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Yoshiyuki Takei

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Yoshiyuki Takei is known for Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Escaflowne: The Movie (2000) and The Vision of Escaflowne (1996).
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    • Known for

    Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Jennifer Hale, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Kobayashi, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
    7.8
    • Director
    • 2001
    Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
    Escaflowne: The Movie
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2000
    The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
    The Vision of Escaflowne
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Megumi Hayashibara, Unsho Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Cowboy Bebop
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Kaori Nazuka and Yûko Sanpei in Eureka Seven (2005)
      Eureka Seven
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Wolf's Rain OVA (2004)
      Wolf's Rain OVA
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • chief director
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Wolf's Rain (2003)
      Wolf's Rain
      7.9
      TV Series
      • chief director
      • 2003
    • Witch Hunter Robin (2002)
      Witch Hunter Robin
      7.1
      TV Series
      • opening sequence
      • 2002
    • Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Jennifer Hale, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Kobayashi, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
      Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
      7.8
      • co-director
      • 2001
    • Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
      Escaflowne: The Movie
      6.5
      • co-director
      • 2000
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Unsho Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
      Cowboy Bebop
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1998–1999
    • The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
      The Vision of Escaflowne
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • opening
      • 1996
    • Tomokazu Seki in Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)
      Mobile Fighter G Gundam
      7.5
      TV Series
      • opening
      • Director
      • ending sequence
      • 1994–1995
    • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993)
      Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
      7.0
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 1993

    Cinematographer

    • Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2012)
      Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
      7.8
      Video Game
      • cinematography director: Bones Photography Department
      • 2012
    • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
      Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
      6.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Romi Park and Rie Kugimiya in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
      Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
      9.1
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2009
    • Darker Than Black (2007)
      Darker Than Black
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007–2008

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Kaori Nazuka and Yûko Sanpei in Eureka Seven (2005)
      Eureka Seven
      7.7
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2005
    • Kurau: Phantom Memory (2004)
      Kurau: Phantom Memory
      7.0
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2004
    • Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Jennifer Hale, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Kobayashi, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
      Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
      7.8
      • unit director
      • 2001
    • Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
      Escaflowne: The Movie
      6.5
      • unit director
      • 2000
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Unsho Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Koichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
      Cowboy Bebop
      8.9
      TV Series
      • unit director
      • 1998
    • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993)
      Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
      7.0
      TV Series
      • assistant episode director
      • 1993–1994

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