Hisaharu Iijima

is a Japanese art director, background artist, and CEO of art studio .

Early life During high school, Iijima did watercolor and oil painting and decided to go to a vocational school where he found that he liked to paint landscapes and backgrounds. He became a fan of Rembrandt and wanted to paint with expressive light and shadows similar to him. as well as Uta Kata on his own. That year, Iijima left Studio Easter and formed his own company, Ryuubidou, in June. For the next few years, Iijima and his studio worked on a number of series until the director of Le Portrait de Petit Cossette, Akiyuki Shinbo, by then basing himself out of studio Shaft, heard that Iijima had formed his own studio and decided to ask him to be the art director for the studio's upcoming Hidamari Sketch series that was in pre-production. Shinbo considered Iijima to be a key artist responsible for the core foundations of Hidamari Sketch alongside (at the time) art designer Tatsuya Oishi and chief director Ryouki Kamitsubo throughout its run, even as the latter two were no longer involved in its later seasons. From that point on, Iijima worked mainly with Shinbo and Shaft's productions while occasionally taking on jobs elsewhere. He took over the role of art director for Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei in its first OVA series and third season,

Regarding the style of Bakemonogatari, visual director Nobuyuki Takeuchi had interest in the photography works of Sadahiro Koizumi and had shown Shinbo and Oishi; as they liked the idea, Shinbo told Iijima to keep the photographs in mind while working on Monogatari, and Takeuchi asked Iijima to stick closely to the photos where possible. Iijima also found it interesting to paint both foreground objects and parts of the backgrounds with solid white colors and white gradients which became a staple of the series' art direction even through seasons he was not in charge of. He approached the background painting with a relatively 'ordinary' color scheme at first which changed when Oishi made certain corrections. Alongside his other Shaft works and occasional works to other production houses, Iijima continued as the art director for Hidamari Sketch until its final release in 2013 and Monogatari until 2014. By that time, with Hanamonogatari, Iijima was joined by art director Ken Naitou from Studio Tulip who would take over as art director for the succeeding television works of the series while Iijima focused his and Ryuubidou's efforts on the Kizumonogatari film trilogy. He thought that Naitou might have been intimated when he took over his responsibilities, but felt relieved seeing Naitou's work on Owarimonogatari (2015) and that he could continue to make interesting pictures that even he couldn't. Kizumonogatari had a very different approach to the rest of the Monogatari series, however, as director Oishi was adamant about using live-action photography for all of the shots of the sky and using 3DCG for most of the buildings and environmental shots besides the close-ups. Since the overall artistic direction heavily leaned on the 3D backgrounds, Iijima even joked about whether or not he'd lose his job on the film.

Following Kizumonogatari, Iijima was the art director for Stan Lee and Hiroshi Nagahama's The Reflection (2017) at Studio Deen, By then, much of the Ryuubidou staff had left and Shaft founded its own art department with Iijima taking on the role of technical advisor at the studio. Although busy with other work, Iijima accepted the request and ultimately drew two and a half screen backgrounds. 2004 Uta Kata Keiji Gotoh Hal Film Maker

Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes Hiroshi Nishikiori J.C. Staff Canvas 2: Akane-iro no Palette Itsuro Kawasaki Zexcs

The Good Witch of the West Katsuichi Nakayama Hal Film Maker Kemonozume Masaaki Yuasa Madhouse Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na Masahiko Ohta Daume

Hidamari Sketch Akiyuki ShinboRyouki Kamitsubo Shaft Shattered Angels Tetsuya Yanagisawa TNK

Hidamari Sketch x 365 Akiyuki Shinbo Shaft Someday's Dreamers II: Sora Osamu Kobayashi Hal Film Maker

Zan Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Akiyuki ShinboYukihiro Miyamoto Shaft Maria Holic Akiyuki ShinboYukihiro Miyamoto Shaft Bakemonogatari Akiyuki ShinboTatsuya Oishi Shaft

Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu Akiyuki ShinboKenichi Ishikura Shaft And Yet the Town Moves Akiyuki Shinbo Shaft Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb Akiyuki ShinboYuki Yase Shaft Nekomonogatari: Black Akiyuki ShinboTomoyuki Itamura Shaft 2013 Monogatari Series Second Season Akiyuki ShinboTomoyuki ItamuraNaoyuki TatsuwaYuki Yase Shaft

Mekakucity Actors Akiyuki ShinboYuki Yase Shaft Art board Hanamonogatari Akiyuki ShinboTomoyuki Itamura Shaft Wolf Girl and Black Prince Ken'ichi Kasai TYO Animations Tsukimonogatari Akiyuki ShinboTomoyuki Itamura Shaft Background art assistance 2015 Owarimonogatari Akiyuki ShinboTomoyuki Itamura Shaft Background art assistance

The Reflection Hiroshi NagahamaKouichirou Sohtome Studio Deen March Comes In like a Lion 2nd Season Akiyuki ShinboKenjirou Okada Shaft 2019 Zoku Owarimonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo Shaft Background art assistance 2020 Magia Record DoroinuYukihiro MiyamotoKenjirou OkadaMidori Yoshizawa Shaft 2021 Magia Record: The Eve of Awakening DoroinuYukihiro Miyamoto Shaft 2022 RWBY: Ice Queendom Toshimasa SuzukiKenjirou Okada Shaft Art board

The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses Tezuka Productions Background art manager Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Kazuki Kawagoe Bug Films 2025 A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof Yukihiro Miyamoto Shaft

OVAs/ONAs

Films