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Takeshi Maenami (前並武志 ,Maenami Takeshi^?) is a Japanese key animator, storyboard artist and character designer from born in 1987. He is the sub-character designer and main animator of Shin Samurai-den Yaiba anime.

Biography

Takeshi Maenami was originally from animation studio OLM (オー・エル・エム), and is currently a freelance animator.

Maenami debuted as a key animator in 2005 via the anime Doraemon (ドラえもん). After that, he constantly served as a key animator among numerous newborn animation works. Despite the fact that he possessed a short career as an animator back then, he still attracted some attention for his work in Pokémon Sun and Moon (ポケットモンスターサン&ムーン). Notably - in 2021, he served as animation director for the first time in the anime Ranking of Kings (王様ランキング).

In 2024, he was appointed as sub-character designer and main animator for the Shin Samurai-den Yaiba anime.

Works in Yaiba

Yaiba: Samurai Legend

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
1	Yaiba Appears	April 5, 2025	Key animation, 2nd key animation

Other notable works

Anime

Brave Bang Bravern!: Key animation
Delicious in Dungeon: Key animation
Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit: Key animation
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Key animation
Jujutsu Kaisen: Key animation
One Piece (1999) : Storyboard, Key animation
Sk8 the Infinity: Key animation
Summer Time Rendering: Key animation
takt op. Destiny: Key animation, Musicart arms design

Movies

Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Nazo Meki! Hana no Tenkasu Gakuen: Key animation
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur: Key animation
Ni no Kuni: Key animation
One Piece Film Red: Key animation
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us: 2nd key animation

References

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 | date-of-birth       = June 12, 1987
 | location            = Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
-| position            = Character design
+| position            = Character design <br> Key animation <br> 2nd key animation
 | studio              = [[WIT Studio]]
 | years-active        = 2005-present
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 Maenami debuted as a key animator in 2005 via the anime ''[[wikipedia:Doraemon|Doraemon]]'' {{jp|ドラえもん}}. After that, he constantly served as a key animator among numerous newborn animation works. Despite the fact that he possessed a short career as an animator back then, he still attracted some attention for his work in ''[[wikipedia:ja:ポケットモンスター サン&ムーン|Pokémon Sun and Moon]]'' {{jp|ポケットモンスター サン&ムーン}}. Notably - in 2021, he served as animation director for the first time in the anime ''[[wikipedia:Ranking of Kings|Ranking of Kings]]'' {{jp|王様ランキング}}.
-In 2024, he was appointed as sub-character designer and main animator for ''Shin Samurai-den Yaiba'' anime.
+In 2024, he was appointed as sub-character designer and main animator for the ''Shin Samurai-den Yaiba'' anime.
+== Works in [[Yaiba]] ==
+=== [[Yaiba: Samurai Legend]] ===
+Participation in: '''1''' episode
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+!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
+|-
+|1||[[Yaiba Appears (Yaiba: Samurai Legend episode)|Yaiba Appears]]||April 5, 2025||Key animation, 2nd key animation||
+|}
 == Other notable works ==
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 == References ==
-# [https://w.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/2051.html 前並武志 - Atwiki] (Japanese)
+# [https://w.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/2051.html 前並武志 - Atwiki]
+# [https://bangumi.tv/person/38721 前并武志 - Bangumi]
 # [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=147609 Takeshi Maenami - Anime News Network]
-# [https://bangumi.tv/person/38721 前并武志 - Bangumi] (Chinese)
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Maenami, Takeshi}}
 [[Category:Character designers]]