🎬 director
Taku Kimura木村拓
Director and Character Design on Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, DAN DA DAN Season 2 and takt op.Destiny.
- anime credits
- 16
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (3)
- 2025
- busiest year (3)

Best-known work
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndEpisode Director · 2023
DAN DA DAN Season 2Storyboard · 2025
takt op.DestinyAssistant Episode Director · 2021
A Place Further Than the UniverseAssistant Director · 2018
Sonny Boy2D Design · 2021
Chainsmoker CatDirector · 2026
Boogiepop and OthersDesign Manager · 2019
Star Wars: VisionsDirector · 2021
Drifting HomeUnit Director · 2022
The Tatami Time Machine BluesEpisode Director · 2022
Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction ZenshouStoryboard · 2024
Goodbye, Don Glees!Storyboard · 2022
Credits per year
Anime Taku Kimura worked on, by premiere year
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3 in 2025
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 18 | 1 in 2018 |
| 19 | 1 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 3 in 2021 |
| 22 | 3 in 2022 |
| 23 | 2 in 2023 |
| 24 | 2 in 2024 |
| 25 | 3 in 2025 |
| 26 | 1 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
Chainsmoker CatDirector - 2025
DAN DA DAN Season 2Storyboard - 2025
Pokémon: Dragonite and the Special DeliveryStoryboard, Director - 2025
Digimon Story Time Stranger PreludeDirector, Storyboard - 2024
Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction ZenshouStoryboard, Unit Director - 2024
Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction KoushouStoryboard - 2023
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndEpisode Director - 2023
Shiori (2023)Director, Character Design - 2022
Drifting HomeUnit Director - 2022
The Tatami Time Machine BluesEpisode Director - 2022
Goodbye, Don Glees!Storyboard, Unit Director - 2021
takt op.DestinyAssistant Episode Director - 2021
Sonny Boy2D Design - 2021
Star Wars: VisionsDirector - 2019
Boogiepop and OthersDesign Manager, Production Assistant - 2018
A Place Further Than the UniverseAssistant Director, Production Assistant
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Taku Kimura worked on?
Taku Kimura's best-known work includes Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Episode Director), DAN DA DAN Season 2 (Storyboard), takt op.Destiny (Assistant Episode Director), A Place Further Than the Universe (Assistant Director), Sonny Boy (2D Design), Chainsmoker Cat (Director).
What does Taku Kimura do?
Taku Kimura is credited most often as director, character design, storyboard on anime.