Portrait of Takeshi Koike

Directing

Takeshi Koike

Career

Active from 2000 to 2025, busiest in 2003 and 2004 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray
Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Takeshi Koike Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.0, average 3.3
  • Social Commentary
    3.7, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Stylish Animation 4
  • Lupin the 3rd 3
  • Action-Packed Heist 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Action 2
  • Crime 2
  • Existential Dread 2
  • Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 70
HENSHIN THE FIRST
HENSHIN THE FIRST (2026)

Producer

LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

Storyboard Artist, Director

LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins
LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins (2025)
GoodWatch score 74

Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director

2010s

5 titles ยท average score 74
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

Character Designer, Animation Director

Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray
Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017)
GoodWatch score 75

Character Designer, Animation Director

The Boy and the Beast
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
GoodWatch score 78

Key Animation

Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Animation Director

Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)
GoodWatch score 75

Key Animation

2000s

16 titles ยท average score 70
Redline
Redline (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Key Animation

Afro Samurai Pilot
Afro Samurai Pilot (2007)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

The Taste of Tea
The Taste of Tea (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

Lead Animator

Dead Leaves
Dead Leaves (2004)
GoodWatch score 74

Key Animation

The Animatrix
The Animatrix (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

World Record
World Record (2003)

Director, Key Animation

Matriculated
Matriculated (2003)
GoodWatch score 65

Key Animation

Patlabor WXIII the Movie
Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2002)
GoodWatch score 53

Key Animation

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

Production Design, Key Animation

Blood: The Last Vampire
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
GoodWatch score 55

Key Animation

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card (2000)
GoodWatch score 79

Key Animation

Party 7
Party 7 (2000)
GoodWatch score 63

Lead Animator

1990s

8 titles ยท average score 64
X
X (1996)
GoodWatch score 52

Key Animation

Bio Hunter
Bio Hunter (1995)
GoodWatch score 60

Key Animation

Darkside Blues
Darkside Blues (1994)
GoodWatch score 55

Key Animation

Ninja Scroll
Ninja Scroll (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

Key Animation

Pops
Pops (1993)

Key Animation

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991)
GoodWatch score 61

Key Animation

A Wind Named Amnesia
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)
GoodWatch score 62

Key Animation

Nineteen 19
Nineteen 19 (1990)
GoodWatch score 70

Key Animation

1980s

1 title
Foxes of Chironup
Foxes of Chironup (1987)

Animation