Imai Arifumi was born on September 22, 1982, and graduated from Musano University of Fine Arts. In 2008, he joined the famous Japanese animation company Production I.G.
Production IG implements the method of sub-lesson production, and the six classes established in 2004 are relatively young classrooms, and Imai has been subordinate to six classes since entering IG. Originally starting from the most basic middle cut, in 2009, the 6th episode of "I Want to Tell You" was upgraded to the original painting. In 2010, Imai participated in the OVA "Shujia" that won the 7th Animax Awards, which is a battle anime with a strong flavor and strong flavor, and Imai has since opened his talent for action painting.
In July of the same year, the anime adaptation of the CAPCOM action game "Sengoku BASARA II", which was broadcast in the fifth stage of the same year, has been reused, and many action and special effects scenes have been drawn. In the "Sengoku BASARA Theater Version The Last Party", released in 11 years later, a horseback battle between Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura became the most impressive fight scene in the whole film.
The Classic "Red and Blue Battle" of The Warring States BASARA Theater Edition The Last Party
On October 6, 2011, Lesson 6 produced the original animation "Crown of Sin" of NoitaminA (Reverse A), and Imai's famous "Rotten Tail Work" was not only the main action original painting, but also promoted from 16 episodes to single-time painting supervisor, and he has become one of the most important original artists of 6 lessons.
After the completion of the "Crown of Evil" period, in order to cooperate, in order to cooperate with the new layout of the "IG Port" industry by IG President Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, 6 Lessons independently became a new subsidiary, witt studio, controlled by Production I.G. With the producer of the original 6 lessons and Akira Taada as the president, and Nakatake Tetsu was also the director, Imai naturally moved to the wit studio together, becoming one of the pillars of the original paintings of the new society.
Imai painted the classic scene of the fifth episode of Giants
Wit studio's first work after its establishment was "Attack on Titan", Imai is already in the OP subtitle "Action Painting Supervision" (with Yasuyuki Ehara, Yuko Seiryo co-authored), which shows the importance of its status, Imai also lived up to expectations, in this animation created many eye-popping action wonders. The subtle sense of pause in his paintings, exaggerated irregular wave deformations and numerous fragmentary effects become his most conspicuous features.
In January 2015, Wit's first original TV animation "Spinning Girl" was still supervised by Imai, in which he mostly used dazzling fire effects to express special effects, and the fragment effect began to imitate the famous original painting of bone society, Toyoshi Nakamura, in order to spread in the form of blocks, and to create an illusion of "upgrading" shots with a sense of stagnation, thus enriching the picture information.
The first episode of "Spinning Girl"
After the completion of "Spinning Girl", most of the remaining half of Imai's 15 years were loaned to the crew of the Joker Society's theatrical version of "Hirohito" and Madhouse's "One Punch Man". The so-called "strong is strong", in these two animations that bring together the industry's top original paintings, the action scenes he painted have reached a level that he has never seen before, and he has been praised.
The final sasuke fusion technique of "Hirohito" is also from imai's hand
One Punch Episode 5 Master-Apprentice Practice Battle
At present, "Attack on Titan Season 2" is a hit, Imai is still serving as an action supervisor, and we also expect him to bring more amazing action scenes this season.
Imai posted a congratulatory picture on his personal Twitter to celebrate the launch of the second season