Director Spotlight: “The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes”

Dir. SANGOUMI Midori
田口智久 監督

(The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes/ 夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口)

Born in Japan in 1985, after graduating he worked for Anime International Co., Inc. He now works as an independent. He first storyboarded and was responsible for the artistic direction of PERSONA 4:

THE ANIMATION, before directing his first film PERSONA 3: THE MOVIE #2 MIDSUMMER KNIGHT'S DREAM. Since then, he has directed KINO'S JOURNEY: THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD: THE ANIMATED SERIES(2017), DIGIMON ADVENTURE: LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA (2020) then AKUDAMA DRIVE (2020). He also served as the director and series composer for the final season of BLEACH, titled BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, which began airing in October 2022.

1985年日本生まれ。大学卒業後、株式会社アニメインターナショナルに入社。現在は独立。『PERSONA 4 THE ANIMATION』の絵コンテ・作画監督を経て、『PERSONA 3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream』で初監督を務める。その後、『キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series』（2017）、『デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆』（2020）、『アクダマドライブ』（2020）を監督。

また、2022年10月から放送が開始された『BLEACH』の最終シーズン『BLEACH 千年血戦』では監督とシリーズ構成を担当した。