Koichi Takano
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Koichi Takano (高野 宏一 was a Takano Kōichi)Japanese special effects director. After graduating high school in 1953, Takano joined Toho as an assistant cinematographer, working on film such as 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
Director of special effects
- Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 1, 4, 6-11, 14-36, 39]
- Ultraman (1967) [compilation movie]
- Director Akio Jissoji's Ultraman (1979) [compilation movie]
- Ultraman: Great Monster Battle (1979) [compilation movie; with Toru Matoba]
- Ultraman: Terror on Route 87 (1989) [theatrical episode]
- Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 1-3, 5, 13-16, 24-25, 28-29, 32-43, 45, 48-49]
- Operation: Mystery! (TV 1968) [episodes 7, 13, 16]
- The Founding of Ming Dynasty (1971)
- Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-12, 15-17, 20-21, 26-27, 30-31]
- Return of Ultraman (1971) [compilation movie]
- Mirror Man (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-15, 18, 44-45, 48-49]
- Mirror Man (1972) [theatrical episode]
- Mirror Man: Dinosaur Aroza Rises from the Dead (1972) [theatrical episode]
- Ultraman Ace (TV 1972-1973) [episodes 17-18, 23-24, 34-35, 38-39, 42-43, 51-52]
- Iron King (TV 1972) [episodes 9, 19-20]
- Jumborg Ace (TV 1973) [episodes 3-4, 7-8, 11-13, 17, 19, 23-24, 31-32, 35-36][a]
- Ultraman Taro (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 29-30]
- Ultraman Leo (TV 1974-1975) [episodes 1-2, 9-10, 22-23, 30-31][b]
- Submersion of Japan: Television Series (TV 1974-1975) [episodes 8-9, 11-13, 16-18, 21-26]
- Megaloman (TV 1979) [episodes 16-17, 26-27]
- Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981) [episodes 1-8, 11-12, 15-16, 19-20, 23-24, 27-28, 31-32, 35-36, 39-40, 45, 48-49]
- Ultraman Forever (1996)
- Ultraman Tiga (TV 1996) [episodes 1-2, 7, 15-16, 49][c]
Director
- Born Free (TV 1976-1977) [episodes 1-8, 11-13, 16-18, 22-25]
- Ultraman Zoffy (1984)
- Ultraman Story (1984)
Special effects supervisor
- Andromelos (TV 1983) [all 45 episodes]
- Gridman (TV 1993-1994) [all 39 episodes]
- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (TV 1994-1995) [stock footage; all 53 episodes][d]
- Ultraman vs. Masked Rider (1993)
Supervisor
- Ultraman Zearth (1996)
- Ultraman Tiga (TV 1996)
- Ultraman Dyna (TV 1997-1998)
- Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna (1998)
- Ultraman Gaia (TV 1998-1999)
- Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace (1999)
- Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (2000)
- Ultraman Tiga: Revival of the Ancient Giant (2001)
- Ultraman Dyna: Return of Hanejiro (2001)
- Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia (2001)
- Ultraman Cosmos (TV 2001-2002)
- Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001)
- Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (2002)
- Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet - 13 Year Old Musashi Version (2002)
Actor
- Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) as fisherman at Lake Kitayama [episode 10] / man at ski lodge [episode 30]
- Operation: Mystery (TV 1968) as coroner's assistant [episode 13] / Takeshi Kawabe [episode 13]
- Ultraman Tiga (TV 1996) as professor [episode 32; uncredited]
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) as himself [interviewee]
Miscellaneous
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) - Special effects assistant camera [uncredited]
- The Mysterians (1957) - Special effects assistant camera [uncredited]
- Ultra Q (TV 1966) - Special effects cinematographer [all 28 episodes]
- Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) - Special effects cinematographer [episodes 2-3, 5]
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) - Puppet animator [uncredited]
- Ultra Monster Encyclopedia (TV 1983) - Writer [unknown number of episodes]
- Ultraman: Towards the Future (TV 1990-1992) - SFX consultant [all 13 episodes]
- Cyberbeauties Telomere (TV 1998) - Visual supervisor [all 11 episodes]
Gallery
Takano instructs Mitsuru Saijo as Mirror Man
Takano with Mariya Yamada
External links
Notes
- ↑ Episodes 35 and 36 with Yoshiyuki Yoshimura.
- ↑ Episodes 30 and 31 with Yoshiyuki Yoshimura.
- ↑ Episodes 15 and 16 with Kyota Kawasaki. Episode 49 with Tsugumi Kitaura.
- ↑ Credited as "Executive Special Effects Supervisor."
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