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The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
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Director
Takayuki Hirao
平尾隆之
Storyboard ArtistWriterActive 1999–presentTsuda (Currently Sanuki), Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Twitter He graduated from Osaka's Designer College and started his career at Madhouse as a production assistant, later making the transition to storyboarder and episode director with Texhnolyze. During his time at Madhouse he served as Assistant Director to Satoshi Kon on Paranoia Agent and was greatly influenced by him, regarding him as his mentor. Shortly after leaving Madhouse he joined Ufotable, where he worked for several years and made his proper directorial debut with Kara no Kyoukai 5. He left Ufotable in 2016 and he's been freelance since, returning to the company only to direct th…
Other work
WASTED CHEF
Director · Original Creator · Script
WASTED CHEF
Original Creator
SPY x FAMILY Cour 2
2022 · 13 ep
Episode Director (ED) · Storyboard (ED) · Color Script (ED) · Art Supervisor (ED)
Mado wo Akete
1 ep
Director · Storyboard · Key Animation · Art Director · Background Art
Pompo: The Cinéphile
2021 · 1 ep
Director · Storyboard · Script
Attack on Titan Season 3
2018 · 12 ep
Storyboard (ep 2)