Shingo Adachi

Shingo Adachi (足立 慎吾) is a Japanese animator, character designer, and director. He is best known for his work on Sword Art Online, the anime series based on the light novel of the same name.

Biography
Shingo Adachi was born in Osaka, Japan. He is an alumnus of Department of Visual Concept Planning, Osaka University of Arts. At first, he wanted to become a professional manga artist and joined a manga/anime research circle called 'CAS' while he was still in college. He then decided to start his career in the animation industry as in-house animator at Xebec after Mitsuru Ishihara who was his senior in college invited him to join the company. He is currently working as a freelancer animator. On December 31, 2021, it was announced that Adachi is making his directorial debut with the 2022 original television anime Lycoris Recoil at A-1 Pictures.

Works
TV Series
 * Rockman.EXE Beast+ (2006) – Character Design
 * Mega Man Star Force (2006) – Character Design
 * Mega Man Star Force Tribe (2007-2008) – Character Design
 * Working!! (2010) – Character Design
 * Working'!! (2011) – Character Design
 * Sword Art Online (2012) – Character Design
 * Galilei Donna (2013) – Character Design
 * Sword Art Online II (2014) – Character Design
 * Working!!! (2015) – Character Design
 * Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018-2020) – Character Design
 * Lycoris Recoil (2022) – Director

Films
 * Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) – Character Design
 * Pompo: The Cinéphile (2021) – Character Design

ONA
 * Minarai Diva (2014) – Character Design

Video games
 * Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017) - Character Design
 * Loop8: Summer of Gods (2023) – Character Design