Yuichiro Hayashi

Yuichiro Hayashi (Japanese: 林祐一郎, Hepburn: Hayashi Yūichirō) is a Japanese anime director and animator. After joining an animation school at the request of a friend, Hayashi began working in the anime industry with Inuyasha in 2001 and later got his first role as director in 2012. Some series he has directed include Garo: The Animation, Kakegurui, Dorohedoro, and Attack on Titan: The Final Season.

Yuichiro Hayashi
林祐一郎
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Anime director and animator
Years active	2001–present
Known for	Garo: The Animation Kakegurui Dorohedoro Attack on Titan: The Final Season

Biography

After graduating from high school, Hayashi did not have any specific career in mind to pursue. However, he was convinced by a friend to join an animation school run by Toei Animation.^[1] He later worked on his first series with in-between and key animation for Inuyasha in 2001.^[2][3] In 2012, he directed his first series with Pes: Peace Eco Smile, a series of anime shorts produced by Studio 4°C to promote Toyota.^[4] He was later offered by Masao Maruyama to direct Garo: The Animation at MAPPA, which he accepted.^[5]

Shortly after completing work on Garo: The Animation, Hayashi was approached by MAPPA CEO Manabu Otsuka, to direct Kakegurui, to which Hayashi agreed.^[2] Hayashi later directed Dorohedoro, which was nominated for anime of the year and best fantasy at the 2021 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.^[6][7] Beginning in 2020, Hayashi directed Attack on Titan: The Final Season, which was nominated for Anime of the Year and Best Action at the 2022 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.^[8][9] He was also nominated for best director.^[9]

Works

TV series

• Inuyasha (2001) (in-between and key animation)^[2]
• Sōten Kōro (2009) (character designer)^[10]
• Garo: The Animation (2014–2015) (director)^[5]
• Kakegurui (2017–2019) (director)^[2]
• Dorohedoro (2020) (director)^[6]
• Attack on Titan: The Final Season (2020–2023) (director)^[8]

Films

• Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) (key animation)^[11]
• Halo Legends (2009) (mechanical designs)^[3]
• Welcome to the Space Show (2010) (art director)^[3]
• 009 Re:Cyborg (2012) (storyboards)^[11]
• Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015) (storyboards)^[11]
• Garo: Divine Flame (2016) (director)^[12]

Web series

• Pes: Peace Eco Smile (2012) (director)^[4]
• Kakegurui Twin (2022) (chief director)^[13]