Takeshi Koike

Japanese animator and film director

Takeshi Koike
Born	(1968-01-26) January 26, 1968 (age 56) Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan
Occupation(s)	film director, animator

Takeshi Koike (小池健, Koike Takeshi) (born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director.

Something of a protégé of Yoshiaki Kawajiri,^[1] he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada,^[2] Frank Miller,^[3]^[4] Mike Mignola,^[3] and Katsuhito Ishii.^[1] He went straight from a high school education to beginning his career at Madhouse as an in-betweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him.^[5] His first professional work as director is the title sequence of the 2000 film Party 7; while his first feature film is Redline, which premiered in 2009 and was released in 2010. He served as character designer and animation director for 2012's Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine,^[6] and directs film continuations of it starting with Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone in 2014.^[7] Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".^[8]

Filmography

Director

Year	Title	Type	Notes
2000	Party 7	Title sequence	Opening animation of the live-action film Party 7
2000	Smanime	Short film	Three short animated films for a SMAP concert
2003	Trava: Fist Planet	OVA
2003	World Record	Short film	Part of the Animatrix anthology
2003	Afro Samurai: Pilot	Television pilot
2005	The Taste of Tea	Animated sequence	Animated sequence in the live-action film The Taste of Tea
2005	Funky Forest	Animated sequence	Animated sequence in the live-action film Funky Forest
2009	Iron Man: Pilot	Television pilot
2009	Redline	Feature film
2014	Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone	Feature film
2017	Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray	Feature film
2019	Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie	Feature film

Other work

The Foxes of Chironup Island (1987) In-Between Animation
Wicked City (1987) - In-Between Animation
Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (1988) - Animation Check
Bride of Deimos (1988) Animation Check
Demon City Shinjuku (1988) - Animation Check
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1st season (1988) - Key Animation (Ep 19)
Goku: Midnight Eye (1989) - Animation Check, Key Animation
Goku II: Midnight Eye (1989) - Key Animation
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1989) Key Animation (Ep 1, 18)
Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) - 　Mechanical Animation Director,　Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyoen (1990) Key Animation (Ep 1, 2)
Nineteen 19 (1990) Key Animation
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) - Key Animation
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991) - Key Animation
Doomed Megalopolis (1991) - Assistant Animation Director (Ep 1, 2), Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992) - Key Animation (Ep 1, 6)
Ninja Scroll (1993) - Key Animation
The Cockpit (1994) (segment Slipstream) - Key Animation
True Peakock King (1994) - Character Design, Key Animation
Clamp in Wonderland (1994) - Key Animation
Darkside Blues (1994) - Key Animation
Mighty Space Miners (1994) - Opening Animation, Ending Animation
DNA² (1996) - Mechanic Design, Opening Animation
Bio Hunter (1995) - Key Animation
Memories (1995) (segment Stink Bomb) - Key Animation
X (1996) - Key Animation
Birdy the Mighty (1996) - Key Animation (Ep 1–4)
Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) - Key Animation (Ep1, 57)
Jubei-chan - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (1999) - Animation Director (Ep 10, 11)
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999) - Key Animation
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000) - Key Animation (Op, Ep 1, 5)
Hidamari no Ki (2000) - Key Animation
Fighting Spirit (2000) - Key Animation (Op 1, Ep 20)
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card (2000) - Key Animation
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) - Key Animation
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) - Setting Design, Key Animation
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) - Key Animation
Texhnolyze (2003) - Key Animation (Ep1)
Dead Leaves (2004) - Key Animation
Samurai Champloo (2004) Key Animation (Opening Animation, Ep 5)
The Taste of Tea (2004) - Animation Director
Funky Forest (2005) - Animation Director
Iron Man (2010) - Mechanical Design, Key Animation (Ep 1, 7, 11)
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010) - Key Animation
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) - Character Design, Animation Director, Episode Animation Director (Ep 1, 13), Key Animation (Opening, Ep 13)
Yasuke (2021) - Character Design

References

^ ^a ^b "TS60 : Takeshi Koike - Tokyo Source Page 2" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 February 2014.
^ "TS60 : Takeshi Koike - Tokyo Source Page 1" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "OUTSIDE IN TOKYO : Takeshi Koike & Katsuhito Ishii" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2021.
^ "Why You Can't Miss Redline: An Interview with Director Takeshi Koike". Tor.com. 2 November 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012.
^ "Takeshi Koike - Animatrix Director: World Record" (Interview). Interviewed by REDPILL. Translated by Mike Arias. intothematrix.com. July 2002. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
^ "New Lupin III TV Anime's Staff, Cast, Title Revealed". Anime News Network. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ "Redline's Koike to Direct Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone Film". Anime News Network. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ "Focus On: Takeshi Koike" (in French). Catsuka. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.