Yasuhiro Takemoto
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-04-05 (47 years old)
Deathday
2019-07-18
Place of Birth
Ako, Hyogo, Japan
Also known As
武本 康弘
Yasuhiro Takemoto
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, ...
Acting
2009
as Himself
Production
2007
as Director
2010
as Director
2016
as Thanks
2018
as Second Unit Director
2015
as Second Unit Director
2015
as Key Animation
2016
as Second Unit Director
2016
2017
as Second Unit Director
2019
as Second Unit Director
2001
as Key Animation
2016
as Storyboard Artist
2015
as Storyboard Artist
2017
as Storyboard Artist
2018
as Second Unit Director
2010
as Storyboard Artist
2010
as Key Animation
2015
as Director
1999
2005
as Key Animation
1996
as Key Animation
1995
as Key Animation
2001
as Storyboard Artist
2025
as Series Director
2003
as Key Animation
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