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{{short description|Japanese animator and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Koichi Chigira
| birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1959}}
| birth_place  = [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], Japan
| occupation   = [[Animator]], Director
| spouse       = Chiaki Yuri
| children     = 1
| years_active = 1979&ndash;present
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Koichi Chigira'''|千明 孝一|Chigira Kōichi|born 1959|}} is a Japanese [[animator]] and director who has directed several [[anime]] series, usually working with [[Gonzo (company)|Gonzo]] and formerly worked at [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/tower-druaga-aegis-uruk-episode-01_article_80341.html|title=The Tower of DRUAGA - the Aegis of URUK - Episode 01|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|date=April 10, 2008|publisher=Mania.com|accessdate=January 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003035638/http://www.mania.com/tower-druaga-aegis-uruk-episode-01_article_80341.html|archive-date=October 3, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Chigira is best known for directing ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' and ''[[Last Exile]]''.

==Career==
Chigira joined [[Tatsunoko Production]] in 1979, working at the effects department. His first major work was as technical director on ''[[Venus Wars]]'' in 1989. Chigira later moved to the production department where he worked as a storyboard artist on ''[[Miracle Giants Dome-kun]]''. Chigira moved to join [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]] where he made his directorial debut in the [[Original video animation|OVA]], ''Nineteen19'' as well as ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]''.

In the mid 1990s, he worked for many studios including [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] where he participated in several installments of the ''[[Gundam]]'' saga. In 1999, he joined [[Gonzo (company)|Gonzo]] and worked on the ''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]'' OVA. He later directed ''[[Gate Keepers]]'' in 2000 and ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' in 2002. Becoming a prominent member of the studio, he directed the acclaimed ''[[Last Exile]]'' and the film ''[[Brave Story]]''.

==List of works (as director)==
*''[[Brave Story]]''
*''[[Cagaster of an Insect Cage]]''
*''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''
*''[[Gate Keepers]]''
*''[[Last Exile]]''
*''[[Luck & Logic]]''
*''[[Nineteen 19]]''
*''Oedo wa Nemurenai!''
*''[[Phantom Quest Corp.]]'' 
*''Ryo''
*''[[Tokyo Babylon]]''
*''[[The Tower of Druaga (anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]''
*''Welcome to Lodoss Island!''

==References==
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==External links==
*{{anime News Network|person|54}}
*{{IMDb name|0157363}}
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