Takashi Nakamura

is a Japanese animator and anime director. He is also a founding member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group.

Nakamura's 2002 film A Tree of Palme was an official selection of the Berlin Film Festival. He also worked on Golden Warrior Gold Lightan, with his first student Koji Morimoto.

Works Yatterman (1977): animation director and key animation Ōgon Senshi Gold Lightan (1981): animation director and key animation Genma Taisen (1983): key animation Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (1983): character designs, animation director, key animation, storyboards Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984): key animation Meikyū Monogatari (1987): animation director Robot Carnival (1987): director, script, character designs, animation AKIRA (1988): animation director, character designs Peter Pan no Bōken (1989): character designs, scene artist, storyboards Catnapped! (1995): director, original creator, script, character design, animation director Sonic the Hedgehog (OVA) (1996): colour background painter A Tree of Palme (2002): director, original creator, script Tetsujin 28-go (2004): character designs and storyboards Fantastic Children (2004): director, original creator, script, character designs Harmony (2015): director (with Michael Arias) Ballmastrz: Rubicon (2023): animation director

Books Yume no Naka e (夢の中へ). Tokuma Motion Book , 1985. Catnapped! Storyboard (とつぜん!ネコの国 バニパルウィット 絵コンテ). Triangle Staff. Twilight (TWILIGHT). Anime Style , 2006. King Abyss (キングアビス). Jive , 2009. King Abyss: Adama hen (キングアビス アダマ篇). PIE International , 2014. Vol.1: Vol.2: