Tatsuyuki Nagai | |||||
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長井 龍雪 | |||||
_(cropped_2).jpg) Nagai in 2019 | |||||
| Born | (1976-01-24)24 January 1976 (age 49) Niigata Prefecture, Japan | ||||
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| Years active | 1989–present | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 長井 龍雪 | ||||
| Kana | タツァイアッキー・ナーガーイー | ||||
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Tatsuyuki Nagai (長井 龍雪,Nagai Tatsuyuki; born 24 January 1976) is a Japanese director andanime storyboard artist. He is known for being one third of the creative team Super Peace Busters. He made his directorial debut for the second season ofHoney and Clover. He then worked on the anime series,Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. He directedToradora!, an adaptation of the light novel series of the same name. He has also directed all three seasons of the anime adaptation of the manga seriesA Certain Scientific Railgun.
Nagai received praise for his direction in the original anime series,Anohana (2011), his next directed original animeWaiting in the Summer was released the next year. In 2015, he directed the feature filmThe Anthem of the Heart which received a nomination forAnimation of the Year at the39th Japanese Academy Awards. In that same year, he directed the mecha anime seriesMobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, the series was the fourteenth mainline entry inSunrise's long-runningGundam franchise. He has since directed the feature filmsHer Blue Sky (2019) andFureru (2024), both of which are produced byCloverWorks.
After graduating from Niigata College of Art & Design, Nagai worked as a freelance storyboard artist and director in the anime industry in 2000. He made his directorial debut with the second season ofHoney and Clover in 2006.[1][2] During this time he met screenwriterMari Okada, and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, with whom he formed an artist collective called Super Peace Busters. The following year, he worked on the sci-fi anime seriesIdolmaster: Xenoglossia.[3]
In 2008, Nagai worked as part of the Super Peace Busters and directedToradora!, an anime adaptation ofYuyuko Takemiya's light novel series of the same name.[4] Following the success ofToradora, the team worked again in 2011 to create anime series,Anohana. The series received widespread acclaim from audiences and critics and has been considered one of the best anime of the 2010s.[5][6] Nagai then directedWaiting in the Summer, an original anime series in 2012.[7]
In 2015, Super Peace Busters reunited to work on the feature filmThe Anthem of the Heart (directed by Nagai).[8] It was critically acclaimed, receiving many awards and nominations including an award for Best Animated Feature at the 36th Anima Festival, a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the49th Sitges Film Festival and nominations forAnimation of the Year at the39th Japan Academy Film Prize andTokyo Anime Award Festival 2016.[9][10] In that same year, they worked again onMobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans with Nagai directing the series.[11]
His next directed feature film,Her Blue Sky, an original anime film was released on October 11, 2019.[12]
In 2023, Super Peace Busters worked on the original anime film,Fureru. It premiered on October 4, 2024.[13][14]
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | |||
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| Director | Producer | Actor | Other | |||
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie (めんまへの手紙Menma e no Tegami) | 2013 | Yes | Movie adaptation ofAnohana: The Flower We Saw That Day[15] | |||
| The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ。Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda) | 2015 | Yes | ||||
| Her Blue Sky (空の青さを知る人よSora no Aosa o Shiru Hito yo) | 2019 | Yes | ||||
| Fureru (ふれる。Sawaru) | 2024 | Yes | ||||
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | 39th Japan Academy Film Prize | Animation of the Year | The Anthem of the Heart | Nominated | [16] |
| 36th Anima Festival Awards | BeTV Award for Best Animated Feature | Won | |||
| 49th Sitges Film Festival | Anima't Award for Best Animated Feature Film | Nominated | [17] | ||
| Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016 | Animation of the Year | Nominated | [18] |
