Takeshi Yagi

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Takeshi Yagi
Born	Takeshi Yagi (八木　毅, Yagi Takeshi^?) Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Yagi (八木　毅, Yagi Takeshi^?) is a Japanese TV director/producer for Tsuburaya Productions' popular Ultra Series.

1 Personal History
2 Director Filmography
3 SPFX Director Filmography
4 Producer Filmography
5 Assistant Director Filmography
6 External links

[edit] Personal History

Born in 1967, Yagi grew up during the boom of tokusatsu television shows in Japan. In the mid-1990s, Yagi joined Tsuburaya Productions, the creators of the popular Ultra Series, as an Assistant Director on TV series such as Ultraman Tiga. He made his directorial debut on the fourth episode of the TV mini-series Moon Spiral in 1996. He continued to serve as both a Director and Director of Special Effects for the majority of Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Series until 2007.

In 2004, Yagi was credited as the Main Director for Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy. The following year he was promoted to Series Producer for 2005's Ultraman Max, where he made the popular decision to bring in acclaimed directors Shusuke Kaneko and Takashi Miike to direct episodes for the series. In 2007, he acted as the Series Organizer and Main Director for the late-night Ultraseven X. Around the same time, he also began work on his first feature film, Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers. Yagi retired from Tsuburaya Productions in January 2008 to pursue a career as a freelance director/producer, but continues to work on Super 8 Ultra Brothers until post production is completed in May 2008.