Takeshi Koike
Takeshi Koike (小池健 Koike Takeshi, born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director.
Something of a protégée of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Katsuhito Ishii. He went straight from 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 a 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 Third: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".
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Movies (34)
HENSHIN THE FIRST
2026 · Producer
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
2025 · Director, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Key Animation
LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins
2025 · Director, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Second Unit Director, Key Animation
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie
2019 · Second Unit Director, Character Designer, Animation Director, Director
Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray
2017 · Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animation Director, Director
The Boy and the Beast
2015 · Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
2014 · Director, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director
Trigun: Badlands Rumble
2010 · Key Animation
Redline
2009 · Director, Background Designer, Animation Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
Afro Samurai Pilot
2007 · Director
The Taste of Tea
2004 · Lead Animator
Dead Leaves
2004 · Key Animation
SMAnime: LOVE Jeans?
2004 · Director
SMAnime: LOVE Kayumi?
2004 · Director
SMAnime: LOVE Keitai?
2004 · Director
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
2003 · Self
World Record
2003 · Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
Matriculated
2003 · Key Animation
Animatrix
2003 · Director
Patlabor WXIII the Movie
2002 · Key Animation
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2001 · Production Design, Key Animation
Party 7
2000 · Lead Animator
Blood: The Last Vampire
2000 · Key Animation
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card
2000 · Key Animation
SMAP 2000 Concert Anime
2000 · Director
X
1996 · Key Animation
Bio Hunter
1995 · Key Animation
Darkside Blues
1994 · Key Animation
Pops
1993 · Key Animation
Ninja Scroll
1993 · Key Animation
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
1991 · Key Animation
A Wind Named Amnesia
1990 · Key Animation
Nineteen 19
1990 · Key Animation
Foxes of Chironup
1987 · Animation
TV shows (19)
Yasuke
2021 · Character Designer
Kamisama Kiss
2012 · Key Animation
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
2012 · Character Designer, Animation Director
Iron Man
2010 · Mechanical Designer
Afro Samurai
2007 · Character Designer
Samurai Champloo
2004 · Key Animation
Texhnolyze
2003 · Key Animation
The Animatrix
2003 · Director
Trava: Fist Planet
2002 · Director, Key Animation, Animation Director
Fighting Spirit
2000 · Key Animation
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
2000 · Key Animation
Cardcaptor Sakura
1998 · Key Animation
Birdy the Mighty
1996 · Key Animation
The Cockpit
1993 · Animation
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
1992 · Key Animation
Doomed Megalopolis
1991 · Key Animation
Yawara!
1989 · Key Animation
Spirit Warrior
1988 · Key Animation
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
1988 · Key Animation