Takeshi Yagi is a Japanese movie/series director, producer, and a special skill director.
Biography[]
Yagi joined Tsuburaya Productions in the 1990s after film research at Hayata University.
In 1996, Yagi directed a TV series for the first time as a director of Moon Spiral. He's also a sub-director of Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, and Ultraman Gaia.
He has since gone on to produce most of the Ultraman Series at Tsuburaya Productions, including 2004's Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy as general director. Series producer of Ultraman Max in 2005, and general director again for Ultraseven X in 2007.
Yagi quit Tsuburaya Productions in January 2008 and started working as a freelance director/producer.
Directed Works[]
Ultraman Series[]
- Ultraman Gaia - Episode 49
- Booska! Booska!! - Episode 33
- Ultraman Gaia: Gaia Again - Main Director
- Ultraman Cosmos- Episodes 19, 20, 33, 34, 45, 46, 59, and 60
- Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy - Main Director (including directing episodes 1, 5, 17, 21, and 23)
- Ultraman Nexus - Episodes 17, 18, 30, and 31
- Ultraman Max - Episodes 13, 14, 25, 26, 27, 37, 38, and 39 (also serves as series producer)
- Ultraman Mebius - Episodes 31, 32
- Ultraseven X - Main Director (including directing episodes 1, 2, 9, 11, and 12)
- Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers - Main Director
Others[]
- Moon Spiral (1996)
- Urban Legend Sepi (2009)
- Street of Demons (2017)
Participated Works[]
- Ultraseven - Operation: Solar Energy - Assistant director
- Ultraman Tiga - Second assistant director
- Ultraman Dyna - Second assistant director
- Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey - Visual effects coordinator
- Operation: Mystery - Mystery File - Special effects technology
Books[]
- Ultraman Max's 15th Anniversary Testimony (2021, Rittosha) - Supervised and edited[1]
- Ultraman Tiga's 25th Anniversary Testimony (2021, Rittosha) - Supervised and edited[2]
- Ultraman Dyna's 25th Anniversary Testimony (2021, Rittosha) - Supervised and edited[3]
- The Golden Age of Special Effects: The Successor of Eiji Tsuburaya (2022, Rittosha) - Supervised and edited
- Ultraseven X's 15th Anniversary Testimony (2023, Rittosha) - Supervised and edited[4]
- The Adventures of Akio Jissoji: Creation and Aesthetics (2023, Rittosha) - Author
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