Takeshi Inamura (Visual Effects)
Little is known about Takeshi Inamura, a figure with a modest footprint in Visual Effects. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Spirited Away
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Release Date2001-07-20
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count18555
Haikyu!!
Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.
Release Date2014-04-06
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count3
Vote Count1529
Your Name.
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Release Date2016-07-01
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count12706
Neon Genesis Evangelion
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
Release Date1995-10-04
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Episode Count1
Vote Count2124
Princess Mononoke
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Release Date1997-07-12
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Vote Count9104
The Boy and the Heron
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
Release Date2023-07-14
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count2696
The Secret World of Arrietty
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Release Date2010-07-16
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count3214
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High's volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the 'Little Giant'. But Hinata soon learns that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Their clashing styles form a surprising weapon, but can their newfound teamwork defeat their rival Nekoma High in the highly anticipated 'Dumpster Battle', the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams?
Release Date2024-02-16
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count259
Whisper of the Heart
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
Release Date1995-07-15
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count2309
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
Release Date2017-07-08
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation Director
Vote Count925
From Up on Poppy Hill
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
Release Date2011-07-16
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation Director
Vote Count1963
The Wind Rises
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Release Date2013-07-20
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count3410
Belle
Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.
Release Date2021-07-16
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count895
Pom Poko
The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.
Release Date1994-07-16
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count1217
The Boy and the Beast
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
Release Date2015-07-11
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count1619
Tales from Earthsea
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
Release Date2006-07-29
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation Director
Vote Count1509
Mirai
Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
Release Date2018-07-20
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count870
My Neighbors the Yamadas
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
Release Date1999-07-17
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count621
Ocean Waves
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Release Date1993-10-09
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count984
Modest Heroes
Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
Release Date2018-08-24
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count195
Treasure Hunting
The film is an adaptation of a picture book by Rieko Nakagawa and Yuriko Yamawaki, with illustrations by Yuriko Omura. In the story, a boy named Yuuji and a rabbit named Gikku find a stick at the same time, and decide to compete in games to decide who can keep the stick. However, whether it is a foot race, long jump, or sumo wrestling, they always end up in a tie.
Release Date2011-06-04
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation Director
Vote Count2
The Imaginary
Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a mysterious threat.
Release Date2023-12-15
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count95
Everything Ghibli Special Short Shorts
Treasured animated shorts from Studio Ghibli available for the first time ever! Includes all 32 of their short works ranging from Studio Ghibli's first ever short film from 1992 "Sora Iro no Tane" to their latest animated music videos. Be sure to catch the animations from your favorite commercials by House Foods and Asahi Beverage Company.
Release Date1992-12-23
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
The Day I Bought a Star
A young boy is tired of the city and escapes into the country. Two strangers trade him a strange seed. The boy accepts and the seed sprouts into a miniature planet, which continues to grow.
Release Date2006-01-03
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count14
Pretty to Think So
In the wake of the dot-com crash, investment banker Hanna Shah ricochets from job loss to career limbo to new love with prosperous lawyer Jiwon Kim. Stability seems in reach -- until old flame Alex Yuen reenters Hanna's life as Jiwon's client. Alex is now a changed man, and as past converges with present, all three must contend with the altering landscape in this culture-hopping romance tale.
Release Date2008-04-18
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Tomorrow's Leaves
The annual arrival of the message leaf causes concern – something is undeniably wrong. Its usually vibrant and lasting colours quickly fade, and it suddenly withers and crumbles. Five envoys, from five diverse lands, are dispatched to find out what has happened. The envoys travel to a distant land, quietly guided by tiny spirits. Each envoy has its own strengths and vulnerabilities. They compete and support each other as they draw closer to their destination, facing treacherous terrain and difficult conditions. Through athletic challenges and the uniting power of sport, they discover the positive fundamental values that come with playful competition. Together, the envoys approach near the source of the message leaf. Can they restore life to a future in peril?
Release Date2021-07-23
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobKey Animation
Vote Count5