Masayuki

, more commonly known mononymously as , is a Japanese animator and director. He is best known for working on the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion and co-directing the first three Rebuild of Evangelion films.

Life and career Masayuki Yamaguchi was born on January 3, 1961, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. While in high school, he was inspired to enter the animation industry after seeing Hayao Miyazaki's 1978 anime series Future Boy Conan.

In 1982, Masayuki worked on "Key Animation" in several OVA and television anime, including: Acrobunch, Cream Lemon, Fist of the North Star, Cream Lemon Part 4: POP CHASER, Bavi Stock, Gunbuster, Doomed Megalopolis, and Neon Genesis Evangelion. He has also worked under the pseudonym on some media, including: Macross Plus, Macross Plus: Movie Edition, The End of Evangelion (1997) - Storyboard artist, design director, key animation, and visual water artist GAMERA1999 (1999) - Director [with Hideaki Anno] Cutie Honey (2004) - Associate director and storyboard artist Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) - Director [with Kazuya Tsurumaki] and key animation Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - Director [with Kazuya Tsurumaki], storyboard artist, and key animation Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) - Director [with Kazuya Tsurumaki and Mahiro Maeda] and storyboard artist Shin Godzilla (2016) - Storyboard artist, D Unit director [with Ikki Todoroki and Hideaki Anno], D Unit cinematographer [with Ikki Todoroki and Hideaki Anno], and D Unit recording [with Ikki Todoroki and Hideaki Anno] Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) - Draft storyboard artist, key animation, and screen assistant (for animated underwater scenes) Shin Ultraman (2022) - Assistant director, storyboard artist [with Akitoshi Yokoyama, Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno, Ikki Todoroki, Kazuyoshi Katayama, and Linto Ueda] and cinematographer

Television Acrobunch (1982) - Key animation Doomed Megalopolis (1991-1992) - Character designer, animation director [episodes 1, 2, and 4], key animation [episodes 3 and 4], storyboard artist [episodes 3 and 4], and screenwriter [episode 4]