Takeshi Honda(本田 雄Honda Takeshi, born March 12, 1968 in Ishikawa Prefecture) is a Japanese animator, designer, and animation director. His nickname is Master(師匠Shishō). Honda dropped out of Tokyo Design Academy and joined the original Gainax team. At Gainax, Honda debuted in drawing supervision at age 22. His debut as character designer was on the series Metal Fighter Miku, and he continued animating, supervising and designing characters on several other noted series and video games. Honda has also done some prop design.