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12-609: Yasuhiro Takeda ( 武田 康廣 , Takeda Yasuhiro , born 12 September 1957 in Tadaoka, Osaka ) is a Japanese anime director and founding member of Gainax ; for most of his career, he was General Manager. He is also a two-time chair of the Nihon SF Taikai (DAICON III and the 1988 Mig.Con). In April 1976, he enrolled in Kinki University for nuclear engineering , but began neglecting studies (repeating his sophomore year) when he joined

24-558: A Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tadaoka is 14.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C. Per Japanese census data,

36-525: Is located in the southwestern part of Osaka Prefecture, on the flat seaside facing Osaka Bay , with the Otsu River and Ushitaki River as boundaries, and Kishiwada in the southwest. The town area is narrow in the northeast–southwest direction, extending from the northwest facing Osaka Bay to the southeast inland. The entire area of Tadaoka is urbanized, and the coastal area and the banks of the Otsu River are used as industrial areas. Osaka Prefecture Tadaoka has

48-502: The rapi:t β takes 39 minutes with two additional stops. The Koya Line connects Osaka to Mt. Koya , headquarters of the Buddhist Shingon sect and a popular pilgrimage site. IC cards ( PiTaPa and ICOCA ) are accepted. The Nankai Railway Company was founded on June 16, 1884. In 1944 it was one of the companies that merged to form Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. (Kin-nichi, present Kintetsu Railway) . However, Kin-nichi transferred

60-667: The Nankaidō , the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates all the electric railways in the Tokyo region. The Nankai network branches out in a generally southern direction from Namba Station in Osaka . The Nankai Main Line connects Osaka to Wakayama , with an important spur branching to Kansai International Airport . The rapi:t α express connects Kansai International Airport to Namba in 34 minutes, while

72-608: The Osaka Prefectural Assembly . In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 18th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Tadaoka is located within a commuting zone of about 30 minutes by train from the center of Osaka City and Kansai International Airport, and is increasing becoming a bedroom community . Production of blankets and recycling PET bottles are local industries. Tadaoka has two public elementary schools and one public middle schools operated by

84-419: The area became part of Senboku District, Osaka . Tadaoka was promoted to town status on October 1, 1939. Plans to merge with neighboring Kishiwada were overwhelming rejected by a referendum in 2004. Tadaoka has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 12 members. Tadaoka collectively with the cities of Izumiōtsu, and Takaishi contributes two members to

96-589: The former Nankai Railway Company's lines to the present Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (named Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. from March 28, 1925 until March 14, 1947) on June 1, 1947. From 1938 to 1988, Nankai Electric Railway owned the Nankai Hawks , a team in Nippon Professional Baseball that was based in Osaka. The team was sold to Daiei after the 1988 season and moved to Fukuoka and rechristened

108-517: The name Notenki is an old nickname of Takeda's, derived from his part in Kaiketsu Noutenki . He is portrayed by actor Gitaro in the 2014 TV Drama Aoi Honō based on the autobiographical manga by Kazuhiko Shimamoto , which follows the college years of the future Gainax team. This article about one or more people who work in the anime industry is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tadaoka, Osaka Tadaoka

120-572: The population of Tadaoka has remained fairly steady over the past 40 years. The area of the modern town of Tadaoka was within ancient Izumi Province . In the Edo Period , the hamlet of Tadaoka was controlled by Yodo Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate . The village of Tadaoka was established within Izumi District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896,

132-580: The sci-fi club in April 1977 and became active in organizing clubs, founding the "Confederation of Kansai Student Sci-Fi Clubs". It was through these early activities that Takeda met many other fans, some who would become more involved: at his first convention, Seto-Con ("Sci-Fi Festival 78"), Takeda met Toshio Okada . In 2002, he published a memoir / autobiography about his life (particularly focusing on his college life, involvement in science fiction conventions, and his subsequent career) named The Notenki Memoirs ;

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144-552: The town government. The town does not have a high school. [REDACTED] Nankai Electric Railway - [REDACTED] Nankai Main Line Nankai Electric Railway Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 南海電気鉄道株式会社 , Nankai denki tetsudō kabushiki gaisha ) is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name Nankai (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along

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