Takeshi Koike
Takeshi Koike is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director.
Something of a protégée of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Katsuhito Ishii. 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. 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 , and directs film continuations of it starting with Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".Filmography
Director
Other Work
- Chironup no Kitsune In-Between Animation
- Wicked City - In-Between Animation
- Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars - Animation Check
- Bride of Deimos Animation Check
- Demon City Shinjuku - Animation Check
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1st season - Key Animation
- Goku: Midnight Eye - Animation Check, Key Animation
- Goku II: Midnight Eye - Key Animation
- Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl Key Animation
- Cyber City Oedo 808 - Mechanical Animation Director, Key Animation
- ' Key Animation
- Nineteen 19 Key Animation
- A Wind Named Amnesia - Key Animation
- Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling - Key Animation
- Doomed Megalopolis - Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
- Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still - Key Animation
- Ninja Scroll - Key Animation
- The Cockpit - Key Animation
- True Peakock King - Character Design, Key Animation
- Clamp in Wonderland - Key Animation
- Darkside Blues - Key Animation
- Mighty Space Miners - Opening Animation, Ending Animation
- DNA² - Mechanic Design, Opening Animation
- Bio Hunter - Key Animation
- Memories - Key Animation
- X - Key Animation
- Birdy the Mighty - Key Animation
- Cardcaptor Sakura - Key Animation
- ' - Animation Director
- ' - Key Animation
- ' - Key Animation
- Hidamari no Ki - Key Animation
- Fighting Spirit - Key Animation
- ' - Key Animation
- ' - Key Animation
- ' - Setting Design, Key Animation
- ' - Key Animation
- Texhnolyze - Key Animation
- Dead Leaves - Key Animation
- Samurai Champloo Key Animation
- The Taste of Tea - Animation Director
- Funky Forest - Animation Director
- Iron Man - Mechanical Design, Key Animation
- ' - Key Animation
- ' - Character Design, Animation Director, Episode Animation Director, Key Animation
