Takeshi Honda

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Takeshi Honda (本田　雄) was born in 1968 in Ishikawa Prefecture. A dropout of Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. Affiliated with Studio Khara.

Founding member of studio Gainax. He was a crucial animation director on Nadia and Evangelion. Though well-known as an animator in his own right, he’s just as often acclaimed for delivering cinema-tier animation direction. Has worked with Mitsuo Iso, Yoshiyuki Momose, and Masami Obari in the past1.

Honda’s earliest cuts were comedic and fanservicey in nature, but he’s since proven himself versatile. His cuts on Bubblegum Crisis, especially episode 8, earned him the nickname ‘shishou’ (‘master’) from Takahiro Kishida. A master of body language, in particular scenes of characters walking and running. Honda’s skill comes from his ability to convey a character’s personality solely through their gait. His cuts have a recognizable bounce and springiness to their step1.

Occasional character designer: Beyond from The Animatrix, Metal Fighter Miku, Blue Submarine No. 6, Millennium Actress (jointly with Satoshi Kon), but above all Dennou Coil. However, despite handling the character designs and animation direction for the first two episodes, Honda left the show early on due to creative differences with series director Mitsuo Iso1.

He’s worked extensively on the Evangelion Rebuild films and headed up the animation in Mahiro Maeda’s Nishi-Ogikubo film for Khara’s Animator Expo1.

His technical skills are so acclaimed that someone pretended to be him in order to easily land a job at an art university before Khara representatives intervened1.


MAD1 - MAD2 - Sakugabooru - Japanese Wiki Page

Works[edit]

  • Uracon II Opening Animation(1983/Self-Production)
  1. Character Designs(Joint).
  2. In-betweens(Joint, PEN NAME).


  • Uracon III Opening Animation(1984/Self-Production)
  1. Character Designs(Joint).
  2. Animation Director(Joint).
  3. Animation(PEN NAME).


  • Relic Armor Legaciam(1987/OVA)
  1. In-betweens.


  • Appleseed(1988/OVA)
  1. In-betweens.


  • Dragon Quest Fantasia Video(1988)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Bubblegum Crisis(1987~1988/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #8.


  • Gunbuster!(1988~1989/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #3~#6.
  2. In-betweens: #1 ,#2.


  • DATA NO.6(1989/PV)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket(1989/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #4.


  • Ariel Visual(1989/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #2.


  • Baoh Raihousha(1989/OVA)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage(1989/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #2, #3.


  • Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!(1989~1990/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #5(NC).


  • Battle Mode Animation Parody CM
  1. Key Animator.


  • Fushigi no Umi no Nadia(1990~1991/TV)
  1. Animation Director: #30, #35.
  2. Key Animator: #1, #3, #8, #12, #16, #20, #22.
  3. Epilogue Animation: #39.


  • Cusuto(1990~1991/Game)
  1. Special Key Animation.


  • The Hakkenden(1990/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #5.


  • Ariel Deluxe(1991/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #1.


  • Fushigi no Umi no Nadia Omake Gekijou(1991/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #8.


  • Akai Hayate(1992/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #1.


  • Gekkou no Pierce: Yumemi to Gin no Bara no Kishidan(1991/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory(1991~1992/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #9.


  • Roujin Z(1991/Movie)
  1. Layout.
  2. Key Animator.


  • Teito Monogatari(1991~1992/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #1, #4.


  • Otaku no Video(1991/OVA)
  1. Animation Director: #1.
  2. Key Animator: OP#2.


  • Detonator Orgun(1991~1992/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #3.


  • Lunar: The Silver Star(1992/Game)
  1. Animation Director.


  • Fushigi no Umi no Nadia(1992/Game)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Silent Möbius 2(1992/Movie)
  1. Animation Supervisor.


  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Fading Light of Zeon(1992/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Compiler Music Clips in Trackdown(1992/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: "夜に目覚めて".


  • Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki(1992~1995/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #3.


  • Green Legend Ran(1992~1993/OVA)
  1. Animation Director Assistant: #3.


  • Giant Robo: Chikyuu no Moetsukiru Hi(1992~1993/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #1.


  • Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle(1992/OVA)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Aa! Megami-sama!(1993~1994/OVA)
  1. Animation Director Assistant: #1, #4, #5.
  2. General Animation Director: #2.


  • Keio Flying Squadron(1993/Game)
  1. Character Designs.
  2. Key Animator.


  • New Dominion Tank Police(1993~1994/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #2.


  • Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture(1994/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Oira Uchuu no Tankoufu(1994/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: OP, #1.


  • Macross Plus(1994~1995/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #1.


  • Metal Fighter Miku(1994/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #13, ED.
  2. Character Designs.
  3. Animation Director Assistant: #13.
  4. Animation Director: OP.


  • Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S(1994~1995/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #103.


  • Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special(1993/Game)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Seireitsukai(1995/OVA)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Golden Boy(1995~1996/OVA)
  1. Animation Director: #2(Joint).


  • Neon Genesis Evangelion(1995~1996/TV)
  1. OP Animation.
  2. Animation Director: #2, #8, #19, #25.
  3. Key Animator: #1, #19, #22(Home Video Ver.), #25, #26.


  • Memories(1995/Movie)
  1. Key Animator: #1(NC).
    1. #1: Only a Single Cut.


  • Soreyuke! Uchuu Senkan Yamamoto Yohko(1996/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #1.


  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth(1997/Movie)
  1. Eva Series Design: Rebirth.
  2. Mecha Animation Director: Rebirth.
  3. Key Animator: Rebirth.


  • Detatoko Princess(1997~1998/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #2.


  • Perfect Blue(1998/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Spriggan(1998/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Ao no 6-gou(1998~2000/OVA)
  1. Key Animator: #1, #4.
  2. Animation Director: #3, #4.


  • Jin-Roh(2000/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Hajime no Ippu(2000~2002/TV)
  1. Key Animator: OP2.


  • Di Gi Charat Ohanami Special(2001)
  1. Key Animator: #1.


  • RahXephon(2002/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #15.


  • Millennium Actress(2002/Movie)
  1. Character Designs.
  2. Animation Director.


  • Over the Monochrome Rainbow(2003/Game)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Tokyo Godfathers(2003/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • The Animatrix(2003/Shorts)
  1. Character Designs: "Beyond".
  2. Animation Director: "Beyond".
  3. Key Animator: "Beyond", "The Second Renaissance".


  • Innocence(2004/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Portable Airport "ポータブル空港" (Music Video)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Naruto: Dai Katsugeki!! Yuki Hime Shinobu Houjou Dattebayo!(2004/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Rosen Maiden(2004/TV)
  1. Key Animator: OP.


  • Paranoia Agent(2004/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #8, #13.


  • Fuujin Monogatari(2004/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #2, OP.


  • Beck(2004~2005/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #7, OP.


  • Gankutsuou(2004~2005/TV)
  1. Key Animator: OP.


  • Tales of Legendia(2005/Game)
  1. Key Animator.


  • He is My Master(2005/TV)
  1. ED Support.


  • Tennis no Ouji-sama: Futari no Samurai - The First Game(2005/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • One Piece: Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima(2005/Movie)
  1. Key Animator(NC).


  • Soratobu Toshi Keikaku(2005/Music Video)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Space Station No. 9(2005/Music Video)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Peut-etretoi(2006/Music Video)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Tales from Earthsea(2006/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Dennu Coil(2007/TV)
  1. Animation Character.
  2. General Animation Director.
  3. Animation Director: #1, #2, OP.
  4. Key Animator: #2, #4, #9, #11.


  • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone(2007/Movie)
  1. Mechanical Animation Director.


  • Kurikaesu 春(2008/Short)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Gake no Ue no Ponyo(2008/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • The Sky Crawlers(2008/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Piece(2009/Short)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance(2009/Movie)
  1. Design Work.
  2. Animation Director.
  3. Key Animator.


  • Kuuchuu Buranko(2009/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #11.


  • Jet'aime(2010/Short)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Onigamiden(2011/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Kokurikozaka kara(2011/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • コンテンツビジネス最前線ジャパコンTV(2012/Japanese TV Show)
  1. Opening Animation.


  • Momo e no Tegami(2012/Movie)
  1. Animation Director Assistant.
  2. Key Animator.


  • Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo(2012/Movie)
  1. General Animation Director.
  2. Design Work.
  3. Key Animator.


  • Vassalord(2013/OVA)
  1. Key Animator.


  • The Wind Rises(2013/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Kill la Kill(2013~2014/TV)
  1. Transformation Sequences: #3.


  • Shiro SAGISU petit film #01(2013/Music Video)
  1. Animation(Joint).


  • Space Dandy(2014/TV)
  1. Key Animator: #5.


  • When Marnie Was There(2014/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Japanese Animator Expo "20min Walk From Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed."(2014/WEB)
  1. Original Draft.
  2. Director(Joint).
  3. Character Designs.
  4. Key Animator.


  • Japanese Animator Expo "Tomorrow From There."(2015/WEB)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Japanese Animator Expo "Obake-chan"(2015/WEB)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Bakemono no Ko(2015/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Japanese Animator Expo "Robot on the Road"(2015/WEB)
  1. Animation Director(Joint).
  2. Key Animator.


  • Doukyuusei(2016/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  1. Key Animator.


  • The Dragon Dentist(2017/TVSP)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou(2018/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Kemushi no Boro(2018/Short)
  1. Animation Director.


  • Wakaokami wa Shougakusei!(2018/Movie)
  1. Key Animator.


  • Ingress(2018/TV)
  1. Character Original Draft.
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