Yasuhiro Takemoto

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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...

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InuYashaAnime • 2000Sound! EuphoniumAnime • 2015ClannadAnime • 2007Miss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidAnime • 2017K-ON!Anime • 2009Free!Anime • 2013Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!Anime • 2012Violet EvergardenAnime • 2018The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaAnime • 2006Full Metal Panic!Anime • 2002Lucky StarAnime • 2007HyoukaAnime • 2012Nichijou: My Ordinary LifeAnime • 2011Amagi Brilliant ParkAnime • 2014TsuruneAnime • 2018Beyond the BoundaryAnime • 2013Myriad Colors Phantom WorldAnime • 2016A Silent Voice: The MovieMovie • 2016Tamako MarketAnime • 2013Baby and MeAnime • 1996AirAnime • 2005KanonAnime • 2006Tokyo UndergroundAnime • 2002Kaze no YojimboAnime • 2001