Yasuhiro Takemoto
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 5, 1972
- Died
- July 18, 2019 (aged 47)
- Birthplace
- Ako, Hyogo, Japan
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
Movie · Series Director
Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
Movie · Second Unit Director
Liz and the Blue Bird
Movie · Second Unit Director
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me
Movie · Second Unit Director
Violet Evergarden
TV · Director · 1 ep
Tsurune
TV · Director · 2 eps
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
Movie · Second Unit Director
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
TV · Series Director · 25 eps
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
Movie · Second Unit Director
Myriad Colors Phantom World
TV · Director · 1 ep
High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
Movie · Second Unit Director
Sound! Euphonium
TV · Director · 1 ep
Amagi Brilliant Park
TV · Series Director · 13 eps
Beyond the Boundary
TV · Director · 3 eps
Free!
TV · Director · 3 eps
Tamako Market
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hyouka
TV · Series Director · 22 eps
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
TV · Director · 3 eps
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
TV · Director, Assistant Director · 4 eps
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Movie · Director
The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
TV · Director · 25 eps
Nyoron! Churuya-san
TV · Director · 13 eps
The Adventures of Minoru Shiraishi
Movie · Director
Clannad
TV · Director · 3 eps
Lucky Star
TV · Series Director · 20 eps
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
TV · Director · 2 eps
Kanon
TV · Director · 4 eps
Air
TV · Director · 1 ep
Full Metal Panic!
TV · Director, Series Director · 4 eps
Tokyo Underground
TV · Director · 1 ep