Takeshi Mori

Takeshi Mori (もり たけし, Mori Takeshi, real name: 森 健 (Mori Takeshi), October 10, 1963) is a Japanese anime director, storyboard artist and scriptwriter from Tokyo, Japan. His biological father is Tōru Mori (森 徹, Mori Tōru), a former professional baseball player. Throughout his career, he has used the aliases Shin Nemoto (根本 清, Nemoto Shin), Inumakura (いぬまくら) and Urano Kantoku (浦野 寛徳) (the latter meaning “director behind the scenes”).

Otaku no Video (1991)

A hilarious mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori  •  Shoichi Masuo
CAST:  Koji Tsujitani  •  Toshiharu Sakurai  •  Yuko Kobayashi  •  Shigeru Nakahara

A hilarious mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori  •  Shoichi Masuo
CAST:  Koji Tsujitani  •  Toshiharu Sakurai  •  Yuko Kobayashi  •  Shigeru Nakahara

Gunsmith Cats (1995)

Rally Vincent and Minnie May Hopkins are just a pair of gun shop owners who do a bit of bounty hunting to make ends meet when a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms agent comes to them. Using the threat of arresting them for their lack of a retail license for their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori
CAST:  Michiko Neya  •  Kae Araki  •  Hochu Otsuka  •  Aya Hisakawa

Rally Vincent and Minnie May Hopkins are just a pair of gun shop owners who do a bit of bounty hunting to make ends meet when a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms agent comes to them. Using the threat of arresting them for their lack of a retail license for their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori
CAST:  Michiko Neya  •  Kae Araki  •  Hochu Otsuka  •  Aya Hisakawa

Fighting Fairy Girl: Rescue Me, Mave-chan! (2005)

Rei Sugiyama never had much self-confidence but always found solace in watching anime. One day at an anime festival he is transported to another dimension where the jet planes from the anime, Yukikaze, take on the form of beautiful girls fighting a never-ending ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori
CAST:  Nana Mizuki  •  Hiroyuki Yoshino  •  Miyuki Sawashiro  •  Mai Nakahara

Rei Sugiyama never had much self-confidence but always found solace in watching anime. One day at an anime festival he is transported to another dimension where the jet planes from the anime, Yukikaze, take on the form of beautiful girls fighting a never-ending ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori
CAST:  Nana Mizuki  •  Hiroyuki Yoshino  •  Miyuki Sawashiro  •  Mai Nakahara

Moonlight Pierce (1991)

Because of a mysterious earring, Yumemi, a young japanese student, becomes involved in a mysterious story. She must go to Germany, where she learns that the spirit of an evil prince is haunting her earring...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori
CAST:  Hiromi Tsuru  •  Nozomu Sasaki  •  Show Hayami  •  Toshihiko Seki

Because of a mysterious earring, Yumemi, a young japanese student, becomes involved in a mysterious story. She must go to Germany, where she learns that the spirit of an evil prince is haunting her earring...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori
CAST:  Hiromi Tsuru  •  Nozomu Sasaki  •  Show Hayami  •  Toshihiko Seki

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DIRECTION:  Takeshi Mori
CAST:  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Megumi Hayashibara  •  Noriko Hidaka