Noriyuki Abe

Noriyuki Abe (阿部 記之 (formerly 阿部 紀之)) is a Japanese anime director, storyboard artist, and sound director. He is best known for working with Studio Pierrot on every major hit such as Flame of Recca, Bleach, and Yu Yu Hakusho. The latter won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994.

Works

 * Norakuro-kun (1987 TV series), Episode director
 * Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990 TV series), Storyboard, Episode director
 * Ore wa Chokkaku (1991 TV series), Episode director
 * Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director
 * Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie (1993 film), Director
 * Yu Yu Hakusho The Movie: Poltergeist Report (1994 film), Supervision
 * Ninku (1995 TV series), Director, Storyboard
 * Ninku the Movie (1996 film), Director, Storyboard
 * Midori no Makibaō (1996 TV series), Director, Episode director
 * Flame of Recca (1997 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director
 * Saber Marionette J to X (1998 TV series), Storyboard (ep 16)
 * Chiisana Kyojin Microman (1999 TV series), Series director
 * Great Teacher Onizuka (1999 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Recording Director
 * Banner of the Stars (2000 TV series), Storyboard
 * Ghost Stories (2000 TV series), Director, Sound director
 * Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001 TV series), Storyboard (eps 5, 8)
 * Banner of the Stars II (2001 TV series), Storyboard
 * Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 TV series), Director, Recording Director
 * Detective School Q (2003 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director
 * Bleach (2004 TV series), Director, Storyboard, Episode director, Technical director
 * Bleach: Memories in the Rain (2004 OVA), Director
 * Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (2005 OVA), Director
 * Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006 film), Director, Storyboard
 * Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007 film), Director, Storyboard, Unit director
 * Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name (2008 film), Director
 * Bleach: Hell Verse (2010 film), Director
 * Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014 TV series), Director
 * Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014 OVA), Director
 * Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017 film), Director
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015 TV series), Director
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (2016 TV series), Director
 * Divine Gate (2016 TV series), Director
 * Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017 TV series), Chief director (eps #1–#104)
 * The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky (2018 film), Chief director
 * Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga (2019 TV series), Director
 * Arad Senki: The Wheel of Reversal (2020), Director