(born June 25, 1965) is a Japanese animator,

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writer, and director. He has directed many

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series, including ''

Fancy Lala ''Fancy Lala'', known in Japan as , is a magical girl anime series produced by Studio Pierrot in 1998, following an OVA released in 1988. A two-volume manga adaptation by Rurika Kasuga ran in '' Ribon''. The original designs were created by ...

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Koi Kaze is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoi Yoshida. It was published in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Evening'' from 2001 to 2004, with its chapters collected in five ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The serie ...

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Gakuen Alice , also known as ''Alice Academy'' or ''Alice School'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, serialized in the shōjo manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from 2003 to 2013. It was adapted into an anime serie ...

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Hell Girl , also known as ''Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell'', is a Japanese anime series conceptualized by Hiroshi Watanabe (animator), Hiroshi Watanabe and produced by SKY Perfect Well Think, Tokyo MX, Wakasa Seikatsu, Fujishoji, Aniplex and ...

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Natsume's Book of Friends is a Japanese manga series by Yuki Midorikawa. It began serialization by Hakusensha in the '' shōjo'' manga magazine ''LaLa DX'' in 2005, before switching to ''LaLa'' in 2008. The chapters have been collected in twenty-nine bound volume ...

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Baccano! is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, often told from multiple points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the ...

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Durarara!! , often shortened to ''DRRR!!'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda. ''Durarara!!'' tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet ...

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Samurai Flamenco is an anime television series conceptualized by Manglobe and produced by Aniplex, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Dentsu, Hobibox, Movic and DeNA. It is directed by Takahiro Omori, with Hideyuki Kurata handling series scripts, Chinatsu K ...

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Filmography

;1988 * ''

Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 is a 1987 original video animation produced by AIC, Soeishinsha and Pony Canyon and directed and conceptualized by Shinji Aramaki. It has been licensed in the United States by AnimEigo. The plot centers on a mechanic who comes across the MADO ...

'': Key Animation ;1996 * ''

Baby and Me is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marimo Ragawa. It was published in Hakusensha's magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from 1991 to 1997. In North America, it was published by Viz Media. The series was adapted into an anime televi ...

'': Director, Storyboard ;1997 * ''

Hyper Police is a Japanese manga series and written and illustrated by Minoru Tachikawa. It is set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters. The series mostly follows the offices of a priv ...

'': Director ;1998 * ''

'': Series Director, Storyboard, Episode Director * '' Yoiko'': Director ;1999 * '' Power Stone'': Director, Storyboard ;2002 * ''

Haibane Renmei is a Japanese anime television series. It is based on an original ''dōjinshi'' manga series by Yoshitoshi ABe, , which was released from 1998 to 2002 and left unfinished as work on the anime began. The 13-episode series was animated by Radix ...

'': Storyboard, Episode Director ;2003 * ''Wonder Bevil'': Director Click the link tab labeled "スタッフ＆キャスト" located in the dark blue bar along the top of the screen. ;2004 * ''

'': Director * ''

'': Director, Storyboard, Script ;2005 * ''

'': Director, Dubbing Director ;2006 * '' Hell Girl: Two Mirrors'': Director, Dubbing Director ;2007 * ''

'': Director, Storyboard, Episode Director ;2008 * ''

'': Director ;2009 * ''Natsume's Book of Friends Two'': Director ;2010 * ''

'': Director * ''

Princess Jellyfish is a Japanese ''josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Kiss'' from October 2008 to August 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An 11-episo ...

'' : Director ;2011 * '' Hotarubi no Mori e'': Director * ''Natsume's Book of Friends Three'': Director ;2012 * ''Natsume's Book of Friends Four'': Director ;2013 * ''

'': Director ;2015 * ''Durarara!!×2'': Director ;2016 * ''Natsume's Book of Friends Five'': Chief Director ;2017 * ''Natsume's Book of Friends Six'': Chief Director * '' Hell Girl: The Fourth Twilight'': Director ;2018 * '' Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond'': Chief Director ;2020 * ''

Pet A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive appearances, intelligence, ...

'': Director ;2021 *'' Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor'': Chief Director *'' Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Aoi Tsukiyo no Mahō no Ko''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omori, Takahiro Anime directors Japanese animators Japanese animated film directors Japanese television directors Japanese voice directors Living people 1965 births People from Tokyo