Biography: Takashi Imanishi (今西 隆志, Imanishi Takashi, born November 23, 1957) is a Japanese anime director and producer. He is from Osaka Prefecture and a graduate of the College of Art, Nihon University. He is a former head of the Sunrise Digital Production Department. He sometimes uses the pen name Tomohide Okuma (大熊 朝秀, Ōkuma Tomohide), who shares the same name as a Sengoku period warlord.