Takeshi Koike

Takeshi Koike (小池健) (born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director.

Something of a protégé of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Katsuhito Ishii. He went straight from a high school education to beginning his career at Madhouse as an in-betweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him. His first professional work as 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 2012's Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and directs film continuations of it starting with Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".

Other work

 * The Foxes of Chironup Island (1987) In-Between Animation
 * Wicked City (1987) - In-Between Animation
 * Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (1988) - Animation Check
 * Bride of Deimos (1988) Animation Check
 * Demon City Shinjuku (1988) - Animation Check
 * Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1st season (1988) - Key Animation (Ep 19)
 * Goku: Midnight Eye (1989) - Animation Check, Key Animation
 * Goku II: Midnight Eye (1989) - Key Animation
 * Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1989) Key Animation (Ep 1, 18)
 * Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) - 　Mechanical Animation Director,　Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
 * Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyoen (1990) Key Animation (Ep 1, 2)
 * Nineteen 19 (1990) Key Animation
 * A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) - Key Animation
 * Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991) - Key Animation
 * Doomed Megalopolis (1991) - Assistant Animation Director (Ep 1, 2), Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
 * Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992) - Key Animation (Ep 1, 6)
 * Ninja Scroll (1993) - Key Animation
 * The Cockpit (1994) (segment Slipstream) - Key Animation
 * True Peakock King (1994) - Character Design, Key Animation
 * Clamp in Wonderland (1994) - Key Animation
 * Darkside Blues (1994) - Key Animation
 * Mighty Space Miners (1994) - Opening Animation, Ending Animation
 * DNA² (1996) - Mechanic Design, Opening Animation
 * Bio Hunter (1995) - Key Animation
 * Memories (1995) (segment Stink Bomb) - Key Animation
 * X (1996) - Key Animation
 * Birdy the Mighty (1996) - Key Animation (Ep 1–4)
 * Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) - Key Animation (Ep1, 57)
 * Jubei-chan - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (1999) - Animation Director (Ep 10, 11)
 * Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999) - Key Animation
 * Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000) - Key Animation (Op, Ep 1, 5)
 * Hidamari no Ki (2000) - Key Animation
 * Fighting Spirit (2000) - Key Animation (Op 1, Ep 20)
 * Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card (2000) - Key Animation
 * Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) - Key Animation
 * Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) - Setting Design, Key Animation
 * WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) - Key Animation
 * Texhnolyze (2003) - Key Animation (Ep1)
 * Dead Leaves (2004) - Key Animation
 * Samurai Champloo (2004) Key Animation (Opening Animation, Ep 5)
 * The Taste of Tea (2004) - Animation Director
 * Funky Forest (2005) - Animation Director
 * Iron Man (2010) - Mechanical Design, Key Animation (Ep 1, 7, 11)
 * Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010) - Key Animation
 * Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) - Character Design, Animation Director, Episode Animation Director (Ep 1, 13), Key Animation (Opening, Ep 13)
 * Yasuke (2021) - Character Design