Takashi Nakamura

is a Japanese animator and anime director. He is also a founding member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group.

Nakamura's 2002 film A Tree of Palme was an official selection of the Berlin Film Festival. He also worked on Golden Warrior Gold Lightan, with his first student Koji Morimoto.

Works

• Yatterman (1977): animation director and key animation
• Ōgon Senshi Gold Lightan (1981): animation director and key animation
• Genma Taisen (1983): key animation
• Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (1983): character designs, animation director, key animation, storyboards
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984): key animation
• MeikyÅ« Monogatari (1987): animation director
• Robot Carnival (1987): director, script, character designs, animation
• AKIRA (1988): animation director, character designs
• Peter Pan no Bōken (1989): character designs, scene artist, storyboards
• Catnapped! (1995): director, original creator, script, character design, animation director
• Sonic the Hedgehog (OVA) (1996): colour background painter
• A Tree of Palme (2002): director, original creator, script
• Tetsujin 28-go (2004): character designs and storyboards
• Fantastic Children (2004): director, original creator, script, character designs
• Harmony (2015): director (with Michael Arias)
• ' (2023): animation director