
Takeshi Yashiro
Directing
Takeshi Yashiro is a director at Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd., a Japanese TV-Commercial production company. In 1993, he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in design. While he directed numerous commercials, he studied various stop-motion animation techniques on his own, utilizing and perfecting them in his commercial and web movie works until 2012 when he began focusing on creating stop-motion animation. Yashiro’s works have a sense of handmade feelings and is best at story driven movies. His roles include a writer, director, creator of sets and puppets as well as animator.
Behind the camera
2024The Spring Herald Fish and the Wanderer
Director & Writer
2021Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest
Director
2019Gon, the Little Fox
Director
2018Arthur et la magie de Noël
Director
2015Moon of a Sleepless Night
Director
2014Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars
Director
2013Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights
Director & Screenplay
2013Firewood, Kanta & Grandpa
Director & Screenplay
2012Dear November Boy.
Director & Writer