(born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese
animator
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,
illustrator
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and
film director
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.
Something of a protégé of
Yoshiaki Kawajiri,
he was also influenced by
Yoshinori Kanada,
,
,
and
Katsuhito Ishii.
He went straight from a
high school
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education to beginning his career at
Madhouse as an in-betweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him. His first professional work as director is the
title sequence
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of the 2000 film
Party 7; while his first feature film is ''
Redline
The redline is the maximum engine speed at which an internal combustion engine or traction motor and its components are designed to operate without causing damage to the components themselves or other parts of the engine. The redline of an eng ...
'', which premiered in 2009 and was released in 2010. He served as character designer and animation director for 2012's ''
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine'', and directs film continuations of it starting with ''Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone'' in 2014.
Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004
Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".
Filmography
Director
Other work
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The Foxes of Chironup Island'' (1987) - In-Between Animation
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Wicked City'' (1987) - In-Between Animation
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Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars'' (1988) - Animation Check
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Bride of Deimos'' (1988) - Animation Check
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Demon City Shinjuku'' (1988) - Animation Check
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1st season'' (1988) - Key Animation (Ep 19)
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Goku: Midnight Eye'' (1989) - Animation Check, Key Animation
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Goku II: Midnight Eye'' (1989) - Key Animation
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Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl'' (1989) Key Animation (Ep 1, 18)
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Cyber City Oedo 808'' (1990) - Mechanical Animation Director, Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
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Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyoen'' (1990) Key Animation (Ep 1, 2)
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Nineteen 19'' (1990) Key Animation
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A Wind Named Amnesia'' (1990) - Key Animation
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Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling'' (1991) - Key Animation
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Doomed Megalopolis'' (1991) - Assistant Animation Director (Ep 1, 2), Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
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Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1992) - Key Animation (Ep 1, 6)
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Ninja Scroll'' (1993) - Key Animation
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The Cockpit'' (1994) (segment Slipstream) - Key Animation
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True Peakock King'' (1994) - Character Design, Key Animation
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Clamp in Wonderland'' (1994) - Key Animation
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Darkside Blues'' (1994) - Key Animation
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Mighty Space Miners'' (1994) - Opening Animation, Ending Animation
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DNA²
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 1993 to July 1994, with its chapters collected in five volumes.
A 12-episode ani ...
'' (1996) - Mechanic Design, Opening Animation
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Bio Hunter'' (1995) - Key Animation
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Memories
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'' (1995) (segment Stink Bomb) - Key Animation
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X'' (1996) - Key Animation
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Birdy the Mighty'' (1996) - Key Animation (Ep 1–4)
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Cardcaptor Sakura
, abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' Nakayoshi'' from the June 1996 to August 2000 issues, it was also published in ...
'' (1998) - Key Animation (Ep1, 57)
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Jubei-chan - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch'' (1999) - Animation Director (Ep 10, 11)
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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie'' (1999) - Key Animation
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Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' (2000) - Key Animation (Op, Ep 1, 5)
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Hidamari no Ki'' (2000) - Key Animation
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Fighting Spirit'' (2000) - Key Animation (Op 1, Ep 20)
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Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card'' (2000) - Key Animation
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Blood: The Last Vampire'' (2000) - Key Animation
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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' (2000) - Setting Design, Key Animation
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WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3'' (2002) - Key Animation
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Texhnolyze'' (2003) - Key Animation (Ep1)
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Dead Leaves'' (2004) - Key Animation
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Samurai Champloo'' (2004) Key Animation (Opening Animation, Ep 5)
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The Taste of Tea'' (2004) - Animation Director
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Funky Forest'' (2005) - Animation Director
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Iron Man
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearan ...
'' (2010) - Mechanical Design, Key Animation (Ep 1, 7, 11)
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Trigun: Badlands Rumble'' (2010) - Key Animation
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Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine'' (2012) - Character Design, Animation Director, Episode Animation Director (Ep 1, 13), Key Animation (Opening, Ep 13)
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Yasuke'' (2021) - Character Design
References
External links
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Filmography:Takeshi Koike Sakuga@Wiki(Japanese)*
Web Anime Style Animator Interview: Takeshi Koike(Japanese)
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1968 births
People from Yamagata Prefecture
Anime directors
Japanese album-cover and concert-poster artists
Japanese animators
Japanese animated film directors
Japanese film directors
Japanese illustrators
Living people
Madhouse (company) people