1991) - Character designer
 *  (1991-1992) - Director and designer of
 *  (1992) - Director
 *  (1992-1993) - Director
 *  (2000) - Creator and director
 *  (2004-2005) - Planning and creator
 * Garo (2005-2006) - Creator, writer and director
 * Madan Senki Ryukendo (2006) - Enemy character designer
 *  (2006) - Planning cooperation
 * Garo Special: Byakuya no Maju (2006) - Creator and director
 * Cutie Honey: The Live (2007-2008) - Director
 *  (2009) - Designer of
 * Manpuku Shojo Dragonet (2010) - Character designer ('s conjunction)
 * Garo: Makai Senki (2011-2012) - Creator, director and writer
 *  (2013) - Creator and director
 * Zero: Black Blood (2014) - Creator and director
 * Garo: Makai no Hana (2014) - Creator and director
 * Garo: Honoo no Kokuin (2014-2015) - Creator
 * Garo: Gold Storm Sho (2015) - Creator, director and writer
 * Garo: Guren no Tsuki (2015-2016) - Creator

Video work

 *  (1988) - Director
 *  (1990) - Character designer
 * Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant (1992) - Character designer
 * Skull Warrior: The Skull Soldier The Aesthetic Revenge (1992) - Character designer
 *  (1993) - Director
 * Kiba Gaiden (2011) - Creator, writer and director

Manga

 * Red Mosarium (B-CLUB)
 * Ganapa Arms (Monthly afternoon)
 * Fanged Crow (Monthly afternoon)
 *  (Monthly Heroes) - Character designer
 * Garo: Makai no Hana (Comic Gum) - Creator

Masthead offer

 * Karuta (Weekly Shonen Champion)
 *  - Full version
 *  (PS2 game)

Video game

 *  (1986) - Promotional video director
 * Seiken Saikokaribaa (1987) - Package illustrations
 *  (1988) - AC edition poster
 *  (1994) - Character designer
 *  (1996) - Character designer
 * PAL: Shinken Densetsu (1997) - Director and character designer
 * Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari (1997) - Character designer and game design scenario
 *  (1997) - Director and character designer
 *  (2002) - Character designer
 *  (2002) - Character designer and monster designer
 *  (2004) - Art setting and title masthead
 *  (2005) - Art director and character designer
 *  (2008) - Monster designer
 *  (2013) - New devil designer

Novel

 * Black Rod (1996) - Illustration character designer
 * ROKUROKU (2011) - Creator and image

Other

 * Convention appearances 1 times: (1993-07-02 to 1993-07-04)

Cameos in the Garo series
Amemiya also made a cameo in the first episode of Garo: Gold Storm Sho as a bystander watching Ryuga chasing the Horror Hell Zwei.

Recognitions

 * Received the 2015 Japan Action Award for Best Action TV/Film series for his Garo franchise.