Yasuhiro Takeda

Yasuhiro Takeda is a Japanese anime director and founding member of Gainax; for most of his career, he was General Manager. He is also a two-time chair of the Nihon SF Taikai.
In April 1976, he enrolled in Kinki University for nuclear engineering, but began neglecting studies when he joined the sci-fi club in April 1977 and became active in organizing clubs, founding the "Confederation of Kansai Student Sci-Fi Clubs". It was through these early activities that Takeda met many other fans, some who would become more involved: at his first convention, Seto-Con, Takeda met Toshio Okada. In November 1990, he married the Japanese writer Hiroe Suga.
In 2002, he published a memoir/autobiography about his life named The Notenki Memoirs; the name Notenki is an old nickname of Takeda's, derived from his part in Kaiketsu Noutenki.
He is portrayed by actor Gitaro in the 2014 Japanese [television drama|TV Drama] Aoi Honō based on the autobiographical manga by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, which follows the college years of the future Gainax team.