Noriyuki Abe (阿部 記之 (formerly 阿部 紀之), Abe Noriyuki) is a Japanese anime storyboard artist, sound director, and director. He worked at Studio Pierrot on anime series, such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Ninku, Flame of Recca, Great Teacher Onizuka, Bleach, and Boruto. He won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994.
Works
Norakuro (1987 TV series) – Episode director
Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990 TV series) – Storyboard, episode director
Ore wa Chokkaku (1991 TV series) – Episode director
Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992 TV series) – Director
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie (1993 film) – Director
Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report (1994 film) – Storyboard, supervision
Ninku (1995 TV series) – Director
Ninku: The Movie (1995 film) – Director
Midori no Makibaō (1996 TV series) – Director
Flame of Recca (1997 TV series) – Director
Trigun (1998 TV series) – Storyboard (ep. 15)
Saber Marionette J to X (1998 TV series) – Storyboard (ep. 16)
Hunter × Hunter (1998 film) – Director
Chiisana Kyojin Microman (1999 TV series) – Series director
Great Teacher Onizuka (1999 TV series) – Director
Banner of the Stars (2000 TV series) – Storyboard (ep. 7)
Ghost Stories (2000 TV series) – Director
Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001 TV series) – Storyboard (eps. 5, 8)
Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 TV series) – Director
Detective School Q (2003 TV series) – Director
Bleach (2004 TV series) – Director
Bleach: Memories in the Rain (2004 special) – Director
Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (2005 special) – Director
Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006 film) – Director
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007 film) – Director
Bleach: Fade to Black (2008 film) – Director
Bleach: Hell Verse (2010 film) – Director
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (2013 TV series) – Storyboard (ep. 19)
Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014 TV series) – Director
Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014 OVA) – Director
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017 film) – Director
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015 TV series) – Director
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (2016 TV series) – Director
Divine Gate (2016 TV series) – Director
Boruto (2017 TV series) – Chief director (eps. 1–104), animation supervisor (eps. 105–281, 287–293)
The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky (2018 film) – Chief director
Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga (2019 TV series) – Director
Arad Senki: The Wheel of Reversal (2020 TV series) – Director
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh (2022 TV series) – Chief director
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023 ONA series) – Director
My New Boss Is Goofy (2023 TV series) – Director
TsumaSho (2024 TV series) – Director
From Far Away (2026 TV series) – Director
