Takaaki Yamashita

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Takaaki Yamashita is an animator who frequently works with director Mamoru Hosoda. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1966 and is a graduate of Kyushu University. He is particularly known his precise recreation of natural movement, which makes his scenes look very live action film like.

Took part as a key animator on Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" in 2003.