Takeshi Yashiro

Takeshi Yashiro is a director at Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd., a Japanese TV-Commercial production company. In 1993, he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in design. While he directed numerous commercials, he studied various stop-motion animation techniques on his own, utilizing and perfecting them in his commercial and web movie works until 2012 when he began focusing on creating stop-motion animation. Yashiro’s works have a sense of handmade feelings and is best at story driven movies. His roles include a writer, director, creator of sets and puppets as well as animator.

Known For

Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights

Gon, the Little Fox

The Spring Herald Fish and the Wanderer

Moon of a Sleepless Night

Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest

Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars

Firewood, Kanta & Grandpa

Arthur et la magie de Noël

Dear November Boy.