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name: "Akira Takamura"
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roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:24:04.563684+00:00"
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# Akira Takamura

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** 高村章, 高村 彰

## Biography

Akira Takamura (高村 彰) is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist. He has worked primarily as an episode director on numerous television series since the early 1990s.

His credits include episode direction on *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995), *The Irresponsible Captain Tylor* (1993), *Azuki-chan* (1994–1995) and *Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai* (1994). Later work encompasses *IRODUKU: The World in Colors* (2018), *Buddy Daddies* (2023), *Skip and Loafer* (2023), *Ya Boy Kongming!* (2022) and *The Day I Became a God* (2020). He has also contributed storyboards to series such as *Shirobako* (2014) and *Fairy Gone* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, animenewsnetwork.com, wiki.evageeks.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/neon-genesis-evangelion.md)

## Also known for

- *Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth* (1997), Director
- *The Day I Became a God* (2020), Director
- *EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²* (1998), Director
- *Buddy Daddies* (2023), Director
- *Skip and Loafer* (2023), Director
- *Revival of Evangelion* (1998), Director
- *Ya Boy Kongming!* (2022), Director
- *IRODUKU: The World in Colors* (2018), Director

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