Yasuhiro Irie

Yasuhiro Irie, born on March 30, 1971, is a Japanese animator, character designer, and anime director. He started out at Sunrise, working as an animator and animation director on numerous productions before moving into direction with volumes 2 through 4 of Alien 9 and the 2004 television series Kurau Phantom Memory. He went on to direct Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and his other credits include Vision of Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, and RahXephon. He belongs to the Japan Animation Creators Association.