Takeshi Koike ??? Koike Takeshi born January 26 1968 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 high school education to beginning his career at Madhouse as an inbetweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him His first professional work as a 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 2012s Lupin the Third The Woman Called Fujiko Mine and directs film continuations of it starting with Lupin the Third Daisuke Jigens Gravestone in 2014 Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single Yasashii Kiss o Shite Source Wikipedia
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