Arifumi Imai

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/i/user/1584883706858074112) | [Sakugabooru](https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=arifumi_imai) Originating from [Production I.G](https://anilist.co/studio/10/). Currently freelance, with strong ties to [WIT Studio](https://anilist.co/studio/858/). While being an accomplished animator on [Guilty Crown](https://anilist.co/anime/10793/) and [Sengoku Basara](https://anilist.co/anime/5355/), he gained notoriety as an Action Animation Director for [Attack on Titan](https://anilist.co/anime/16498/). Imai, together with Director [Tetsurou Araki](https://anilist.co/staff/100088/), CG Director [Shuuhei Yabuta](https://anilist.co/staff/120824/), and fellow animator [Yasuyuki Ebara](https://anilist.co/staff/133640/), conceptualized how Attack on Titan's ODM gear should move in animation, and Imai himself storyboarded and animated many of its action set pieces. Married to [Hisako Akagi](https://anilist.co/staff/134516/).