Takeshi Maenami
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | June 12, 1987 (38) |
| Location: | Tokyo Metropolis, Japan |
| Position: | Character design Key animation 2nd key animation |
| Studio: | WIT Studio |
| Years active: | 2005-present |
| Aliases: | まえなみ たけし |
| Website: | X Account |
Takeshi Maenami (前並 武志 Maenami Takeshi) is a Japanese key animator, storyboard artist and character designer born in 1987. He is the sub-character designer and main animator of Shin Samurai-den Yaiba anime.
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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: 11 episodes + 1 opening
| Jpn# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note | |||
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| 1 | Yaiba Appears | April 5, 2025 | Key animation, 2nd key animation | ||||
| 2 | Sword of Fujin, Reborn | April 12, 2025 | Key animation | ||||
| 4 | Attack of the Eight Demons | April 26, 2025 | Key animation | ||||
| 6 | The Unexpected Bat Guy | May 10, 2025 | Animation director, Key animation | ||||
| 10 | Onimaru's Devil Kings | June 7, 2025 | Animation director | ||||
| 16 | A Battle of Giants | July 26, 2025 | Animation director | ||||
| 17 | The Man of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu | August 2, 2025 | Animation director | ||||
| 18 | Crisis on Kawanakajima | August 9, 2025 | Animation director | ||||
| 19 | Darkness Orb Escape Training | August 16, 2025 | Action animation director | ||||
| 21 | Mystery Atop Mount Fuji | September 6, 2025 | Animaton director, action animation director | ||||
| 22 | Crossroads of the Soul | September 13, 2025 | Animation director | ||||
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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
