Takahiko Abiru

Takahiko Abiru (阿比留 隆彦, Abiru Takahiko) is a Japanese character designer, animation director and animator. He studied Japanese painting at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo and joined Doga Kobo as an in-betweener in 2004. After his 2-year stint at Doga Kobo, he joined Madhouse as an in-between checker for the movies "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" and "Paprika," and in 2007 he made his debut as a key animator on "Death Note." His debut as an animation director was in 2010 on "Kaiji: Against All Rules," and he continued working as an animation director on "Hunter x Hunter" for 3 years. His first times as a character designer and a chief animation director were in 2019, when he worked on "Vinland Saga." In 2021, he founded his own anima...