Koichi Takano

Koichi Takano Born August 28, 1935 Tokyo, Japan Died November 30, 2008 (aged 73) Occupation Special effects director First work Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Notable work Ultraman (1967)

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Koichi Takano (高野 宏一,   Takano Kōichi) was a Japanese special effects director. After graduating high school in 1953, Takano joined Toho as an assistant cinematographer working on 1955's Godzilla Raids Again and 1957's The Mysterians. Following his departure from Toho in 1963, Eiji Tsuburaya hired him as a special effects director for Tsuburaya Productions.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects cinematographer

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yoichi Manoda, Hajime Tsuburaya]
• The Mysterians (1957) [uncredited]

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)

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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