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development and production enterprise Type-Moon, and for his illustrations on the visual novels, ''

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'', which were adapted into an anime and

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series. He has frequently collaborated with fellow game designer

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. In 2008, they contributed the special scenario to the

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visual novel '' 428: Shibuya Scramble'', which subsequently received a sequel anime titled ''

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''. His real name is Tomotaka Takeuchi (竹内友崇).

Biography

; Mangaka :Takeuchi originally intended to become a

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and in 1996 his manga ‘F’ was awarded an honourable mention at the 3rd

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21st Century Manga Grand Prize. In the winter of 1997 his short comic ''Yuusha-bu tadaima katsudouchuu!!'' (勇者部ただいま活動中！！) was published in an edition of but he was unable to establish a regular serial. ;Video games: :He worked at the video game developer

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as a CG artist but left the company in 1998 following restructuring. At the recommendation of a former colleague Takeuchi was reemployed at

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where he worked as a motion designer for fighting and shooting games. ;Doujin circle management: :In 1998, Takeuchi formed the doujin circle ‘Takebouki’ with his friend since middle school Kinoko Nasu. With the later addition of Takeuchi’s former colleague and programmer from Compile Kiyobee (清兵衛) and the songwriter Keita Haga (芳賀敬太), the circle developed into TYPE-MOON. Shortly after work began on TYPE-MOON’s first game ''Tsukihime'', OKSG, who Takeuchi had met on the Takebouki homepage, joined the circle as manager of the website. As Takeuchi was still employed while working on ''Tsukihime'' he would work on the game until 4 AM after arriving home. Despite this schedule Takeuchi was able to produce around four hundred images for the game in seven months. While working on Tsukihime Takeuchi lived in

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. ;Establishing a company: :In 2004, Takeuchi established the video game companies, Notes and TYPE-MOON as the main brand under which the games are published, assuming the role of representative.

Characteristics

; Maid fetish and "Saber face" :Takeuchi is notable for his fondness of maids, and the appearance of maid characters in both ''Tsukihime'' and ''Fate/stay night'' can be attributed to his tastes. In the TYPE-MOON

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''Tsukihime Dokuhon'' the maid character Hisui is described as being composed almost entirely from Takeuchi’s preferences. Saber from ''Fate/stay night'' is especially favoured by Takeuchi and he has since designed a number of characters based on her design. This recurrent character design is popularly referred to as "Saber face". ;Self Portrait and Nickname: :Takeuchi illustrates himself as a caricature wearing a

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and often smoking when representing himself in TYPE-MOON works. There is a low chance of this portrayal appearing in ''

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'' when Mecha-Hisui is selected, as a nod to his fondness of the character. Within TYPE-MOON, and at doujinshi market events he is referred to with the cute nickname "Take-chan" (武ちゃん) . He is also called "shachō" (社長, company president) by fans. ;Inspirations: :Takeuchi’s favourite artists are

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, and

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. He has been influenced by the manga ''

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''. During middle school he and his friend Nasu read and were inspired by

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’s manga adaptation of ''Makai Tenshō''. He is a fan of Shotaro Ishinomori. Takeuchi has been influenced by the work of Takeshi Obata, for example, he used the character Akari Fujisaki from the manga ''

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'' as the model for ''Tsukihime''’s Satsuki Yumizuka. Takeuchi has also taken inspiration from anime: ''Fate/hollow ataraxia''’s Caren Hortensia and Bazett Fraga McRemitz were based on ''

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,TYPE-MOON Character material and

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are also among his inspirations.

Works

Video games

(2000) – character design, art, planning, development supervision * Tsukihime Plus-Disc (2001) – character design, art *

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(2001) – character design, art, planning, development supervision *

(2002) - character design, art *

(2004) – character design, art, planning, layout *

Fate/hollow ataraxia is a 2005 PC visual novel video game developed by Type-Moon, and the sequel to ''Fate/stay night''. The word "ataraxia" in the title is a Greek term for "tranquility", giving the title the combined meaning of "empty (or false) tranquility". ...

(2005) – character design, art, planning * 428: Shibuya Scramble (2008) – bonus scenario character design *

Fate/Extra ''Fate/Extra'' (stylized as ''Fate/EXTRA'') is a dungeon crawler role-playing game developed by Type-Moon and Imageepoch and published by Marvelous Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. The game takes place in a parallel univer ...

(2010) – character design supervision *

Witch on the Holy Night ''Witch on the Holy Night'' (known in Japan as and sometimes shortened as ''Mahoyo'') is a Japanese visual novel developed and published by Type-Moon. It was first released for Windows on April 12, 2012 in Japan. An enhanced version with voice ...

(2012) – planning, producer *

Fate/Extra CCC ''Fate/Extra'' (stylized as ''Fate/EXTRA'') is a dungeon crawler role-playing game developed by Type-Moon and Imageepoch and published by Marvelous Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. The game takes place in a parallel univer ...

(2013) – original character design *

Fate/Grand Order is a free-to-play Japanese mobile game, developed by Lasengle (formerly Delightworks) using Unity, and published by Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The game is based on Type-Moon's ''Fate/stay night'' franchise, and ...

(2015) – art direction, character design * Fate/Extella (2016) – original character design * Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- (2021)

Novel illustrations

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(1998-2008) *

Vampire Wars is an original video animation based on a novel series by Kiyoshi Kasai and published by Kadokawa Shoten, produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi. It was broadcast in United States on May 5, 2008 and in Canada by Super Ch ...

reprint (2004-2005) * Fate/Zero (2006-2007) *

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(July 2009-December 2009)

Anime

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(2003) – original character design *

(2006) – original character design, character design supervision, producer, OP 1 storyboard * Kara no Kyoukai series (2007-2013) – original character design, producer *

(2009) – Original character design * Fate/stay night the Movie: Unlimited Blade Works (2010) – original character design, producer * Fate/Zero (2011-2012) – original character design, producer *

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(2014) – chief producer *

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(2014) – episode 1 end card * Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014-2015) – original character design, producer * Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016) – original character design, planning * Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel (2017-2020) – original character design, producer * Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom (2017) – original character design, planning * Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan (2018) – planning, producer * Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019) - lead character designer, producer * Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot (2020) - lead character designer *

- original character design (TBA)

Manga

* F * Yuusha-bu tadaima katsudouchuu!! * The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel

References

External links

TYPE-MOON founders Takashi Takeuchi and Kinoko Nasu's Online Diary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Takashi 1973 births Living people Japanese illustrators Manga artists from Chiba Prefecture People from Yachiyo, Chiba Type-Moon