Masahiro Takeda

Masahiro Takeda (武田 将博) is a San Francisco-based Japanese animator, animation director and YouTuber.

Takeda is well-known for his anime-influenced works.

Bio
Takeda was born on August 28, 1968 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. When he was four years old, his family moved to Nagoya, Japan. Describing that stage of his early life, Takeda said it was an abrupt change of environment, and he spent much of his time thereafter indoors, watching television or making figurines.

While the family lived in Nagoya, his parents began a tradition of the family watching a film together each tonight, and he was not allowed to go to bed until the film had finished. They were fond of European cinema, westerns, and horror, and did not limit the type of films he was allowed to see.

When he was little, the Takeda family moved to a small city called Shirasaki. Just as quickly, his family soon moved to the Kansai region. Takeda has noted that growing up he was a latchkey kid, often having to watch television and look after himself when he came home from school. Staying at home by himself in isolation still affects him to this day stating, "[whenever] I travel and stay at a hotel I put the TV on as soon as I enter the room, just to deal with the feeling of loneliness."

In 1989, Takeda was employed by Kero Studio as a key animator, beginning his animating career. Like the studio, his works consisted of surrealism and experimental. In 1994, Takeda left the studio and went to Burbank, California before being employed by Crossover Films Co., Ltd..

In 2005, Takeda joined, with his first work at Lucasfilm being 2008's Deltora Quest.

In 2011, Takeda created his YouTube channel and his videos consisted of random skits, comedy and gameplay videos.