Koichi Takano

Koichi Takano Born August 25, 1935 Tokyo, Japan Died November 30, 2008 (aged 73) Occupation special effects director, director First work Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Notable work Ultraman (1967)

Koichi Takano (高野 宏一,   Takano Kōichi) was a Japanese special effects director and director.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects cinematographer

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yoichi Manoda, Hajime Tsuburaya]

Director of special effects

• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) - puppet effects
• Ultraman (1967)
• Operation: Mystery! (TV 1968)
• The Founding of Ming Dynasty (1971)
• Iron King (TV 1972)
• Ultraman Leo (TV 1974)
• Submersion of Japan: Television Series (TV 1974-75)
• War God (1976) [Chinese version]
• The Birth Goddess (1978)
• Ultraman (1979)
• Ultraman: Monster Big Battle (1979)
• Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981)
• Ultraman: Towards the Future (TV 1990-92)
• Ultraman: Tiga (TV 1996)

Interviewee

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998 documentary)

Gallery

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  Koichi Takano (standing center) supervises filming the monster Gomora for Ultraman episode The Monsters Highness.

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  Takano instructs Mitsuru Saijo as Mirrorman

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  Takano with Mariya Yamada

External links

• Koichi Takano tribute on SciFi Japan

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