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Shinji Takamatsu

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Additional Crew
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Shinji Takamatsu is known for Grand Blue Dreaming (2018), Gintama: The Movie (2010) and After War Gundam X (1996).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Grand Blue Dreaming (2018)
    Grand Blue Dreaming
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Gintama: The Movie (2010)
    Gintama: The Movie
    7.7
    • Director
    • 2010
    After War Gundam X (1996)
    After War Gundam X
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1989)
    Patlabor: The Mobile Police
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Binan Koukou Chikyuu Boei-bu Haikara (2025)
      Binan Koukou Chikyuu Boei-bu Haikara
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Binan Kouko Chikyuu Bouei-bu Eternal Love! (2025)
      Binan Kouko Chikyuu Bouei-bu Eternal Love!
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Okaimono Panda!
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Astro Note (2024)
      Astro Note
      5.9
      TV Series
      • chief director
      • 2024
    • Teppen-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (2022)
      Teppen-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      5.8
      TV Series
      • general director
      • 2022
    • RobiHachi (2019)
      RobiHachi
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Grand Blue Dreaming (2018)
      Grand Blue Dreaming
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Tomokazu Seki, Ian Sinclair, Tetsuya Kakihara, Airu Shiozaki, Yûto Uemura, Jarrod Greene, Justin Briner, Alejandro Saab, Daman Mills, and Daiki Kobayashi in Nanbaka (2016)
      Nanbaka
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (2016)
      Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • series director
      • 2016
    • Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! (2015)
      Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Chô Soku Henkei Gyrozetter (2012)
      Chô Soku Henkei Gyrozetter
      5.9
      TV Series
      • chief director
      • 2012–2013
    • Ixion Saga DT (2012)
      Ixion Saga DT
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2013
    • Daily Lives of High School Boys (2012)
      Daily Lives of High School Boys
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Gintama (2005)
      Gintama
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006–2011
    • Gintama: The Movie (2010)
      Gintama: The Movie
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2010

    Art Department

    • Grand Blue Dreaming (2018)
      Grand Blue Dreaming
      7.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (2016)
      Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Daily Lives of High School Boys (2012)
      Daily Lives of High School Boys
      7.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • s.CRY.ed Alteration Zenpen TAO (2011)
      s.CRY.ed Alteration Zenpen TAO
      • storyboard artist: TV series
      • 2011
    • At the Mercy of the Sky (2009)
      At the Mercy of the Sky
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2009
    • Ginban Kaleidoscope (2005)
      Ginban Kaleidoscope
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • School Rumble (2004)
      School Rumble
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • title storyboard artist
      • 2004–2005
    • Ah Kuei to Gatchinpô tenkomori
      5.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Owari Yadate)
      • 2005
    • Early Reins (2003)
      Early Reins
      4.7
      Video
      • final line
      • 2003
    • s-CRY-ed (2001)
      s-CRY-ed
      6.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2001
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000)
      Yu-Gi-Oh!
      7.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2000
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2000)
      Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2000
    • Outlaw Star (1998)
      Outlaw Star
      7.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1998
    • The King of the Braves GaoGaiGar (1997)
      The King of the Braves GaoGaiGar
      7.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1997
    • Hareluya II BØY (1997)
      Hareluya II BØY
      6.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1997

    Additional Crew

    • Tomokazu Sugita, Rie Kugimiya, and Daisuke Sakaguchi in Gintama the Movie: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)
      Gintama the Movie: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya
      8.3
      • supervisor
      • 2013
    • School Rumble (2004)
      School Rumble
      7.8
      TV Series
      • staging director
      • 2004
    • Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989)
      Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • technical director
      • 1989
    • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985)
      Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
      8.0
      TV Series
      • setting production
      • 1985–1986

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Jin Tsumakata

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