Takashi Imanishi (Directing)

Little is known about Takashi Imanishi, a figure with a modest footprint in Directing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.

Works

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet

This is the story of how Char Aznable, the Red Comet, came to be. Zeon Zum Deikun suddenly dies, in the middle of declaring the Autonomous Republic of Munzo’s independence, and the republic falls into turmoil. His children, Casval and Artesia, escape to Earth while the House of Zabi rises to power. Living in secret, the siblings must find their place in a world preparing for war.

Release Date: 2019-04-29

Department: Directing

Job: Series Director

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 11

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet

The episode will focus on the young Zeon ace Char Aznable earning his "Red Comet" nom de guerre, as well as the beginnings of the Federation's "Project V" weapons project that will eventually birth the RX-78-2 Gundam.

Release Date: 2018-05-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 26

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum

Universal Century 0079. Humanity has turned even space itself into a battlefield, and the Principality of Zeon forces advance after wiping out half the world's population by carrying out the Operation British (colony drop). In response, the Earth Federation Forces mobilize their overwhelming fighting strength to regain the advantage. The complex intrigues of the Zabi family... Sayla Mass, as she contends with the whims of fate... Hamon and Ramba Ral, who is now a pilot in the Zeon forces... Amuro and Fraw, leading peaceful lives at Side 7... a dark shadow falls across them all. And the Zeon ace Char Aznable, driven by revenge, goes into action as the "Battle of Loum" finally begins.

Release Date: 2017-09-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 20

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny

Following the success of the Dawn Rebellion, Degwin negotiates with Vice Admiral Revil to surrender all Federation assets and the complete withdrawal of Federation forces from Side 3 to prevent similar incidents from happening again. After bring reprimanded by Degwin for failure to look after Garma, Dozle sends Char - who motivated Garma into starting the rebellion - to Earth; in response, Char requests to become a mobile suit pilot when he returns. Feeling the burden of his responsibilities, Dozle proposes to cadet Zenna Mia. In the Earth city of Manaus, Char lands a job as a mobile worker pilot at a construction site. He meets a young Lalah Sune at a casino.

Release Date: 2016-11-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 21

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion

Universal Century 0074. Since leaving Texas Colony, Édouard Mass has camouflaged his identity and enrolled in the Autonomous Republic of Zeon's Space Defense Military Academy under the name of Char Aznable. He develops a friendship with his classmate Garma, a scion of the Zabi family. Gradually the two become admired by the other students. Then, in Universal Century 0077, the young at last rise up in arms and begin the fight for independence against the Earth Federation's security forces. This rebellion, however, also marks the beginning of Char’s spectacular scenario of revenge… Now, the gears of history are turning!

Release Date: 2016-05-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 26

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow

In the year UC 0071, three years after escaping the Zabi faction on an Ocean Cargo ship, Artesia and Casval are living happily in Andalusia, Spain, Earth under the identities of Sayla Mass and Éduoard Mass, respectively; masquerading as the children of Don Teabolo Mass, a long time friend of their father Zeon Zum Deikun.

Release Date: 2015-10-31

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 23

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I - Blue-Eyed Casval

Universal Century 0068, Side 3 - The Autonomous Republic of Munzo. Zeon Zum Deikun attempts to declare complete independence of Munzo from the Earth Federation Government, while he preaches the evolutionary potential of humans who have advanced into outer space. Deikun however suddenly falls to his death in the middle of his speech at parliament. Upon Deikun's death, Jimba Ral spreads word of a House of Zabi conspiracy - but despite such efforts the power and sphere of influence of House of Zabi, led by Degwin Sodo Zabi, only seem to escalate. While we witness for the first time the untold convulsions of Universal Century history, Casval and Artesia, just bereaved of their father, must face destinies which will be just as tumultuous as the very era itself.

Release Date: 2015-02-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 40

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember

Compilation film of "Space Battleship Yamato 2199" TV series. The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.

Release Date: 2014-10-11

Department: Visual Effects

Job: CGI Director

Vote Count: 2

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity of the Battlefront

MS igLoo 2 goes back to the first MS igLoo and tells the story of the Federation soldiers side that has to fight against the monstrous Zakus. Each episode tells a story of a different federation soldier that is cursed by a Death God that came down to earth with the Zakus and shows the desperate struggle against mobile suits with only conventional weapons such as tanks and missiles. Each soldier, fueled with revenge, and a Death God looming over their backs, fights against the odds that is the terrible might of a Zaku.

Release Date: 2008-10-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front

The storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. It explores the ground phase of the One Year War from the Earth Federation's point of view.

Release Date: 2008-10-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 3

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079

Lieutenant Oliver May and the 603 Technical Division Unit aboard the Jotunheim continue testing and evaluating experimental weapons to aid the Zeon war effort against the Federation Forces. At the end of each experiment, the tale of the trials and tribulations faced by the weapon and its test pilot adds a small chapter to the long history of the One Year War

Release Date: 2006-04-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War

The year is Universal Century 0079. Oliver May is a technical officer in the Zeon 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit , in charge of testing new military technology. Stationed in the Jotunheim, a civilian transport ship that was converted into military use, Oliver must head into battle and experience the One Year War, only this time from the perspective of a weapon tester who struggles to make an impact on an evolving war during changing times.

Release Date: 2004-07-19

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO

Release Date: 2004-07-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 8

GUNDAM EVOLVE

GUNDAM EVOLVE is a series of short films set in the different timelines of the Gundam series. The clips often show alternative scenes, side-stories or omakes for fans, and feature a mix of animation media which go from traditional cels to 3D CG rendering to even cel-shaded 2D animation. The intention was to show the Gundams and other mobile suits in high-quality CGI.

Release Date: 2003-09-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 15

Crush Gear Turbo The Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge

Having gained great popularity as a TV series and toys, Crush Gear Turbo here becomes a movie for the first time. The very first Gear even made in the world is stolen. The gear, named Kaiservern, beats the prize winners of the Australia convention one after another. Kouya and Manganji, which won a prize in the Asia Convention, become targets too. When the unidentied gear fighter who handles Kaiservern appears in front of Kouya and Manganji, the two boys decide to fight together to win victory over their enemy.

Release Date: 2002-07-20

Department: Crew

Job: CG Supervisor

Vote Count: 1

Afro-Ken

Afro-Ken, a dog with a rainbow-colored afro, is a happy dog that does not speak. He likes things that look like him, such as cotton candy. There are different types of Afro-Ken, with different hairstyles, such as a mohawk (called Mohican-Ken), curls (Curly-Ken), and no hair (Normal-Ken).

Release Date: 2001-06-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Violinist of Hamelin: The Movie

While on their quest to stop the Demon King, the violinist Hamel, the pianist Raiel, the magess Flute and the female warrior Sizer stop in a small kingdom and destroy a rampaging monster. While giving the four a heroes' welcome, the king and queen explain that their daughter has been kidnapped by a monster living in a nearby castle. They agree to go and rescue the hostage princess and defeat the monster. However, the enemy's castle is heavily guarded...

Release Date: 1996-04-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Pitch-Dark Period Drama

Tales include: THE HILL OF OLD AGE, which tells of a conspiracy hatched against Japan's unifier, Oda Nobunaga. SEEING THE TRUTH, about the assassin sent to murder Nobunaga's successor leyasu Tokugawa. THE EAR OF JINSUKE, about a wandering swordsman saving a damsel in distress from evil spirits. PRINTS FROM THE FALL OF THE BAKUFU, features a tomboy from a woodcut works charged with making a print of the young warrior Okita Soji.

Release Date: 1995-02-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Dark Night's Period-Drama

Tales include: The Hill of Old Age, which tells of a conspiracy hatched against Japan's unifier, Oda Nobunaga. Seeing the Truth, about the assassin sent to murder Nobunaga's successor leyasu Tokugawa. The broadcast was a part of the Neo Hyper Kids program.

Release Date: 1995-02-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Armored Trooper Votoms: Brilliantly Shining Heresy

Chirico and Fyana suddenly find themselves pawns amid a religious succession as two men vie to become the next pope, which puts the two lovers in the crosshairs of the church and the deadly Nextant, Titania.

Release Date: 1994-03-21

Department: Art

Job: Storyboard Artist

Episode Count: 5

The Cockpit

A World War II anthology based on Leiji Matsumoto's Battlefield manga.

Release Date: 1993-10-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 6

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon

U.C. 0083 - Three years after the end of the catastrophic One Year War, peace on Earth and the colonies is shattered by the presence of the Delaz Fleet, a rogue Zeon military group loyal to the ideals of the late dictator Gihren Zabi. Delaz Fleet's ace pilot Anavel Gato, once hailed as "The Nightmare of Solomon", infiltrates the Federation's Torrington base in Australia and steals the nuclear-armed Gundam GP02A "Physalis" prototype. Rookie pilot Kou Uraki - with the aid of Anaheim Electronics engineer Nina Purpleton and the crew of the carrier Albion - pilots the Gundam GP01 "Zephyranthes" prototype in an attempt to recover the stolen Gundam unit and prevent another war from breaking out.

Release Date: 1992-08-29

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 13

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory

It is the year 0083 of the Universal Century. The rebellious Principality of Zeon has been defeated in the One Year War by the Earth Federation. However, a faction of Zeon remnants led by Aguille Delaz fled from the final battle, hiding themselves away. After three long years, they attempt to rise up once more, sending Delaz’s ace pilot, Anavel Gato, to infiltrate a Federation research base to steal one of two secretly developed prototype Gundams along with its deadly nuclear warhead. Threatened by the rogue Gundam suit and seeking to retain peace, the Earth Federation mobilizes the newly developed Albion carrier to recover the stolen unit. Manned by the remaining test pilots, with rookie pilot Kou Uraki piloting the remaining prototype Gundam, the Albion and her crew are determined to stop Gato, retake the stolen Gundam, and prevent the Zeon remnants from starting another war.

Release Date: 1991-05-23

Department: Art

Job: Storyboard Designer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 23

Capricorn

In the blink of an eye, high school student Taku Shimamura finds himself transported to the bizarre world of Slaffleaze, where intelligent creatures govern and the ruling class, led by the villainous Zolba, is plotting the invasion of the world they know as Capricorn, the Earth. Joining together with the oppressed Slaffleaze peasants, Taku must find a way to stop Zolba's dark forces before the way to the unsuspecting Earth is opened. In order to do so, he must first gain the love and trust of the last of the Yappie, the ancestral guardians of Slaffeaze. This is a task that will take more than a little courage and daring, for the last Yappie is not just a cute young female, she`s also a dragon.

Release Date: 1991-04-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - The Castle of Love

An attractive owner of a love hotel falls in love with her handsome manager.

Release Date: 1990-06-23

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Armor Hunter Merowlink

Armor Hunter Merowlink was a twelve episode anime OVA spinoff of Armored Trooper VOTOMS. It takes place in the same universe as VOTOMS, but the two stories are entirely independent of each other. Merowlink is the story of a soldier whose unit is sacrificed on the battlefield for reasons unknown. Although he was not meant to survive, the main character, Merowlink Ality, manages to survive only to be framed for a crime he did not commit. Merowlink escapes his captors and begins hunting down his former commanding officers, both to get revenge for his dead platoon members and to find out the nature of the conspiracy that led to their death. The series is available for download on Bandai Visual's official website and the Japanese DVD boxset was released on December 6, 2006. The series was previously issued twice on laserdisc, once as six individual volumes, and once as a three disc box set along with the two soundtracks. A blu-ray boxset was also recently released.

Release Date: 1988-11-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 3

Armored Trooper VOTOMS Red Shoulder Document - Roots of Treachery

After armored trooper pilot Chirico Cuvie is given orders to transfer to Planet Odon, he and all of the other new recruits are sent into a simulated battle to test their abilities. However, this 'simulated battle' turns out to be a serious fight to eliminate those without the necessary skills. Chirico survives along with just three others, despite the fact that he fought while injured. It soon becomes apparent that this is not the first time he has survived against incredible odds, a fact that Colonel Peruzen wishes to exploit. But is Chirico truly immortal?

Release Date: 1988-03-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Blue Comet SPT Layzner

Blue Comet SPT Layzner, sometimes translated as Blue Meteor SPT Layzner, is an anime series produced by Sunrise and Tatsunoko Production between 1985 and 1986. Its original creator was Ryousuke Takahashi of Armored Trooper Votoms fame who served as the writer and wrote the scripts for such shows as Panzer World Galient, Tetsuwan Atom, Zero Tester, Fang of the Sun Dougram, Cyborg 009, Gasaraki and Blue Gender.

Release Date: 1985-10-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 3

Armored Trooper VOTOMS

The story of stoic Armored Trooper pilot Chirico Cuvie and his quest for answers after a sudden betrayal leaves him on the run from his own military.

Release Date: 1983-04-01

Department: Directing

Job: Assistant Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 14