History Creator / YoshiakiKawajiri

* BornLucky: Played with. Although he isn't over contundent victories, Kawajiri loves to include at least a battle in which the heroes win by sheer luck or are saved by a very external factor; however, it never affects to the medium's mood and its possible tragic outcomes.

* ''[[Anime/{{Lensman}} Lensman: Secret of the Lens]]'' - From 1984.

* ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' - Both the film and the TV series.

Compared to other directors of anime, Kawajiri has kept himself relatively low-key and unprolific as a director, having helmed less than a dozen of full projects and most of them being adaptations of little known works. However, he has worked as an animator for MANY series and movies, and has enough of a CultClassic following in United States and abroad to be invited to animation ventures from time to time.

** PluckyGirl: This doesn't mean they'll give up on their purposes, though. Makie from ''Anime/WickedCity'' and Sayaka from ''Anime/DemonCityShinjuku'' are the best examples.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' - The ''Bloodlust'' movie (adapted -[[AdaptationExpansion loosely]]- from the 3rd novel of the book series) from 2000.

* ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' - Both OVA and TV series.

* ''Film/{{Azumi}} 2: Death or Love:'' - Live action film from 2005 in which Kawajiri worked as a guest writer.

* ''Anime/{{Lensman}}'' - From 1984.

* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' - From 2003. Directed one of the segments and wrote that and another.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' - From 2008. Directed a segment (uncredited).

* BloodierAndGorier - DarkerAndEdgier - HotterandSexier: He ''pioneered'' in all of them!

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' - From 2008. Directed a segment.

The love of many Americans for him is reciprocal: he is a fan of United States TV series like ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Series/{{Rawhide}}'' and ''Series/{{Lost}}'', and was already a BigNameFan of ''Film/TheMatrix'' when he was called to partake in ''Anime/TheAnimatrix''. Aside from Americans with big guns, he likes eveything related to {{Ninja}}, and it shows.

* ActionGirl: Loves strong female fighters, although he also plays with the FauxActionGirl trope depending of the medium. He has went to [[https://www.matrixfans.net/the-animatrix/world-record/interview-with-writer-yoshiaki-kawajiri/ reveal]], however, that strong female leads represent his own personality.

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭 Kawajiri Yoshiaki, born November 18, 1950 in Yokohama) is a critically acclaimed writer and director of Japanese animation. A former aspiring manga artist, he began his career in the "deceased" Mushi Production Animation until it closed in 1972, then went to have a succesful career in Studio Madhouse. Around 1987, Kawajiri was commissioned to make ''Anime/WickedCity'', a very dark movie based on Creator/HideyukiKikuchi's novels; it was supposed to be a short one, but his bosses loved it so much that they told him to make it feature length, which he complied to.

Ever since then, and with MANY series and movies under his belt, Kawajiri has been regarded as a pioneer of DarkerAndEdgier animation in Japan. He also has enough of a cult following in United States to be invited to animation ventures from time to time.

* ActionGirl: Loves strong female fighters, although it can get into FauxActionGirl depending of the medium.

* ''Goku Midnight Eye'' - Also from 1988.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimatrix'' - From 2003. Directed one of the segments and wrote that and another.

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭 Kawajiri Yoshiaki, born November 18, 1950 in Yokohama) is a critically acclaimed writer and director of Japanese animation. He began his career in the "deceased" Mushi Production Animation until it closed in 1972, then went to have a succesful career in Studio Madhouse. Around 1987, Kawajiri was commissioned to make ''Anime/WickedCity'', a very dark movie based on Creator/HideyukiKikuchi's novels; it was supposed to be a short one, but his bosses loved it so much that they told him to make it feature length, which he complied to.

Ever since then, and with MANY series and movies under his belt, Kawajiri has been regarded as a pioneer of DarkerAndEdgier animation in Japan.

!!Works in which Yoshiaki Kawajiri has been involved:

* ''Anime/{{Lensman}}'': From 1984.
* ''Anime/WickedCity:'' From 1987, his first ultra-famous work.

* ''GokuMidnightEye'' - Also from 1988.

* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' - From 1993, the first work of his to really become famous in the West and still arguably his best-known work. Had a TV series in 2003, though Kawajiri had little if any involvement on it.

* ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' - Both OAV and TV series.

* ''Anime/HighlanderTheSearchForVengeance''

* BadassNormal: Kawajiri's protagonists and/or relatively heroic-oriented characters often use "common" skills, including smarts and tech, against enemies who are usually endowed with impressive supernatural or groundbreaking abilities. It arguably makes a point of MugglesDoItBetter, as the heroes always manage to overcome their opponents on their own way despite the comparative lack of power.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Common traits of his female characters are very pale skin and black or dark bluish hair, along with a stylistically inverted triangle-shaped face design.

* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' - From 1993, the first work of his to really become famous in the West and still arguably his best-known work. Had a TV series in 2003.

* BadassNormal: Kawajiri's protagonists and/or relatively heroic-oriented characters often use normal skills, including smarts and tech, against enemies who are usually endowed with impressive supernatural or groundbreaking abilities. It arguably makes a point of MugglesDoItBetter, as the heroes always manage to overcame their opponents on their own way despite the comparative lack of power.

* LanternJawOfJustice: His male leads.

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭 Kawajiri Yoshiaki, born November 18, 1950 in Yokohama) is a critically acclaimed writer and director of Japanese animation. He began his career in the "deceased" Mushi Production Animation until it closed in 1972, then went to have a succesful career in Studio Madhouse. Around 1987, Kawajuri was commisioned to make ''Anime/WickedCity'', a very dark movie based on Creator/HideyukiKikuchi's novels; it was supposed to be a short one, but his bosses loved it so much that they told him to make it feature length, which he complied to.

* ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' - Both OAV and TV series.

* ActionGirl <- -> FauxActionGirl: Seriously depends on the series
* BadassNormal: Many of his male leads.

* DesignatedVictim: Some of his female leads
** PluckyGirl: This doesn't mean they'll give up on their purposes, though. Makie from ''Anime/WickedCity'' and Sayaka from ''Anime/DemonCityShinjuku'' are the best examples

* TallDarkAndSnarky: His leading males

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunter D'' - The ''Bloodlust'' movie (adapted -[[AdaptationExpansion loosely]]- from the 3rd novel of the book series) from 2000.

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭 Kawajiri Yoshiaki, born November 18, 1950 in Yokohama) is a critically acclaimed writer and director of Japanese animation. He began his career in the "deceased" Mushi Production Animation until it closed in 1972, then went to have a succesful career in Studio Madhouse. Around 1987, Kawajuri was commisioned to make WickedCity, a very dark movie based on Hideyuki Kikuchi's novels; it was supposed to be a short one, but his bosses loved it so much that they told him to make it feature length, which he complied to.

* ''WickedCity:'' From 1987, his first ultra-famous work.
* ''DemonCityShinjuku'' - From 1988.

* ''NinjaScroll'' - From 1993, the first work of his to really become famous in the West and still arguably his best-known work. Had a TV series in 2003.

* ''{{X 1999}}'' - Both OAV and TV series.
* ''VampireHunter D'' - The ''Bloodlust'' movie (adapted -[[AdaptationExpansion loosely]]- from the 3rd novel of the book series) from 2000.

** PluckyGirl: This doesn't mean they'll give up on their purposes, though. Makie from ''WickedCity'' and Sayaka from ''DemonCityShinjuku'' are the best examples

* ''CyberCityOedo808'' - From 1990.

* ''HighlanderTheSearchForVengeance''

* ''VampireHunter D'' - The ''Bloodlust'' movie (adapted -[[AdaptationExpansion loosely]]- from the 3rd novel of the book series) from 2000.