Takeyuki Kanda Directed Anime Watchlist
Anime
Takeyuki Kanda was an anime director for Sunrise who was known for directing Vifam, The Ultraman anime, Kiko Senki Dragonar and the first six episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. He was a close friend and coworker of Ryosuke Takahashi.
On July 27, 1996, Kanda suddenly died. Umanosuke Iida took over for the remaining episodes of The 08th MS Team. The final episode of The 08th MS Team, the movie Miller's Report and the first episode of Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13 were all dedicated in his loving memory.
On July 27, 1996, Kanda suddenly died. Umanosuke Iida took over for the remaining episodes of The 08th MS Team. The final episode of The 08th MS Team, the movie Miller's Report and the first episode of Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13 were all dedicated in his loving memory.
OVA, 1996,
12 eps
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The OVA series is a spin-off of the Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) TV series. It was originally directed by Takeyuki Kanda (episodes 1-6), but after his untimely death during production, Umanosuke Iida (episodes 7-11) took over for the rest of the series. Later, a special 12th episode directed by Kunihiro Mori was made as the series' epilogue.
Movie, 1998,
1 ep
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(Episode 8.5)
The film re-edits episodes 1 and 6-8 of the OVA series with new scenes added that explain the plot connection between episodes 8 and 9. It is referred to as episode 8.5 of the OVA series.
The film re-edits episodes 1 and 6-8 of the OVA series with new scenes added that explain the plot connection between episodes 8 and 9. It is referred to as episode 8.5 of the OVA series.
TV, 1978,
35 eps
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The TV series is loosely based on the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and marks the directorial debut of Takeyuki Kanda. Only the first 35 episodes of the anime were actually aired on Japanese television, with the final 4 episodes remained unreleased until they were re-released on video.
Special, 2006,
4 eps
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Unaired episodes 36-39 of the TV series.
TV, 1979,
50 eps
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The TV series is the 8th entry in the Ultraman Series and the first to be released as an anime instead of a tokusatsu show. The main director for the first 13 episodes was Hisayuki Toriumi, and from episode 14 onwards, the role was taken over by Takeyuki Kanda.
TV, 1980,
50 eps
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The TV series was directed by Takeyuki Kanda (episodes 1-10) and Katsuhiko Taguchi (episodes 11-50).
TV, 1981,
75 eps
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The TV series was created by directors Ryosuke Takahashi and Takeyuki Kanda, and screenwriter Hiroyuki Hoshiyama. Dougram was one of the first successors to the "Real Robot" genre created by Mobile Suit Gundam.
TV, 1983,
46 eps
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The TV series was officially drafted by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino and planned by both Takeyuki Kanda (who also serves as its director) and Hiroyuki Hoshiyama. It is loosely based on Jules Verne's novel Deux ans de vacances (Two Years' Vacation).
OVA, 1985,
1 ep
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The OVA is a side story and can be inserted somewhere between episodes 18 and 21 of the TV series.
OVA, 1985,
1 ep
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The OVA is an another side story that takes place within the TV series.
TV, 1984,
25 eps
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The TV series was directed by Takeyuki Kanda and Tetsurō Amino. It was the follow-up series to Galactic Drifter Vifam (1983), using many of the same production staff, and was made to purposely be lighter and less serious than its predecessor.
TV, 1987,
48 eps
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The TV series was created by Sunrise pseudonym collective staff "Hajime Yatate" and director Takeyuki Kanda. Devised shortly after the release of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Dragonar was intended to be a potential successor to the Gundam franchise. Though the series enjoyed good ratings, it failed to surpass Gundam and ended up as a single series.
OVA, 1988,
12 eps
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The OVA series was written by Votoms creator Ryosuke Takahashi and directed by Takeyuki Kanda. It is a spinoff of the Armored Trooper Votoms TV series and takes place in the same universe (and time, and in some episodes, almost the same places) as Votoms, but the two stories are entirely independent of each other.
OVA, 1989,
5 eps
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The OVA series is based on the manga series by Masahiro Shibata, which ran in Hana to Yume magazine as part of the Akai Kiba series of stories.
TV, 1989,
43 eps
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The TV series is loosely based on the first four video games of the Dragon Quest series, especially leaning heavily on elements of Dragon Quest III. The original character design was done by Akira Toriyama. The anime was divided into 2 parts, with the 1st part (episodes 1-32) and 2nd part (episodes 33-43) were directed by Katsuhisa Yamada and Takeyuki Kanda respectively, both of whom supervised by chief director Rintaro.
TV, 1991,
26 eps
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The TV series is a sequel to the 90s Moomin anime, based on the novels and comic strips by the Finnish illustrator and author Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson. Although the sequel series does not feature any adaptations of Jansson's books, some of its episodes were based on Moomin comic strips.
OVA, 1993,
32 eps
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The OVA series is based on a novel series written by Yoshio Aramaki. It was created under the direction of Takeyuki Kanda (episodes 1-12) and Hiromichi Matano (episodes 13-32).
