Takuya Wada

Biography

Takuya Wada (和田 卓也, Wada Takuya, born December 28, 1961) is a Japanese film and TV director, animator, animation director, character designer, and SFX supervisor. Additionally, he is the chairman of Media Crew Japan, a video production company established in August 2009.

Career Overview

Takuya Wada has 31 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Batman Ninja Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include The Obsessed, Violence Jack: Hell's Wind, Dragon Blue. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

31

Birth Date

1961-12-28 00:00:00

Birth Place

Tokyo, Japan

Known For

• 

  The Obsessed
• 

  Violence Jack: Hell's Wind
• 

  Dragon Blue
• Jushin Liger: Fist of Thunder

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• Batman Ninja Collection (1 titles)
• Macross (1 titles)
• Macross Frontier Collection (1 titles)
• Violence Jack Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Masaya Sano (1 collaborations)
• Moka Kamishiraishi (1 collaborations)
• Hayato Kakizawa (1 collaborations)
• Takahiro Yamamoto (1 collaborations)
• Shinji Kawada (1 collaborations)
• Nana Mizuki (1 collaborations)
• Toshiyuki Morikawa (1 collaborations)
• Kappei Yamaguchi (1 collaborations)
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi (1 collaborations)
• Run Sasaki (1 collaborations)

Credits

• visual effects (19 credits)

  • The Obsessed

    key animation

    visual effects
    2025
  • Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

    animation director

    visual effects
    2023
  • Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

    - Hometown of the Dead III (2023) ... animation director visual effects

    - RV of the Dead (2023) ... key animation visual effects
    2023
  • Rent-a-Girlfriend

    - Moving and Girlfriend (2026) ... animation director visual effects

    - The End of the Girlfriend (2026) ... animation director visual effects

    - Hawaiians and Girlfriend (2025) ... animation director visual effects

    - Routine and Girlfriend (2025) ... key animation visual effects
    2020
  • Batman Ninja

    animation

    visual effects
    2018
  • MEGALOBOX

    - The Man from Death (2018) ... animation director visual effects

    - The Man from Death (2018) ... key animation visual effects
    2018
  • Girls und Panzer der Film

    key animation

    visual effects
    2015
  • Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

    animation director

    visual effects
    2013
  • Macross Frontier: The False Songstress

    key animation

    visual effects
    2009
  • Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - The Golden Seal

    key animation

    visual effects
    1993
  • Fantastic Adventure of Yohko: Leda

    animation

    visual effects
    1991
  • Violence Jack: Hell's Wind

    animation director

    visual effects
    1990
  • Patlabor: Early Days

    - The SV2's Longest Day (2) (1988) ... key animation visual effects

    - The SV2's Longest Day (2) (1988) ... animation director visual effects
    1988
  • Battle Royale High School

    key animation

    visual effects
    1987
  • Dirty Pair OVA

    - They're Only Children! Playing War Games Warrants a Firing Squad?! (1988) ... key animation visual effects
    1987
  • Windaria

    key animation

    visual effects
    1986
  • Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    key animation

    visual effects
    1985
  • Birth

    animation

    visual effects
    1984
  • Space Cobra

    - Bye! My Cobra! (1983) ... key animation visual effects
    1982

• directing (5 credits)

  • The Obsessed

    layout

    directing
    2025
  • MEGALOBOX

    - The Man from Death (2018) ... director directing
    2018
  • Dragon Blue

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Jushin Liger: Fist of Thunder

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Violence Jack: Hell's Wind

    director

    directing
    1990

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon

    special effects manager

    crew
    1995

• writing (3 credits)

  • The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon

    story

    writing
    1995
  • Jushin Liger: Fist of Thunder

    writer

    writing
    1995
  • Violence Jack: Hell's Wind

    writer

    writing
    1990

• art (2 credits)

  • Chainsaw Man

    - KATANA VS. CHAINSAW (2022) ... prop designer art

    - MISSION START (2022) ... prop designer art

    - FROM KYOTO (2022) ... prop designer art

    - GUNFIRE (2022) ... prop designer art
    2022
  • Rent-a-Girlfriend

    - Legitimate Girlfriend (2026) ... prop designer art

    - Climax and Girlfriend (2026) ... prop designer art

    - The End of the Girlfriend (2026) ... prop designer art

    - Rental Girlfriend (2026) ... prop designer art

    - Ex-Girlfriend, Nanami Mami (2026) ... prop designer art
    2020

• costume & make-up (1 credits)

  • Chainsaw Man

    - KATANA VS. CHAINSAW (2022) ... costume designer costume & make-up

    - MISSION START (2022) ... costume designer costume & make-up

    - FROM KYOTO (2022) ... costume designer costume & make-up

    - GUNFIRE (2022) ... costume designer costume & make-up
    2022