Early Dragon Ball animation supervisor who worked throughout the original series from the General Blue Saga through the Piccolo Jr. Tournament. Also supervised several Dragon Ball Z episodes and films.
Tomekichi Takeuchi served as animation supervisor across critical stretches of Dragon Ball's original run, from the King Piccolo Saga through the Piccolo Jr. Tournament. His work helped establish the series' visual foundation during its dramatic power-scaling escalation, ensuring consistency as story stakes and animation demands increased substantially.
Takeuchi's franchise involvement extended into Dragon Ball Z, supervising episodes across the Raditz through Namek sagas. His work on special episodes like Bardock: The Father of Goku and films including Curse of the Blood Rubies and Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle demonstrates his continued importance through the Z era, making him one of the earliest animation supervisors to shepherd the franchise across multiple series.

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Early Dragon Ball animation supervisor who worked throughout the original series from the General Blue Saga through the Piccolo Jr. Tournament. Also supervised several Dragon Ball Z episodes and films.
Tomekichi Takeuchi served as animation supervisor across critical stretches of Dragon Ball's original run, from the King Piccolo Saga through the Piccolo Jr. Tournament. His work helped establish the series' visual foundation during its dramatic power-scaling escalation, ensuring consistency as story stakes and animation demands increased substantially.
Tomekichi Takeuchi is a Japanese animator who has worked on the Dragon Ball franchise. Specifically, Tomekichi Takeuchi is credited as Dragon Ball original series animation supervisor.
Takeuchi's franchise involvement extended into Dragon Ball Z, supervising episodes across the Raditz through Namek sagas. His work on special episodes like Bardock: The Father of Goku and films including Curse of the Blood Rubies and Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle demonstrates his continued importance through the Z era, making him one of the earliest animation supervisors to shepherd the franchise across multiple series.
Tomekichi Takeuchi is a Japanese animator. Early Dragon Ball animation supervisor who worked throughout the original series from the General Blue Saga through the Piccolo Jr. Tournament.
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