Naohito Takahashi is an animator and anime director. He went to Tokyo Designer Academy, where the president of Studio Giants was his teacher and he ended up there after graduation, then went freelance and finally ended up at OLM.

KNOWN FOR

The Apothecary Diaries
2025
Berserk
1997
Touch
1985
Little Battlers eXperience
2011
Steel Angel Kurumi
2000
To Heart
1999
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
Iria: Zeiram the Animation
1994
Croket!
2003
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
2001
Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions
2010
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
2017

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Directing
21
Art
9
Visual Effects
20
2019
NiNoKuni
Second Unit Director
2011
Little Battlers eXperience
Director
2009
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Assistant Director
2007
Tamagotchi: The Movie
Second Unit Director
2007
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
Assistant Director
2006
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
Assistant Director
2006
Animal Crossing: The Movie
Second Unit Director
2006
Ray the Animation
Series Director
2005
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
Assistant Director
2004
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Director
2003
Croket!
Series Director
2001
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
Series Director
2000
Steel Angel Kurumi
Director
1999
To Heart
Director
1998
Berserk
Director
1997
Berserk
Series Director
1995
Stainless Night
Director
1995
Yuuwaku Countdown
Director
1995
Stainless Night
Director
1994
Iria: Zeiram the Animation
Director
1992
Sequence
Director