is a Japanese anime director and producer, and a founding member of the animation studio Gainax. He is best known for directing the film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) at age 24, directing Mahoromatic (2001), Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002), and an episode of Gurren Lagann (2007). Yamaga also wrote the screenplay for Gundam 0080 (1989).
He is portrayed by actor Tsuyoshi Muro in the 2014 TV Drama Aoi Honō based on the autobiographical manga by his fellow Osaka University of Arts alumnus Kazuhiko Shimamoto. Yamaga himself cameos in Episode 7 of the series, playing the owner of a restaurant where his fictional counterpart faints.
Filmography +YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes1981Daicon IIIYesYesShort, Opening animation1983Daicon IVYesYesShort, Opening animation1987Wings of HonneamiseYesYes1988GunbusterYesMini-Series1989Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the PocketYesSeries1989Komatsu Sakyo Anime GekijoYes1991Otaku no VideoYesMini-series1995Neon Genesis EvangelionSeries1997Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion2000FLCLMini-Series2001MahoromaticYesYesSeries2002Petite Princess YucieYesSeries2002Magical Shopping Arcade AbenobashiYesYesSeries2004This Ugly Yet Beautiful WorldYesSeries2005He Is My MasterSeries2006Gunbuster: The MovieYes2007Gurren LagannSeries2008Corpse Princess: Aka/KuroYes2011The Mystic Archives of DantalianYesScreenplay2016Omoi no KakeraShort
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External links
Yamaga panel at FanimeCon (with pictures) https://web.archive.org/web/20070807030003/http://www.fansview.com/2000a/022600e.htm