Yasuhiro Takemoto

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| name = Yasuhiro Takemoto

| image = KyotoAni Yasuhiro Takemoto.jpg

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| native_name = 武本康弘

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1972|4|5}}

| birth_place = Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|07|18|1972|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO47859060W9A720C1AC8000/|title=武本さんの悲報、親族に「らき☆すた」監督京都アニメ放火|language=ja|trans-title=Bad news of Mr Takemoto's from his family: The director of Lucky Star died from the Kyoto Animation fire|work=The Nikkei|date=2019-07-26|access-date=2019-07-26}}

| death_place = Fushimi, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

| death_cause = Arson

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| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = {{Hlist|Animator|television and film director}}

| years_active = 1994–2019{{efn|Although Takemoto died in 2019, he is credited as a Series Director for the 2021 series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S (a role he has been posthumously given), and several of his production materials (such as storyboards) have been used for the series (which is under the direction of Tatsuya Ishihara).}}

| employer = Kyoto Animation

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{{Nihongo|Yasuhiro Takemoto|武本康弘|Takemoto Yasuhiro|April 5, 1972 – July 18, 2019|lead=yes}} 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 until his death in 2019.

Career

After graduating, he entered at the Yoyogi Animation Institute, a specialized animation academy located in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Upon graduation, he joined the animation studio Kyoto Animation, where he became a director.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-30/lucky-star-changes-director-after-four-episodes|title=Lucky Star Changes Director After Four Episodes|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 26, 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-06/staff-for-renewed-airing-of-haruhi-suzumiya-announced|title=Staff for "Renewed" Airing of Haruhi Suzumiya Announced|publisher=Anime News Network|date=February 2, 2009|access-date=July 21, 2019}}

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 was 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.koi-nya.net/2014/03/07/yasuhiro-takemoto-dirigira-el-anime-de-amagi-brilliant-park-que-sera-una-serie-de-television/|title=Yasuhiro Takemoto dirigirá el anime de Amagi Brilliant Park, que será una serie de televisión|date=7 March 2014|publisher=Koi-nya|access-date=July 21, 2019|language=es|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506162001/https://www.koi-nya.net/2014/03/07/yasuhiro-takemoto-dirigira-el-anime-de-amagi-brilliant-park-que-sera-una-serie-de-television/|url-status=dead}}

Takemoto had great knowledge of classical music. His usage of Shostakovich's 7th symphony in episode 12 ("The Day of Sagittarius") of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the choice of Erik Satie's pieces for the film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya were his ideas.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

Death

Four days after the Kyoto Animation arson attack on July 18, 2019, Takemoto was declared missing by his father, who stated "he was untraceable".{{cite news | url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/kyoto/20190722/2010004080.html |script-title = ja:安否不明武本康弘さんの父親は |work = NHK |language = ja |trans-title = Yasuhiro Takemoto's father told NHK reporter that his son is missing |access-date = 2019-07-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190721224057/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/kyoto/20190722/2010004080.html |archive-date = 2019-07-21 |url-status= live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kyoto-animation-arson-attack-leading-director-yasuhiro-takemoto-feared-dead-1226554 |title=Kyoto Animation Arson Attack: Leading Anime Director Feared Among Dead | work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2019-07-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190725044731/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kyoto-animation-arson-attack-leading-director-yasuhiro-takemoto-feared-dead-1226554 |archive-date= 2019-07-25 |url-status= live}} His death was later confirmed by his relatives and authorities.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO47859060W9A720C1AC8000/|title=「らき☆すた」武本監督の悲報、親族に京アニ放火|work=The Nikkei|access-date=2019-07-26|language=ja}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20190802000070|title=犠牲者１０人氏名公表、京アニ事件で府警「ハルヒ消失」監督も : 京都新聞|website=www.kyoto-np.co.jp|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802063511/https://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20190802000070|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Director=

Amagi Brilliant Park: Director, Episode Director (ep 3, 7)
High Speed! Free! Starting Days: Director, Storyboard
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu: Director, Screenplay (ep 5), Storyboard (ep 1, 9, 12), Episode Director (ep 12)
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid: DirectorMiya, Shotaro et al. "Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid". Newtype USA. 5 (11) 46–47. November 2007. {{ISSN|1541-4817}}
Hyouka: Director, Script (ep 11.5), Storyboard (OP, ED 1, ED 2, ep 1–2, 22), Episode Director (ep 1, 22)
Lucky Star: Director (ep 5 onwards)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Director, Script (ep 3, 7, 9), Storyboard (OP, ED, ep 1–3, 13){{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-24/lucky-star-and-hyoka-yasuhiro-takemoto-directs-miss-kobayashi-dragon-maid-anime/|title=Lucky Star & Hyōka's Yasuhiro Takemoto Directs Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=July 28, 2019}}
Nyorōn Churuya-san: Director
Nurse Witch Komugi: Director (ep 1-2), Storyboard (ep 1-2), Episode Director (ep 1-2)
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya: Director, Storyboard, Key Animation; Chief direction by Tatsuya Ishihara)
The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya: Director

=Other=

Air: Storyboard (ep 3, 6), Episode Director (ep 3), Key Animation (OP, ep 3)
Beyond the Boundary: Storyboard (ep 2, 4, 10), Episode Director (ep 2, 4, 10)
Beyond the Boundary -I'll Be Here- Future: Key Animation
Clannad: Storyboard (ep 10, 16, 22), Episode Director (ep 10, 16, 22), Key Animation (ep 10, 22)
Clannad After Story: Storyboard (ep 5, 24), Episode Director (ep 24)
Haré+Guu: Storyboard (ep 14, 24), Episode Director (ep 14, 24)
K-On!: Key Animation (ep 10)
K-On!!: Storyboard (ep 9, 23, 27), Episode Director (ep 27)
Master of Mosquiton: Key Animation
Nichijou: Storyboard (ep 8, 16, 22, 25), Episode Director (ep 8, 16, 22, 25), Key Animation (ep 2, 8)
Sound! Euphonium: Storyboard (ep 7), Episode Director (ep 7), Key Animation (OP, ep 7)
Sound! Euphonium 2: Storyboard (ep 2)
Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – May the Melody Reach You!: Storyboard
Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love: Key Animation
Tenchi Universe: Key Animation (ep 23)
The Family's Defensive Alliance: Episode Director (ep 6)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Storyboard (ep 11), Episode Director (ep 11)
The SoulTaker: Storyboard (ep 3, 6), Episode Director (ep 3, 6)
Violet Evergarden: Storyboard (ep 4, 9), Episode Director (ep 9)