Yasuhiro Takemoto
- Directing
- April 5, 1972 · Ako, Hyogo, Japan
- July 18, 2019
Biography
Yasuhiro Takemoto (Japanese: 武本 康弘, April 5, 1972 – July 18, 2019) was a Japanese animator and television and film director. He worked at Kyoto Animation for almost his entire animation career after joining the company in 1996. His first major job as a director came in 2003 with Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu. Two years later he directed his sequel: The Second Raid. In 2007, Takemoto replaced Lucky Star director Yutaka Yamamoto after his dismissal. He led The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyorōn Churuya-san original net animation series, and was co-director with Tatsuya Ishihara of the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, broadcast in 2009, as well as the film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. In 2012 he was in charge of directing Hyouka, based on a series of mystery novels by Honobu Yonezawa. In the series collaborated as screenwriter Shoji Gatoh, author of Full Metal Panic!. Two years later, in 2014, Takemoto was commissioned to direct another series of Gatoh novels, Amagi Brilliant Park. Four days after the Kyoto Animation arson attack on July 18, 2019, Takemoto was declared missing by his father, who stated "he was untraceable". His death was later confirmed by his relatives and authorities. Source: Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved · Series Director
- Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day · Second Unit Director
- Tsurune · Story Supervisor, Director
- Liz and the Blue Bird · Second Unit Director
- Violet Evergarden · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me · Second Unit Director
- Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You! · Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid · Series Director, Writer
- A Silent Voice: The Movie · Thanks
- Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band · Second Unit Director, Key Animation
- Myriad Colors Phantom World · Storyboard Artist, Opening/Ending Animation
- High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days · Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
- Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future · Key Animation
- Sound! Euphonium · Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- Amagi Brilliant Park · Writer, Series Director
- Beyond the Boundary · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Free! · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Tamako Market · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Hyouka · Series Director, Director
- Nichijou: My Ordinary Life · Director, Assistant Director
- The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya · Director, Storyboard Artist
- K-ON! · Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
- Lucky Star in Budokan · Self
- The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya · Director
- Nyoron! Churuya-san · Director
- Clannad · Storyboard Artist, Director
- The Adventures of Minoru Shiraishi · Director
- Lucky Star · Series Director, Storyboard Artist
- Kanon · Storyboard Artist, Director
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya · Director, Writer
- Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time · Key Animation
- Air · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Munto · Key Animation
- Tokyo Underground · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Full Metal Panic! · Director, Series Director
- Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land · Key Animation
- Kaze no Yojimbo · Storyboard Artist
- InuYasha · Key Animation
- Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle · Key Animation
- Hyper Police · Key Animation, Animation Director
- Baby and Me · Key Animation
- Tenchi Muyo! In Love · Key Animation
- Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me! · Key Animation