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Yasuhiro Takemoto(1972-2019)

  • Director
  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
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Yasuhiro Takemoto was born on 5 April 1972 in Hyogo, Japan. He was a director, known for Full Metal Panic! (2002), Clannad (2007) and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017). He died on 18 July 2019 in Kyoto, Japan.
BornApril 5, 1972
DiedJuly 18, 2019(47)
BornApril 5, 1972
DiedJuly 18, 2019(47)
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Known for

Full Metal Panic! (2002)
Full Metal Panic!
7.6
TV Series
  • Director
Clannad (2007)
Clannad
8.2
TV Series
  • Director
Maria Naganawa, Yûki Kuwahara, Minami Takahashi, and Yûki Takada in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
7.7
TV Series
  • Director
The SoulTaker (2001)
The SoulTaker
5.8
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Daisuke Ono, Emiri Kato, Mutsumi Tamura, Maria Naganawa, Yûki Kuwahara, Minami Takahashi, Shiori Sugiura, and Yûki Takada in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved (2025)
    Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved
    8.3
    • Director (credit only)
    • 2025
  • Maria Naganawa, Yûki Kuwahara, Minami Takahashi, and Yûki Takada in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
    Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2017–2022
  • Shimba Tsuchiya, Chika Anzai, Yuri Yamaoka, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Misaki Kuno, Sora Amamiya, Moe Toyota, Ayaka Asai, Ayaka Nanase, and Konomi Fujimura in Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
    Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
    7.3
    • Director
    • 2019
  • Tsurune (2018)
    Tsurune
    7.4
    TV Series
    • episode director
    • 2018
  • Free! (2013)
    Free!
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2013–2018
  • Violet Evergarden (2018)
    Violet Evergarden
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Tomoyo Kurosawa in Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! (2017)
    Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
    Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
    6.8
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Hiro Shimono, Saori Hayami, Sumire Uesaka, and Maaya Uchida in Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
    Myriad Colors Phantom World
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2016
  • High Speed! Free! Starting Summer (2015)
    High Speed! Free! Starting Summer
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)
    Amagi Brilliant Park
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • series director
    • episode director
    • 2014–2015
  • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
    Sound! Euphonium
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
    7.4
    TV Series
    • episode director
    • 2012–2014
  • Beyond the Boundary (2013)
    Beyond the Boundary
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Tamako Market (2013)
    Tamako Market
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2013

Animation Department

  • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
    Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
    6.8
    • key animator
    • 2016
  • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
    Sound! Euphonium
    8.0
    TV Series
    • key animator: opening animation
    • key animator
    • 2015
  • Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future (2015)
    Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future
    7.3
    • key animator
    • 2015
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision (2013)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision
    6.4
    • key animator
    • 2013
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
    7.4
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 2012
  • Hiromi Konno and Shizuka Furuya in Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
    Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
    8.3
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 2011
  • Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley, Cristina Valenzuela, and Lili Troncale in K-On! (2009)
    K-On!
    7.8
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 2009–2010
  • The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
    The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
    8.0
    • key animator
    • 2010
  • Clannad (2007)
    Clannad
    8.2
    TV Series
    • key animator: ending animation
    • key animator: opening animation
    • key animator: ending credits ...
    • 2007–2009
  • Kanon (2006)
    Kanon
    7.5
    TV Series
    • key animator: opening credits
    • 2006–2007
  • Air (2005)
    Air
    7.0
    TV Series
    • key animator: opening credits
    • key animator
    • 2005
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002)
    Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom
    6.8
    • key animator
    • 2002
  • The SoulTaker (2001)
    The SoulTaker
    5.8
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 2001
  • Pokémon (1997)
    Pokémon
    7.6
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 2000
  • Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle (1999)
    Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle
    6.1
    • key animator
    • 1999

Art Department

  • Maria Naganawa, Yûki Kuwahara, Minami Takahashi, and Yûki Takada in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
    Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
    7.7
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • storyboard artist: opening and ending animation
    • 2017–2021
  • Tsurune (2018)
    Tsurune
    7.4
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2018
  • Violet Evergarden (2018)
    Violet Evergarden
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2018
  • Tomoyo Kurosawa in Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! (2017)
    Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
    7.1
    • storyboard artist
    • 2017
  • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
    Sound! Euphonium
    8.0
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2015–2016
  • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
    Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
    6.8
    • storyboard artist
    • 2016
  • Hiro Shimono, Saori Hayami, Sumire Uesaka, and Maaya Uchida in Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
    Myriad Colors Phantom World
    6.2
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2016
  • High Speed! Free! Starting Summer (2015)
    High Speed! Free! Starting Summer
    7.2
    • storyboard artist
    • 2015
  • Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)
    Amagi Brilliant Park
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2014–2015
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
    7.4
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2012–2014
  • Beyond the Boundary (2013)
    Beyond the Boundary
    7.2
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2013
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision (2013)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision
    6.4
    • storyboard artist: TV series
    • 2013
  • Free! (2013)
    Free!
    7.3
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2013
  • Tamako Market (2013)
    Tamako Market
    6.9
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2013
  • Daisuke Sakaguchi, Yûichi Nakamura, Satomi Satô, and Ai Kayano in Hyouka (2012)
    Hyouka
    7.7
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2012

Production Department

  • Tamako Love Story (2014)
    Tamako Love Story
    7.0
    • production committee: Kyoto Animation
    • 2014
  • K-On! The Movie (2011)
    K-On! The Movie
    7.7
    • production committee: Kyoto Animation
    • 2011

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • France's national library catalogue
  • Born
    • April 5, 1972
    • Hyogo, Japan
  • Died
    • July 18, 2019
    • Kyoto, Japan(homicide by arson)

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    Acclaimed anime director who died in the Kyoto Animation arson attack.

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