Yasuhiro Takemoto
Directing
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
Directing30
movieSound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
2019
Second Unit Director
tvTsurune
2018
Director
movieLiz and the Blue Bird
2018
Second Unit Director
tvViolet Evergarden
2018
Director
movieLove, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me
2018
Second Unit Director
movieSound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017
Second Unit Director
tvMiss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2017
Series Director
movieSound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
2016
Second Unit Director
movieHigh☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
2015
Second Unit Director, Director
tvSound! Euphonium
2015
Director
tvAmagi Brilliant Park
2014
Series Director, Director
tvBeyond the Boundary
2013
Director
tvFree!
2013
Director
tvTamako Market
2013
Director
tvHyouka
2012
Series Director, Director
tvNichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011
Director, Assistant Director
tvNyoron! Churuya-san
2009
Director
tvClannad
2007
Director
tvLucky Star
2007
Series Director, Director
tvKanon
2006
Director
tvAir
2005
Director
tvTokyo Underground
2002
Director
tvFull Metal Panic!
2002
Director, Series Director
Art24
tvTsurune
2018
Storyboard Artist
tvViolet Evergarden
2018
Storyboard Artist
movieSound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017
Storyboard Artist
tvMiss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2017
Storyboard Artist
movieSound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
2016
Storyboard Artist
tvMyriad Colors Phantom World
2016
Storyboard Artist
movieHigh☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
2015
Storyboard Artist
tvSound! Euphonium
2015
Storyboard Artist
tvAmagi Brilliant Park
2014
Storyboard Artist
tvBeyond the Boundary
2013
Storyboard Artist
tvFree!
2013
Storyboard Artist
tvTamako Market
2013
Storyboard Artist
tvLove, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
2012
Storyboard Artist
tvHyouka
2012
Storyboard Artist
tvNichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011
Storyboard Artist
movieThe Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010
Storyboard Artist
tvK-ON!
2009
Storyboard Artist
tvClannad
2007
Storyboard Artist
tvLucky Star
2007
Storyboard Artist
tvKanon
2006
Storyboard Artist
tvThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
2006
Storyboard Artist
tvAir
2005
Storyboard Artist
tvTokyo Underground
2002
Storyboard Artist
tvKaze no Yojimbo
2001
Storyboard Artist
Visual Effects19
tvMiss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2017
Opening/Ending Animation
tvMyriad Colors Phantom World
2016
Opening/Ending Animation
movieBeyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
2015
Key Animation
tvSound! Euphonium
2015
Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
tvAmagi Brilliant Park
2014
Opening/Ending Animation
tvTamako Market
2013
Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
tvNichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011
Key Animation
movieThe Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010
Key Animation
tvK-ON!
2009
Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
movieMunto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time
2005
Key Animation
movieMunto
2003
Key Animation
movieHamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land
2001
Key Animation
tvInuYasha
2000
Key Animation
tvHyper Police
1997
Key Animation, Animation Director
tvBaby and Me
1996
Key Animation
movieTenchi Muyo! In Love
1996
Key Animation
movieMacross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me!
1995
Key Animation
Writing5
tvTsurune
2018
Story Supervisor, Story
tvFull Metal Panic!
2002
Writer
