Takeshi Yashiro
An image from Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights, one of the productions that also features Takeshi Yashiro.
Takeshi Yashiro

Takeshi Yashiro

January 1, 1969 — Akita, Japan

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.

Gon, the Little Fox

Gon, the Little Fox

2019

Moon of a Sleepless Night

Moon of a Sleepless Night

2015

Hidari (Pilot Film)

Hidari (Pilot Film)

2023

Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights

Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights

2013

Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars

Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars

2014

Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest

Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest

2021

Gyoro Goes to the Theatre

Gyoro Goes to the Theatre

2021

The Spring Herald Fish and the Wanderer

The Spring Herald Fish and the Wanderer

2024