Shion Takeuchi (born September 5, 1988) is an American television writer, animator, storyboard artist, showrunner, and producer. She is the creator of the

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television series ''

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'' and has written and produced for the shows ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Regular Show'', and others. She was nominated twice for an Annie Award in "Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production", in 2016 and 2017, for her work on ''Gravity Falls''.

Early life and education

Takeuchi was born on September 5, 1988, and raised in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts, where her parents were a technology company executive and former translator. She attended the

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(CalArts), graduating in 2010 with a BFA in animation. Her thesis film was titled ''When the Time is Ripe'', a

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story about a Jewish

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Career

Takeuchi worked as an intern on the animated series ''

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'' during the first season of its development before joining animator J. G. Quintel to work as a storyboard artist on his Cartoon Network series '' Regular Show''. She was then hired to work in the story department at

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where she was involved in the production of the films '' Monsters University'' (2013) and '' Inside Out'' (2015). She later left Pixar to work as a writer on the Disney animated series ''

'' where she stayed until the show's conclusion in 2016. Takeuchi also worked as a writer on the Netflix animated series ''

'' and the Amazon Prime Video animated series '' Lost in Oz''. Streaming platform Netflix signed a multi-year, multi-project deal with Takeuchi in 2018.

''Inside Job''

In 2019, Netflix announced the production of the adult animated series ''Inside Job'', created and produced by Takeuchi. The show premiered on October 22, 2021 and went on to become the fifth most streamed show on Netflix in the US and eighth most streamed on the platform globally within a week of its release.

Filmography

Film

Television

Nominations and awards

References

External links

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