Ei Aoki (あおき えい, Aoki Ei, born 1973) is a Japanese storyboard artist and director.
He credits the anime Megazone 23 as his inspiration to have a career in animation.
[2] In 2013, he created the animation studio Troyca with Toshiyuki Nagano and Tomonobu Kato,[3] which began animation production on its first work in the fall of 2014.
Aoki is the director behind Girls Bravo, The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View, Ga-Rei: Zero, Wandering Son, Fate/Zero, Aldnoah.Zero, Re:Creators, and Id:Invaded.