Takayuki Hamana(浜名 孝行, Hamana Takayuki; born November 3, 1967) is a Japanese anime director and animator known for directing The Prince of Tennis.

Career

Upon graduating high school, Takayuki Hamana joined Ajia-do as an in-between animator for four years. Hamana left Ajia-do and joined I.G Tatsunoko, where he became a key animator for various project such as Blue Seed (1994) and Jin-Roh (2000). His experience in storyboarding and directing an episode of Crayon Shin-chan became the "starting point" for his path to become a director. He made his series directing debut in 2001 with The Prince of Tennis and his film directing debut with The Prince of Tennis: Futari no Samurai (2005).

Works

Television series

Films

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