Takeshi Koike

(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, 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 directed film continuations of it starting with Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".

Filmography

Director Year Title Type Notes 2000 Party 7 Feature film Opening animation of the live-action film 2000 Smanime Short film Three short animated films for a SMAP concert 2003 Trava: Fist Planet OVA 2003 World Record Short film Part of The Animatrix anthology 2003 Afro Samurai: Pilot Television pilot 2005 The Taste of Tea Feature film Animated sequence in the live-action film 2005 Funky Forest Feature film Animated sequence in the live-action film 2009 Iron Man: Pilot Television pilot 2009 Redline Feature film 2014 Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone Feature film 2017 Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray Feature film 2019 Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie Feature film 2025 Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata and the Two Lupins ONA 2025 Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline Feature film

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