Stephen Sarrazin (trad. du japonais), Réponses du cinéma japonais contemporain, La Madeleine, LettMotif, , 457 p. (ISBN978-2-919070-32-9, lire en ligne), "Shinji Higuchi est passé à la réalisation avec le film Lorelei, la sorcière du Pacifique, d'après le roman de Harutoshi Fukui." p. 207
(en) Anne Gjelsvik et Rikke Schubart, Eastwood's Iwo Jima : Critical Engagements with Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, Columbia University Press, , 256 p. (ISBN978-0-231-85043-8, lire en ligne), "All four film of 2005 were highly successful in terms of box-office receipts, and they were consumed in the midst of the abundance of sixtieth anniversary commemorations of Japan's defeat [The film are Shinji higuchi's Lorelei (Rorerai), Junji Sakamoto's Aegis (Bokoku no ijisu), and Masaaki Tezuka's period film Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 (Sengoku jietai 1549)]. p. 202
(en) Dani Cavallaro, The Art of Studio Gainax : Experimentation, Style and Innovation at the Leading Edge of Anime, McFarland, , 240 p. (ISBN978-1-4766-0070-3, lire en ligne), "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990-1991) [...] Directors: Hideaki Anno; Shinji Higuchi (episodes 23-39)" p. 206
