Yasuhiro Takemoto (Japanese: 武本 康弘, April 5, 1972 – July 18, 2019) was a Japanese animator and television and film director. He worked at Kyoto Animation for almost his entire animation career after joining the company in 1996. His first major job as a director came in 2003 with Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu. Two years later he directed his sequel: The Second Raid. In 2007, Takemoto replaced Lucky Star director Yutaka Yamamoto after his dismissal. He led The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyorōn Churuya-san original net animation series, and was co-director with Tatsuya Ishihara of the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, broadcast in 2009, as well as the film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. In 2012 he was in charge of directing Hyouka, based on a series of mystery novels by Honobu Yonezawa. In the series collaborated as screenwriter Shoji Gatoh, author of Full Metal Panic!. Two years later, in 2014, Takemoto was commissioned to direct another series of Gatoh novels, Amagi Brilliant Park. Four days after the Kyoto Animation arson attack on July 18, 2019, Takemoto was declared missing by his father, who stated "he was untraceable". His death was later confirmed by his relatives and authorities. Source: Wikipedia 타케모토 야스히로(1972년생, Ako, Hyogo, Japan) 는 감독으로, 대표작으로 클라나드, 풀 메탈 패닉!, 아마기 브릴리언트 파크가 있으며, 그 외에도 울려라! 유포니엄, 중2병이라도 사랑이 하고 싶어!, 바이올렛 에버가든, 스즈미야 하루히의 우울, Free!, 빙과, 러키☆스타, 츠루네 - 카제마이고교 궁도부, 에어, 일상, 타마코 마켓, 무채한의 팬텀월드 등 다양한 작품을 연출했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 영화 코바야시네 메이드래곤 외로움쟁이 용 연출을 맡았다. 2019년 극장판 울려라! 유포니엄: 맹세의 피날레 연출을 맡았다. 2018년 츠루네 - 카제마이고교 궁도부 제작에 참여했다.