Hiroshi Shirai

Hiroshi Shirai is a Japanese CG artist animator and director. He was formerly affiliated with Gonzohttps://anilist.co/studio/3/GONZO. After graduating from Digital Hollywood he joined Gonzos digital division and contributed in the CGI animation production for many of Gonzos projects those including Blue Submarine No. 6https://anilist.co/anime/1051/BlueSubmarineNo6/ Melty Lancer THE ANIMATIONhttps://anilist.co/anime/1155/MeltyLancerTHEANIMATION/ Vandreadhttps://anilist.co/anime/180/Vandread/ and Yukikazehttps://anilist.co/anime/1080/Yukikaze/. In 2009 when Gonzo sold its digital division to Qtec. He along with 24 other former Gonzo employees became part of the newly established animation studio Graphinicahttps://anilist.co/studio/894/Graphinica and has remained there since. Outside the anime industry Shirai also worked on video games such as Nintendos Xenoblade Chronicles series and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild under Graphinica. Notable works outside anime: