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Takurô Shinbo

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  • Director
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Takurô Shinbo is known for Akira (1988), The Vision of Escaflowne (1996) and Mai-HiME (2004).
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    • Known for

    Akira (1988)
    Akira
    8.0
    • Animation Department(as Takuro Shinpo)
    • 1988
    The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
    The Vision of Escaflowne
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(as Takuro Shinbo)
    Mai-HiME (2004)
    Mai-HiME
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(as Takuro Shinbo)
    Megumi Hayashibara, Unsho Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Cowboy Bebop
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(as Takuro Shinbo)

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Shotaro Uzawa and Yôhei Azakami in Duel Masters WIN: Duel Wars (2023)
      Duel Masters WIN: Duel Wars
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2023–2024
    • Kana Ichinose in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
      7.4
      TV Series
      • character animation director: Nakamura Production (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2022
    • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (2017)
      Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation
      7.3
      • animation director: original staff
      • 2017
    • RIN-NE (2015)
      RIN-NE
      6.7
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2015–2017
    • Trinity Seven: Eternity Library & Alchemic Girl (2017)
      Trinity Seven: Eternity Library & Alchemic Girl
      6.6
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2017
    • Kiss Him, Not Me! (2016)
      Kiss Him, Not Me!
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • animation director: Nakamura Production (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2016
    • Zegapain ADP (2016)
      Zegapain ADP
      • character animation director: Nakamura Production
      • 2016
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2015–2016
    • Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Kan'ichi Kurita in Lupin the 3rd Part IV (2015)
      Lupin the 3rd Part IV
      7.7
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • key animator (as Takuro Shinbo, as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2015
    • Pokémon Origins (2013)
      Pokémon Origins
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2013
    • Seinto Seiya: Omega (2012)
      Seinto Seiya: Omega
      5.9
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2013
    • Love Live! School Idol Project (2013)
      Love Live! School Idol Project
      7.2
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2013
    • Eiga Juerupetto: Suîtsu dansu purinsesu (2012)
      Eiga Juerupetto: Suîtsu dansu purinsesu
      8.2
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2012
    • s.CRY.ed Alteration Kôhen QUAN (2012)
      s.CRY.ed Alteration Kôhen QUAN
      • animation director: TV series
      • 2012
    • Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011)
      Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
      5.6
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2011

    Director

    • Love Live! School Idol Project (2013)
      Love Live! School Idol Project
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Takuro Shinbo)
      • 2013

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Takuro Shinbo

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