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 ing 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.
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Filmography
all 45
Director 31
TV Shows 26
Movies 19
self 1

Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)

Tsurune (2018)

Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)

Violet Evergarden (2018)

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me (2018)

Sound! Euphonium the Movie – May the Melody Reach You! (2017)

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)

Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)

Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)

High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days (2015)

Sound! Euphonium (2015)

Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)

Beyond the Boundary (2013)

Free! (2013)

Tamako Market (2013)

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (2012)

Hyouka (2012)

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

K-ON! (2009)

Nyoron! Churuya-san (2009)

Clannad (2007)

Lucky Star (2007)

Kanon (2006)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)

Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time (2005)

Air (2005)

Munto (2003)

Tokyo Underground (2002)

Full Metal Panic! (2002)

Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (2001)

Kaze no Yojimbo (2001)

Kaze no Yojimbo (2001)

InuYasha (2000)

Hyper Police (1997)

Baby and Me (1996)

Tenchi Muyo! In Love (1996)

Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me (1995)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-04-05
Deathday
2019-07-18 (47 years old)
Birth Place
Ako, Japan
Citizenships
Japan
Also Known As
武本 康弘
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