Upon graduating high school, Takayuki Hamana joined
Ajia-do as an in-between animator for four years. Hamana left Ajia-do and joined
I.G Tatsunoko, where he became a key animator for various project such as
Blue Seed (1994) and
Jin-Roh (2000). His experience in
storyboarding and directing an episode of
Crayon Shin-chan became the "starting point" for his path to become a director. He made his series directing debut in 2001 with
The Prince of Tennis and his film directing debut with
The Prince of Tennis: Futari no Samurai (2005). ==Works==