Takami Akai

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Takami Akai at Connichi 2008
Takami Akai at Japan Expo 2009 in Paris

Takami Akai ( Japanese 赤 井 孝 美 , Akai Takami ; born November 21, 1961 in Yonago ) is a Japanese illustrator, character designer and game creator. Takami Akai is a founding member and former chairman of Gainax , as well as the founder of the game developer Nine Lives. Takami Akai is married to the mangaka Kimiko Higuchi ( ひ ぐ ち き み こ , Higuchi Kimiko ).

biography

Takami Akai graduated from Tottori Prefectural High School Sakai ( 鳥取 県 立 境 高等学校 , Tottori-kenritsu Sakai kōtō gakkō ) in Sakaiminato . He then attended the Ōsaka art college in the field of image planning ( 映像 計画 学科 , Eizō keikaku gakka ; today: image department) of the faculty of art studies. During his studies he took part in the production of the opening film for the Japanese science fiction convention Daicon III in 1981 , where he was responsible for the character design. With his fellow students Hiroyuki Yamaga and Hideaki Anno , who were also part of the production committee, he founded the independent film group Daicon Film, from which the animation studio Gainax emerged in 1984 .

At the Daicon film production Kaettekita Ultraman he stood out as a special director because of his effective use of paper works and his camera work, so that a few years later Tsuburaya Production , the producer of the Ultraman series, gave permission to publish the special effects scenes on DVD.

For the illustrations for the first Princess Maker (1991), he followed the style of Alfons Maria Mucha . Together with Hiroyuki Morioka , he developed the alphabet Ath for his Seikai series .

On April 4, 2007 , after reading a critical thread on 2channel regarding Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann , Takami Akai posted on the page of a Gainax employee on the social network mixi : “Reading something like this seriously is like reading your face on an anus and take a deep drag. ”This sparked an online controversy that resulted in Takami Akai stepping down as the show's producer and Gainax chairman on April 27th.

Work (selection)

  • Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon ( 愛國 戰隊 大 日本 ; Daicon Film)
  • Akai Takami WORKS ( 赤 井 孝 美 WORKS )
  • Dennō Gakuen ( 電 脳 学園 )
  • Dragon Quest : Fantasia Video ( ド ラ ゴ ン ク エ ス ト フ ァ ン タ ジ ア ・ ビ デ オ )
  • Opening animation for Daicon III
  • Opening animation for Daicon IV (Daicon Film)
  • Idolater ( ゲ ッ ツ ェ ン デ ィ ー ナ ー , Gettsendīnā )
  • Jisshaban: Appleseed ( 実 写 版 ア ッ プ ル シ ー ド )
  • Kaettekita Ultraman ( 帰 っ て き た ウ ル ト ラ マ ン ; Daicon Film)
  • Princess Maker
  • Puchi Puri Yucie ( ぷ ち ぷ り * ユ ー シ ィ )
  • Seikai no Monshō / Senki
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann
  • Wings of Honneamise
  • Yamata no Orochi Gyakushū ( 八 岐 之 大蛇 の 逆襲 ; Daicon Film)

Sources and individual references

  1. ↑ in the original: 「そ ん な の マ ト モ に 読 む の は 、 肛門 に 顔 近 づ け て 深呼吸 深呼吸 る る よ う な も ん で す」
  2. ↑ Thumbnail image of officialブログとmixiをめぐる騒動について. . Gainax, April 27, 2007; archived from the original on April 29, 2007 ; Retrieved April 27, 2007 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ mixi 日記 の 記述 で 引 責 ガ イ ナ ッ ク ス 赤 井 氏 が 取締 役 辞 任 . ITmedia, April 27, 2007, accessed April 27, 2007 (Japanese).
  4. ^ Co-founder Takami Akai Steps Down From Gainax's Board. In: Anime News Network . April 27, 2007, accessed September 10, 2008 .

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SURNAME Akai, Takami
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 赤 井 孝 美 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese illustrator, character designer and game creator
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Yonago