Production

Yasuhiro Takeda

Born 1957-09-12

Yasuhiro Takeda is an anime director and founding member of Gainax; for most of his career, he was General Manager. He was also a two-time chair of the Nihon SF Convention.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars poster
7.9

Seven years have passed after the battle of Teppelin... Humans have since reclaimed the surface of the earth and enjoy an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity. However, humanity's increasing population growth triggers the sudden emergence of an unknown, powerful enemy. The fearsome, manipulative power of the mysterious Anti-Spiral proves too overwhelming for humans to even fight back. When everyone becomes desperate and loses hope, Team Dai-Gurren members reunite to stand up once again!

Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars

2009

Diebuster: The Movie poster
7.1

Nono is a clumsy waitress who dreams of becoming a space pilot. One day, she meets Lal'C Melk Mark, a member of the elite psychic pilot team "Topless." But when space monsters appear from out of nowhere to wreak havoc on Mars, Lal'C calls out her Buster Machine—codenamed "Dix-Neuf"—to subdue the threat. During a battle with a Space Monster, Lal'C gets the surprise of her life when she sees Nono use her super-strength to help Dix-Neuf destroy the alien. From that point, Nono hangs along with Lal'C in hopes of becoming a member of Topless.

Diebuster: The Movie

2006

Gunbuster: The Movie poster
7.2

Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, who died when she was young after an attack by alien forces in deep space. After entering Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, she must persuade everyone, especially herself, that she can fulfill her goal and become an accomplished pilot despite being just an ordinary girl.

Gunbuster: The Movie

2006

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman poster
6.0

The final fan-made Ultraman short film directed by Hideaki Anno. Based on The Return of Ultraman series.

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman

1983

Dragon Quest Fantasia Video poster
NR

Dragon Quest Fantasia Video is a direct-to-video live action production of the Dragon Quest series that was released by Enix in 1988. A silent reinterpretation of different elements of the Erdrick trilogy games set to various music from the games composed by Koichi Sugiyama and performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. The video was planned and produced by Toshio Okada, who was then the head of anime studio Gainax, who worked on the movie's special effects, and Tohokushinsha Film.

Dragon Quest Fantasia Video

1988

The Big Hill of Gonzaless poster
NR

Puppet Space-Western by DAICON FILM

The Big Hill of Gonzaless

1984