Hisashi Kagawa

is a Japanese animator, character designer, and animation director that gained popularity for his episode animation director work for the 1990s Sailor Moon anime series. His other notable works as a character designer includes Phantom Thief Jeanne, Toriko and Fresh Pretty Cure!.

Career Hisashi Kagawa entered the anime industry in 1988, and provided various episode animation direction for the second season of Sally the Witch.

From 1992 to 1997, Kagawa then provided many key animations and episode animation direction for Sailor Moon series, and eventually provided character designs and animation direction for its two movies: Sailor Moon S: The Movie and Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie.

After Sailor Moon had ended, from 1997 to 2008, Kagawa provided various episode animation direction for Revolutionary Girl Utena, and character designs for St. Luminous Mission High School, Phantom Thief Jeanne, Bomberman Jetters, Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet, Tai Chi Chasers, Wangan Midnight and Glass Maiden.

In 2009, Kagawa provided the character designs for one of the Pretty Cure series, titled Fresh Pretty Cure!.

In 2011, Kagawa provided the character designs for Toriko series. In 2015, Kagawa provided character design and animation director for Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure segment in Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!!. In 2016, Kagawa provided the character design for Tiger Mask W, and that same year, Kagawa provided the animated attack sequence for Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS live-action sentai film.

In 2020, Kagawa provided the character designs for Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga series.

Filmography TV Anime Year Title Credit Note 1989 Sally the Witch! 2 Animation Director (eps. 18, 23, 28, 34, 40, 44, 49, 56, 61, 67, 73, 79, 85) 1992-93 Sailor Moon Animation Director (eps. 14, 20, 25, 32, 38, 40), Key Animation (eps. 14, 25, 44) 1993-94 Sailor Moon R Animation Director (eps. 5, 24, 39), Key Animation (eps. 5, 13, 17, 24, 39) 1994-95 Sailor Moon S Animation Director (eps. 3) 1995-96 Sailor Moon SuperS Animation Director (eps. 3, 8, 14, 20) Wedding Peach Key Animation (eps. 9, 29, 50) 1996-97 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Key Animation (OP; eps. 1, 34) 1997 Revolutionary Girl Utena Animation Director (eps. 10, 17, 30), Key Animation (eps. 10, 17, 30, 34, 39) 1999 Magic User's Club Key Animation (eps. 4, 13) 1999-2000 Phantom Thief Jeanne Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 27, 34), Key Animation (eps. 34) 2000 Pokémon Animation Director (eps. 143) 2001 Angelic Layer Animation Director (eps. 4), Key Animation (4, 8) 2002-03 Bomberman Jetters Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 24, 29, 39, 52) 2002-05 Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet Character Design, Animation Director (OP, ED; eps. 5), Key Animation (eps. 1, 13)

Anime film Year Title Credit Note 1993 Sailor Moon R: The Movie Key Animation 1994 Sailor Moon S: The Movie Character Design, Animation Director 1995 Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie Character Design, Animation Director 1999 Pikachu's Rescue Adventure Key Animation Short feature released alongside Pocket Monsters the Movie: Revelation Lugia Adolescence of Utena Key Animation 2000 Pocket Monsters the Movie: Emperor of the Crystal Tower-ENTEI Character Design, Chief Animation Director 2005 Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie Key Animation Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky Key Animation 2009 Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends - The Collection of Miracles! Original Character Design Fresh Pretty Cure! the Movie: The Toy Kingdom has Lots of Secrets!? Character Design 2010 Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel! Original Character Design , Key Animation HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital…Really?! Assistant Animation Director 2011 Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World Original Character Design , Key Animation Buddha: The Great Departure Animation Director Toriko 3D: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!! Character Design, Key Animation 2012 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future Original Character Design , Key Animation 2013 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart Original Character Design Toriko the Movie: Secret Recipe of the Gourmet God! Character Design 2014 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends Original Character Design 2015 Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival Original Character Design , Key Animation Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!! Character Design (Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure), Animation Director (Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure) Hug! Pretty Cure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories Original Character Design The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky Key Animation 2019 Pretty Cure Miracle Universe Original Character Design 2021 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Key Animation (Part 1) 2-Part film, Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal 2022 One Piece Film: Red Key Animation 2023 Pretty Cure All Stars F Original Character Design , Key Animation Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe Key Animation

OVA (Original Video Animation) Year Title Credit Note 1996-97 Magic User's Club Key Animation (eps. 4, 6) 2005 Saikano: Another Love Song Character Design, Key Animation 2011 Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake Key Animation (OP)

Live-Action Year !! Title !! Credit !! Note Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS