Hiroyuki Okiura

Birth place: Katano city, Osaka prefecture, Japan. A Japanese animation director and animator. Okiura is known for his detailed effects animation in, for example, the chopper attack scene in Patlabor The Movie 2, and more recently his highly realistic character animation in works such as the opening credits to Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and several Production I.G features. Jin Roh is his debut work as a director. (Source: Wikipedia)