Ryosuke Takahashi
Ryousuke Takahashi is a Japanese anime director. Before he started working for Sunrise, he worked for Mushi Production.
Works
The Fable
A legendary hitman trained to become the world's best assassin is asked to lay low for a year by the head of his crime family.
Release Date: 2024-04-07
Department: Directing
Job: Series Director
Episode Count: 25
Vote Count: 28
Obsolete
In 2014, aliens revealed themselves to request trade with humanity. In exchange for limestone, they would provide a consciousness-controlled general-use robot known as an "Exoframe." Cheaper than an aircraft, tank, or firearm, and easy enough for anyone to operate, the "Exoframe" spreads change throughout the world in the blink of an eye...
Release Date: 2019-12-03
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 12
Vote Count: 7
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection
The story takes place several years after Lelouch's "Zero Requiem" plan. He gave up his life to save the world and protect the ones he loved. The day Lelouch vi Brittannia fell was the day this war-torn world found peace. Now, as his friends work to keep the peace, a terrorist attack could risk everything. Can the brilliant tactician outwit death and save them all? Or will Lelouch’s legacy fall here?
Release Date: 2019-02-09
Department: Visual Effects
Job: Key Animation
Vote Count: 100
Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
Ekoda-chan is from the countryside, living alone in the city. She's a temp worker and a strong, carefree soul, with no solid plan for the future, who doesn't care much about guys. She talks about how she lives her life and provides support to all those women trying to survive in the real life society.
Release Date: 2019-01-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
Young Black Jack
The year is 1968, and the world is swept up in the Vietnam War and student protests. In this time of turmoil, a mysterious young man with white and black hair and a scar on his face is enrolled in medical school. His genius skills with a surgical knife achieve many a medical miracle and are getting noticed. This hero origin story reveals how this young man earned his medical degree and the name of Black Jack.
Release Date: 2015-10-02
Department: Writing
Job: Series Composition
Episode Count: 12
Vote Count: 64
Garon
The story follows an awe-imposing giant named Garon who comes from space to Earth, threatening humanity with extinction. However, a girl believes that Garon is not evil, and reaches out to Pick, a boy contained inside Garon's body. Meanwhile, the military plans to a nuclear strike against Garon.
Release Date: 2013-04-27
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Ozma
Ozma is a 2012 Japanese anime television series, based on an unused script from 1980 written by manga author Leiji Matsumoto. The story is set on Earth in the future when abnormal activity on the sun devastates Earth's atmosphere and covers the entire planet in a sea of sand. Sam pursues Ozma, an enemy of his brother. One day, Sam encounters Maya, who is being chased by the Theseus army.
Release Date: 2012-03-16
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 3
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Alone Again
The fight with the Martial Church had dire consequences, and Chirico now finds himself a wanderer. An encounter with a woman called Stevia leads to a reunion with old friends, but the homecoming must wait since war refuses to leave Chirico alone.
Release Date: 2011-01-08
Department: Crew
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 4
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Finder
Set in an alternate universe, VOTOMS Finder follows the exploits of Aki Renso, a Bottomer who daydreams of living in the utopian city of Top — and his dreams might become reality if he can rescue a Topper chairman’s daughter from her kidnappers!
Release Date: 2010-12-04
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Vote Count: 2
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Case; Irvine
In another corner of the VOTOMS universe, Irvine is an AT mechanic who moonlights as a Battling pilot. Although he’s content with throwing matches for money, his talents draw the attention of the Battling agent Ishruna, and the sadistic pilot Paygun.
Release Date: 2010-11-06
Department: Crew
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 3
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie
Set after the 1988 OVA movie Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition and months before the events of the VOTOMS television series, Pailsen Files explores the origins of Chirico Cuvie as explained by the Red Shoulder Battalion's now-disgraced commander, Col Yoran Pailsen. Compilation of the Pailsen Files OAV series.
Release Date: 2009-01-17
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Vote Count: 3
Flag Director's Edition: Issenman no Kufura no Kiroku
Director's cut release of the war/mecha anime series "FLAG" features famous scenes from the series edited together into a cohesive, realistic story about war. Camerawoman Shirasu Saeko's photo of residents of a war-torn Asian country struggling to raise the flag of the UN became the symbol for the movement of peace across the land. However, on the eve of a truce, the actual flag captured in the photo is stolen and war once again threatens to plague the land. To return the flag and establish peace in the land, the UN sends a lone mechanical army called the SDC (pronounced as Seedac—Special Development Command).
Release Date: 2007-08-08
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
Flag
Saeko Shirasu is a 25-year-old war front-line photo-journalist who became a celebrity after taking a picture of civilians raising a makeshift UN flag in war-torn Uddiyana. The image then became an instant symbol for peace. However, just before the peace agreement is achieved, the flag was stolen by an armed extremist group in order to obstruct the truce. The UN peacekeepers decide to covertly send in a SDC (pronounced as "Seedac"—Special Development Command) unit to retrieve the flag. Because of her connection with the "Flag" photo, Saeko Shirasu was offered the job of following the SDC unit as a front line journalist. Among the SDC unit's equipment is the HAVWC (High Agility Versatile Weapon Carrier—pronounced "havoc") mecha armored vehicle.
Release Date: 2006-06-16
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 13
Vote Count: 6
Phoenix
Based off the manga by the same name, Phoenix sees civilizations rise and fall through time as the search for meaning in life continues.
Release Date: 2004-04-04
Department: Directing
Job: Series Director
Episode Count: 13
Vote Count: 3
Phoenix
Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle.
Release Date: 2004-03-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
Blue Gender: The Warrior
It is a time of chaos. Earth is no longer what it used to be. It has been infested with a bug like species called the Blue. Yuji Kaido, who has a mysterious disease, is put into suspended animation until a cure is found. When he wakes up Yuji learns that its been more than 20 years since he was put into suspended animation, and the world is now controled by these creatures. He joins a group of soldiers equipped with powerful mechas to fight against the Blue for hope of a better future.
Release Date: 2002-11-20
Department: Writing
Job: Original Series Creator
Vote Count: 4
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
Wandering the lands of Japan - Ran is a master swordsman with a strong sense of honor combined with the courage and strength to right wrongs and battle injustice. But that doesn't stop her from having a good time! Stuck with an unwanted traveling companion, Myao, the two will bring law and order to the countryside... if they don't kill each other first. A comedic, action drama from start to finish - the way of the Samurai will never be the same!
Release Date: 2000-01-26
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 3
Blue Gender
In the 2030s Earth has been overrun by the Blue, which are mutated insect-like creatures that kill and harvest humans for food. Most of the surviving human race has moved to Second Earth, a huge spaceship that orbits the planet. Yuji and Marlene must work together to reach Second Earth and fight against the Blue.
Release Date: 1999-10-08
Department: Directing
Job: Co-Director
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 19
Gasaraki
The flames of war are fanned in the Middle East as two secretive forces unleash their latest weapons of mass destruction.
Release Date: 1998-10-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 25
Vote Count: 7
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
In the year 2005, a race of alien monsters emerge from underground and launch a series of attacks on the city of Tokyo. The only defense against these creatures is the awesome giant robot GaoGaiGar and its pilot, Guy Shishio.
Release Date: 1997-02-01
Department: Production
Job: Co-Producer
Episode Count: 49
Vote Count: 8
Silent Service
Codename: Seabat. The most dangerous submarine ever created. Explosively nuclear and manned by a crew that is officially dead, the Seabat is the most closely guarded military secret in the world. And it has just gone rogue.
Release Date: 1995-12-18
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 3
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: Directing
Job: Director
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
Mozaika
On the eternal planet of Mozaika, the formerly benevolent King Sazara has been possessed by an evil priest and has begun a bloody path of conquest all across the world! Mozaika's only hope is the young warrior U-Taruma, son of U-Dante, one of Sazara's victims.
Release Date: 1991-11-21
Department: Directing
Job: Series Director
Episode Count: 4
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: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 23
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: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 3
Ronin Warriors
Five young men with mystical armor fight to save the mortal from the evil Talpa.
Release Date: 1988-04-30
Department: Writing
Job: Script Consultant
Episode Count: 19
Vote Count: 22
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
Fang of the Sun Dougram - Dougram Vs Round Facer
Flying Dougram battles in space.
Release Date: 1987-01-21
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Vote Count: 1
Blue Comet SPT Layzner: Act-III Seal 2000
An expanded version of the final episode of the TV series (38) that features new animation and a longer epilogue.
Release Date: 1986-10-21
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Blue Comet SPT Layzner: Act-II Le Cain 1999
OVA that recaps the second part (episodes 26-37) of the Layzner TV series.
Release Date: 1986-09-21
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Blue Comet SPT Layzner: Act-I Eiji 1996
OVA that recaps the first part (episodes 01-24) of the Layzner TV series.
Release Date: 1986-08-21
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Vote Count: 1
Panzer World Galient: Crest of Iron
Alternative universe spin-off of the 'Panzer World Galient' TV series
Release Date: 1986-08-05
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Big Battle
Chirico finds his beloved Fyana held hostage by Balarant in an experimental facility near Koba City, and he and his comrades have to fight their way in to save her.
Release Date: 1986-07-05
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Panzer World Galient: Chapter of the Sky
Recap of episodes 14-25 from the Panzer World Galient TV series.
Release Date: 1986-03-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
Panzer World Galient: Chapter of the Land
Recap of episodes 01-13 from the Panzer World Galient TV series.
Release Date: 1986-01-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
Panzer World Galient
Mader is trying to unify the land of Asato using giant robots. A legend says that a champion, the giant of Iron, will come to destroy all lesser armour. Mader's ambitious son Hai tries to kill him and his other children, Hai's own brother Jordy and little sister Chururu, wanting no question as to the succession.
Release Date: 1986-01-21
Department: Crew
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 3
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: Series Director
Episode Count: 38
Vote Count: 3
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Last Red Shoulder
After his endeavours on planet Woodoo, Chirico reunites with his old comrades from the infamous Red Shoulder unit, planning to get revenge on their former commander, General Pailsen.
Release Date: 1985-08-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Vol.2 Highlights of the 'A.T. Votoms'
Contains all the previews for each episode narrated by Ginga Banjou, and is a collection of famous scenes featuring the three characters Cocona, Vanilla, and Gouto.
Release Date: 1985-07-20
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Vol.1 Stories of the 'A.T. VOTOMS'
A chronological compilation of the TV series.
Release Date: 1985-06-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Panzer World Galient
Mader is trying to unify the land of Asato using giant robots. A legend says that a champion, the giant of Iron, will come to destroy all lesser armour. Mader's ambitious son Hai tries to kill him and his other children, Hai's own brother Jordy and little sister Chururu, wanting no question as to the succession.
Release Date: 1984-10-05
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 25
Vote Count: 2
Choro Q Dougram
A comical short film that was screened at the same time as "Document: Fang of the Sun Dougram" and "Xabungle Graffiti".
Release Date: 1983-07-09
Department: Writing
Job: Original Concept
Document: Fang of the Sun Dougram
In Space Century (SC) 152, the planet Deloyer, Earth's only colony, is home to a growing independence movement. The Fang of the Sun are a small team of guerillas fighting against Earth's occupation. To counter Earth's Combat Armors, they have a lone Combat Armor of their own: Dougram, a CA specially built for Deloyer's environment — and piloted by Crinn Cashim, the rebellious son of the leader of the Earth government on Deloyer. This compilation film version presents the events of the 75 episode anime series as a documentary, primarily focusing on the story's politics rather than the main characters. Originally screened with the short "Choro Q Dougram" and the Combat Mecha Xabungle compilation film Xabungle Graffiti.
Release Date: 1983-07-09
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Vote Count: 1
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: Director
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 14
Fang of the Sun Dougram
Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23, 1981 to March 25, 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun, summarized the series.
Release Date: 1981-10-23
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 75
Vote Count: 2
The Devil and a Princess
Once upon a time, in a certain region of a certain country, there was a castle called "Tomorrow's Castle" surrounded by peanut fields. The 18-year-old Princess Gimi has a reputation for being beautiful to the world, but she is actually a bitch who drinks alcohol in the daytime. Even so, the princess, who has a desire to get married like everyone else, beautifies herself considerably...
Release Date: 1981-03-20
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Cyborg 009
Five years after the defeat of the Black Ghost organization and returning to their average lives, the 00 Cyborgs are called back into action to fight off cyborgs based off the Norse Gods, followed by a new enemy organization known as the Neo Black Ghost.
Release Date: 1979-03-06
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 50
Vote Count: 2
Zero Tester
Release Date: 1973-10-01
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 66
Nozomi in the Sun
Two baby girls were born in the same hospital: one of them is the daughter of an aristocratic family while the other belongs to a deprived household which lives in the slums of the city. However, the nurse-in-charge, Michiko, secretly switches the two babies due to a personal grudge, resulting in a change of fates of the girls from then on. Many years later, the lives of the two girls continue to be intertwined with each other, with the rich Miki ill-treating the poor Nozomi, yet both of them hold similar dreams to become a singer.
Release Date: 1971-04-08
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2