Ryōsuke Takahashi

This article is about Japanese anime director. For the Initial D character, see list of Initial D characters § Ryosuke Takahashi.

Ryōsuke Takahashi (高橋 良輔, Takahashi Ryōsuke, born January 11, 1943) is a Japanese anime director, screenwriter, and producer. He is among Sunrise's most renowned and noted directors, with his work (together with character designer Norio Shioyama) epitomizing much of Sunrise's work in the 1980s, pioneering the real robot genre, with such noted works as Armored Trooper Votoms, Fang of the Sun Dougram and several others.

Takahashi is a graduate of Meiji University. He was also a part-time lecturer at the private Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts. Among his most recent works is Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, which he created and directed.

Takahashi is on the selection committee for the annual Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award.

Works

Year	Title	Format	Role
1980	Astro Boy (1980 TV series)	Television	Storyboards
1981	Akuma to Himegimi	Film	Director
1981	Fang of the Sun Dougram	Television	Director
1983	Armored Trooper Votoms	Television	Director, Screenplay, Episode Director, Original creator
1984	Panzer World Galient	Television	Series director, Producer
1985	Blue Comet SPT Layzner	Television	Original creator, director
1987	Moomin (1969 TV series)	Television	Episode Director (Mushi)
1987	Gokū no Daibōken	Television	Episode Director
1987	Oraa Guzura Dado	Television	Episode Director
1988	Ronin Warriors	Television	Series supervisor
1991	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory	OVA	Script (episodes 9 and 11)	-
1993	The Cockpit	(OVA)	Director (ep.3), Screenplay (ep.3)
1994	Akazukin Chacha	Television	Script
1994	Hime-chan's Ribbon	Television	Script (episodes 45,46,51,52,56,57), Production Assistant (Akabanten)
1996	The Silent Service	Television	(special) : Director
1997	The King of Braves GaoGaiGar	Television	Script (chief), Producer
1998	Gasaraki	Television	Director, Original creator
1999	Blue Gender	Television	Original creator, Associate Planning
2000	Blue Gender: The Warrior (movie)	Film	Original creator
2000	Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran	Television	Script
2000	Animal 1	Television	Episode Director
2001	Gundam Evolve	OVA	Supervision (episode 6)
2000	Kodocha	Television	Script (ep 51), Direction Support
2000	Mashin Hero Wataru 2	Television	Script
2000	Rurouni Kenshin	Television	Associate Director
2004	Samurai 7	Television	Production Assistance
2004	Area 88	Television	Production Cooperation
2005	Animal Yokochō	Television	Production Assistance (episodes 1-50)
2006	Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto	Television	Director, Original Creator
2006	Flag	Television	Director
2007	Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files	OVA	Director, Original Creator
2015	Young Black Jack	Television	Script

External links

• Ryōsuke Takahashi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia