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Takao Abo

Takao Abo

DIRECTING

Best known for:

Jujutsu Kaisen

Sword Art Online

Cowboy Bebop

The Rising of the Shield Hero

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Made in Abyss

Black Lagoon

Wolf's Rain

My Happy Marriage

His and Her Circumstances

Escaflowne: The Movie

Space Dandy

Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie

Eureka Seven

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2199

Kageki Shojo!!

Engage Kiss

Noir

Macross Frontier

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

Aquarion

Birdy the Mighty: Decode

Yurikuma Arashi

Slayers Gorgeous

Filmography:

Anne Frank's Diary (1995)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)
7.5
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Photon: The Idiot Adventures (1997)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Cowboy Bebop (1998)
7.5
WORK AS:
Key Animation
His and Her Circumstances (1998)
6.8
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Slayers Gorgeous (1998)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999)
6.4
WORK AS:
Key Animation

Legend of Himiko (1999)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War (2000)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
5.4
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Noir (2001)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
6.5
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Heat Guy J (2002)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Lunar Legend Tsukihime (2003)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Animation Director
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003)
WORK AS:
Key Animation

Wolf's Rain (2003)
6.6
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Gunparade March (2003)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Kurau Phantom Memory (2004)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist, Key Animation, Director
Area 88 (2004)
WORK AS:
Director
Eureka Seven (2005)
6.1
WORK AS:
Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
Aquarion (2005)
WORK AS:
Director, Storyboard Artist
Black Lagoon (2006)
6.8
WORK AS:
Key Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist
Macross Frontier (2008)
WORK AS:
Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
Birdy the Mighty: Decode (2008)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011)
WORK AS:
Director, Key Animation
Sword Art Online (2012)
7.2
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Macross FB7: Listen to My Song! (2012)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2199 (2013)
6
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Space Dandy (2014)
6.3
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace (2014)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Yurikuma Arashi (2015)
WORK AS:
Director, Key Animation
Norn9 (2016)
WORK AS:
Series Director, Director, Storyboard Artist
Made in Abyss (2017)
7.2
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019)
7.5
WORK AS:
Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni) (2020)
WORK AS:
Series Director, Storyboard Artist
Jujutsu Kaisen (2020)
7.9
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
The Gymnastics Samurai (2020)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Kageki Shojo!! (2021)
5.9
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Engage Kiss (2022)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
My Happy Marriage (2023)
7.2
WORK AS:
Technical Supervisor, Settings, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation